2026

Choi DJ, Murali S, Kwon W, Woo J, Song EAC, Ko Y, Sardar D, Lozzi B, Cheng YT, Williamson MR, Huang TW, Sanchez K, Jankowsky J, Deneen B. Astrocytic Sox9 overexpression in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models promotes Aβ plaque phagocytosis and preserves cognitive function. Nature Neuroscience. 29, 88–99 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-02115-w

2025

Chandrakantan A, Williamson MR, Krishnan V, Hedayatpour J, Adler AC, Adyapak N, Ward CS, Ray R, Durgan D, Kheradmand F, Deneen B. Neurodevelopmental abnormalities underlying behavioral deficits in a model of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. Experimental Neurology. 2025 Nov:393:115418. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2025.115418

Kwon W*, Williamson MR*, Deneen B. A functional perspective on astrocyte heterogeneity. Trends in Neurosciences. 2025 Sep;48(9):691-705. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2025.06.009.
*Equal contribution.

Williamson MR, Murali S, Deneen B. Development and diversity of astrocytes. Development. 2025 Jul 1;152(13):dev204705.

Waldvogel SM, Camacho V, Fan D, Guzman AG, Garcia-Martell A, Khabusheva E, Pridgen JR, De La Fuente J, Rau R, Laidman AG, Barrachina MN, Carminita E, Courson JA, Williamson MR, Hsu JI, Chen CW, Reyes J, Pradhan S, Rumbaut RE, Burns AR, Deneen B, Su J, Machlus KR, Goodell MA. DNMT3A regulates murine megakaryocyte-biased hematopoietic stem cell fate decisions. Blood Advances. 2025 May 13;9(9):2285-2299.

Williamson MR*, Kwon W*, Woo J, Ko Y, Maleki E, Yu K, Murali S, Sardar D, Deneen B. Learning-associated astrocyte ensembles regulate memory recall. Nature. 2025 Jan;637(8045):478-486. *Equal contribution.

    Media coverage: Popular Science, Ars Technica, CBC, The Transmitter, and others.
    Voted winner of STAT News 2025 STAT Madness competition.
    Highlighted in Cell Research: Zbaranska S and Josselyn SA. Astrocytes: emerging stars of engrams.

2024

Chen HC, He P, McDonald M, Williamson MR, Varadharajan S, Lozzi B, Woo J, Choi DJ, Sardar D, Huang-Hobbs E, Sun H, Ippagunta SM, Jain A, Rao G, Merchant TE, Ellison DW, Noebels JL, Bertrand KC, Mack SC, Deneen B. Histone serotonylation regulates ependymoma tumorigenesis. Nature. 2024 Aug;632(8026):903-910.

Williamson MR, Deneen B. Astrocytes remember inflammation. Immunity, 14;57(5):938-940, 2024.

Mihelic SA, Engelmann SA, Sadr M, Jafari CZ, Zhou A, Woods AL, Williamson MR, Jones TA, Dunn AK. Microvascular plasticity in mouse stroke model recovery: Anatomy statistics, dynamics measured by longitudinal in vivo two-photon angiography, network vectorization. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2024 Aug 7:271678X241270465.

Kwon W*, Choi D-J*, Yu K, Williamson MR, Murali S, Ko Y, Woo J, Deneen B. Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Cerebellar Astrocytes across Developmental Stages and Brain Regions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25: 1021, 2024. *Equal contribution

2023

Williamson MR#, Le SP, Franzen RL, Donlan NA, Rosow JL, Nicot-Cartsonis MS, Cervantes A, Deneen B, Dunn AK, Jones TA, Drew MR. Subventricular zone cytogenesis provides trophic support for neural repair in a mouse model of stroke. Nature Communications, 14:6341, 2023. #Corresponding author

Huang-Hobbs E, Cheng YT, Ko Y, Luna-Figueroa E, Lozzi B, Taylor KR, McDonald M, He P, Chen HC, Yang Y, Maleki E, Lee ZF, Murali S, Williamson MR, Choi D, Curry R, Bayley J, Woo J, Jalali A, Monje M, Noebels JL, Harmanci AS, Rao G, Deneen B. Remote neuronal activity drives glioma progression through SEMA4F. Nature, Jul;619(7971):844-850, 2023

2022

Engelmann SA, Hassan AM, Zhou A, Williamson MR, Jarrett JW, Perillo EP, Tomar A, Spence DJ, Jones TA, and Dunn AK. Diamond Raman Laser and Yb Fiber Amplifier for In Vivo Multiphoton Fluorescence Microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express, 13:1888-1898, 2022.

2021

Mihelic SA, Sikora WA, Hassan AM, Williamson MR, Jones TA, Dunn AK. Segmentation-less, Automated, Vascular Vectorization. PLoS Computational Biology, 17(10): e1009451, 2021.

Williamson MR#, Fuertes CJA, Dunn AK, Drew MR, and Jones TA. Reactive astrocytes facilitate vascular repair and remodeling after stroke. Cell Reports, 35:109048, 2021.
#Corresponding author
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2020

Williamson MR#, Franzen RF, Fuertes CJA, Dunn AK, Drew MR, and Jones TA. A window of vascular plasticity coupled to behavioral recovery after stroke. Journal of Neuroscience, 40:7651-7667, 2020.
    #Corresponding author
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He F, Sullender C, Zhu H, Williamson MR, Li X, Zhao Z, Wei X, Jones TA, Xie C, Dunn AK, and Luan L. Multimodal mapping of neural activity and cerebral blood flow reveals long-lasting neurovascular dissociations after small-scale strokes. Science Advances, 6:eaba1933, 2020.

2019

Williamson MR#, Jones TA, and Drew MR. Functions of subventricular zone neural precursor cells in stroke recovery.Behavioural Brain Research, 376:112209, 2019.
    #Corresponding author

Williamson MR#. Stroke primes new hippocampal neurons for hyperexcitability. Journal of Neuroscience, 39:6396-6398, 2019.
    #Corresponding author

Williamson MR, Wilkinson CM, Dietrich K, and Colbourne F. Acetazolamide mitigates intracranial pressure spikes without affecting functional outcome after experimental hemorrhagic stroke. Translational Stroke Research, 10:428-439, 2019.

Clark TA, Sullender CT, Kazmi SM, Speetles BL, Williamson MR, Palmberg DM, Dunn AK, and Jones TA. Artery targeted photothrombosis widens the vascular penumbra, instigates peri-infarct neovascularization and models forelimb impairments. Scientific Reports, 9(1):2323, 2019.

2018

Williamson MR, John RF, and Colbourne F. Measurement of Intracranial Pressure in Freely Moving Rats. Methods in Molecular Biology,1717:17-25, 2018.

2017

Williamson MR and Colbourne F. Evidence for decreased brain parenchymal volume after large intracerebral hemorrhages: a potential mechanism limiting intracranial pressure rises. Translational Stroke Research, 8(4):386-396, 2017.

Williamson MR, Dietrich K, Hackett MJ, Caine S, Nadeau CA, Aziz JR, Nichol H, Paterson PG, and Colbourne F. Rehabilitation augments hematoma clearance and attenuates oxidative injury and ion dyshomeostasis after brain hemorrhage. Stroke, 48(1):195-203, 2017.

2015

John RF, Williamson MR, Dietrich K, and Colbourne F. Localized hypothermia aggravates bleeding in the collagenase model of intracerebral hemorrhage. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, 5:19-25, 2015