I am Dr. Melissa Cooper, a postdoctoral fellow and Leon Levy Neuroscience Fellow in Dr. Moses Chao’s lab at NYU Langone Health.
My work characterizes the astrocyte connectome in morphological scope and molecular function.
A complete list of my publications lives here.
Highlighted Publications
Redistribution of metabolic resources through astrocyte networks mitigates neurodegenerative stress
Revealed long-distance metabolic redistribution through astrocytes during neurodegeneration that rescued neuronal structure and function; examined the functional impacts of resource donation on both degenerating and donating tissue.
Astrocyte remodeling without gliosis precedes optic nerve axonopathy
Quantified astrocyte process and network morphological reorganization occurring early in a genetic model of neurodegeneration.
Early astrocyte redistribution in the optic nerve precedes axonopathy in the DBA/2J mouse model of glaucoma
Cooper et al., 2016, Experimental Eye Research
Describes metabolic and morphological alterations in white matter early in a model of optic neuropathy.
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I've been obsessing over this image of retinal astrocytes for the past few weeks. Astrocytes (GFAP) in cyan, gap ju… https://t.co/LzDhB1LfHO
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RT @Ologies: So honored to be on the cover of this issue. I freaked out seeing it in person, tbh. Thank you so much @Divinaction https://t.co/fL1n2razSu