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Anne Brunet - Investigator for Plasticity and the Aging Brain
Anne Brunet - Investigator for Plasticity and the Aging Brain

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Anne Brunet, Ph.D.

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Affiliations
  • Stanford University
Website
web.stanford.edu/group/brunet

Publications

Engulfment by brain macrophages in a short-lived vertebrate.

biorxiv:10.64898/2026.04.28.721434, April 29, 2026

Rahul Nagvekar, Angela N Pogson, Prateek R Kalakuntla, Helena J Barr, Azalia M Martínez Jaimes, S V Perry, et al.

Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging.

Science (New York, N.Y.), March 12, 2026

Claire N Bedbrook, Ravi D Nath, Libby Zhang, Scott W Linderman, A. Brunet, and K. Deisseroth

Targeting immune cells in the aged brain reveals that engineered cytokine IL-10 enhances neurogenesis and improves cognition.

Immunity, February 10, 2026

Paloma Navarro Negredo, Justin You, Max Hauptschein, Adam B Schroer, Daniel J Richard, Gita C Abhiraman, et al.

Cell-type-specific aging clocks to quantify aging and rejuvenation in neurogenic regions of the brain

Nature Aging, December 19, 2022

MT Buckley, ED Sun, BM George, L Liu, N Schaum, L Xu, et al.

Projects

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Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Simons Collaboration
Coleen Murphy - Celegans

Conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

Funded Work
Microglia Spines

Contribution of sleep and neuro-immune-vascular homeostasis to healthy cognitive aging

Funded Work

Featuring Anne Brunet

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Scientists Map Aging Across the Body of a Short-Lived Fish

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11 Foundation-Supported Researchers Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Exploring How Young Blood Helps Reverse Signs of Aging in Old Brains

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How Clumps of Misshapen Proteins Gum Up Aging Brains

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