Melanie Piller (she/her)

  • Current Program Year: Grad 3
  • Current Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine
  • M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine

Biography

Research interests: Glial biology, neurodevelopment

Clinical interests: Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2019, University of Virginia

Publications

Selected publications

  • Wiltbank AT, Steinson ER, Criswell SJ, Piller M, Kucenas S. Cd59 and inflammation regulate Schwann cell development. Elife. 2022 Jun 24;11:e76640. doi: 10.7554/eLife.76640. PMID: 35748863; PMCID: PMC9232220.
  • Piller M, Werkman IL, Brown EA, Latimer AJ, Kucenas S. Glutamate signaling via the AMPAR subunit GluR4 regulates oligodendrocyte progenitor cell migration in the developing spinal cord. J Neurosci. 2021. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2562-20.2021
  • Fontenas L, Welsh TG, Piller M, Coughenour P, Gandhi AV, Prober DA, Kucenas S. The neuromodulator adenosine regulates OPC migration at motor exit point transition zones. Cell Rep. 2019 Apr 2;27(1):115-128.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.013

Publications