Corina Anastasaki, PhD

Medical School Department Neurology
Research Program Mechanisms of Cancer Biology Program
Corina Anastasaki

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Neurology, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2015 - 2017: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neurology and Molecular Cell Biology, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Education

  • 2011: PhD, Human Genetics and Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University, Scotland, United Kingdom

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Cellular and molecular pathogenesis of the Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) cancer predisposition syndrome

Research Publications

Aberrant coupling of glutamate and tyrosine kinase receptors enables neuronal control of brain-tumor growth.
Authors:

Anastasaki C, Mu R, Kernan CM, one or more additional authors omitted Gutmann DH

Journal & Year:

Neuron • 2025

NF1 mutation-driven neuronal hyperexcitability sets a threshold for tumorigenesis and therapeutic targeting of murine optic glioma.
Authors:

Anastasaki C, Chatterjee J, Koleske JP, one or more additional authors omitted Gutmann DH

Journal & Year:

Neuro-oncology • 2024

Nf1 mutation disrupts activity-dependent oligodendroglial plasticity and motor learning in mice.
Authors:

Pan Y, Hysinger JD, Yalçın B, one or more additional authors omitted Anastasaki C, one or more additional authors omitted Monje M

Journal & Year:

Nat Neurosci • 2024

Next Directions in the Neuroscience of Cancers Arising outside the CNS.
Authors:

Amit M, Anastasaki C, Dantzer R, one or more additional authors omitted Borniger JC

Journal & Year:

Cancer Discov • 2024

A common single nucleotide variant in the cytokine receptor-like factor-3 (CRLF3) gene causes neuronal deficits in human and mouse cells.
Authors:

Wilson AF, Barakat R, Mu R, one or more additional authors omitted Anastasaki C

Journal & Year:

Hum Mol Genet • 2023