Anna Molofsky | |
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Nationality | American |
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Known for | Astrocyte regulation of microglia behavior |
Awards | 2017 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Science, NIH New Innovator Award |
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Institutions | UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences |
Website | annamolofskylab.org |
Anna V. Molofsky is an American psychiatrist and glial biologist. She is an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. Her lab currently studies the communication between astrocytes, microglia, and neurons to understand how these signals regulate synaptic development in health and disease.