Alessandro Furlan

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I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Padova (Italy) in 2007 and a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from the University of Trieste (Italy) in 2009. I completed my master’s thesis as an exchange student at Uppsala University (Sweden). I then moved to Stockholm (Sweden) where I received my Ph.D. from Karolinska Institute in 2016 for my work on the development and molecular architecture of the peripheral nervous system in mice, in the laboratory of Patrik Ernfors. I then moved to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in New York (USA), in the laboratory of Bo Li, where I investigated the brain circuits regulating appetite and energy homeostasis.

In 2022, I moved back to Stockholm and joined the Department of Neuroscience, in the Biomedicum, as a group leader. My lab investigates the brain-body mechanisms regulating weight homeostasis, in mice.

Articles

Journal article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;25(11):1470-1480
Neurotensin neurons in the extended amygdala control dietary choice and energy homeostasis
Furlane A; Corona A; Boyle S; Sharma R; Rubino R; Habel J; Gablenze EC; Giovanniello J; Beyaz S; Janowitze T; Shea SD; Li B
Article: NATURE. 2021;596(7870):92-96
Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain
La Manno G; Siletti K; Furlan A; Gyllborg D; Vinsland E; Mossi Albiach A; Mattsson Langseth C; Khven I; Lederer AR; Dratva LM; Johnsson A; Nilsson M; Lonnerberg P; Linnarsson S
Article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2020;40(4):977-987
Contribution of neural crest and GLAST⁺ Wnt1⁺ bone marrow pericytes with liver fibrogenesis and/or regeneration
Sierra R; Gomez Bustillo S; Kameneva P; Fiore EJ; Mazzone GL; Borda M; Blanco MV; Usuardi C; Furlan A; Ernfors P; Alaniz L; Montaner AD; Adameyko I; Aquino JB
Article: FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;12:6
Schwann Cell Precursors Generate the Majority of Chromaffin Cells in Zuckerkandl Organ and Some Sympathetic Neurons in Paraganglia
Kastriti ME; Kameneva P; Kamenev D; Dyachuk V; Furlan A; Hampl M; Memic F; Marklund U; Lallemend F; Hadjab S; Calvo-Enrique L; Ernfors P; Fried K; Adameyko I
Article: DEVELOPMENT. 2018;145(18):dev165613
Termination of cell-type specification gene programs by the miR-183 cluster determines the population sizes of low-threshold mechanosensitive neurons
Peng C; Furlan A; Zhang M-D; Su J; Lubke M; Lonnerberg P; Abdo H; Sontheimer J; Sundstrom E; Ernfors P
Article: CELL. 2018;174(4):999-1014.e22
Molecular Architecture of the Mouse Nervous System
Zeisel A; Hochgerner H; Lonnerberg P; Johnsson A; Memic F; van der Zwan J; Haring M; Braun E; Borm LE; La Manno G; Codeluppi S; Furlan A; Lee K; Skene N; Harris KD; Hjerling-Leffler J; Arenas E; Ernfors P; Marklund U; Linnarsson S
Article: NATURE. 2018;560(7719):494-498
RNA velocity of single cells
La Manno G; Soldatov R; Zeisel A; Braun E; Hochgerner H; Petukhov V; Lidschreiber K; Kastriti ME; Lonnerberg P; Furlan A; Fan J; Borm LE; Liu Z; van Bruggen D; Guo J; He X; Barker R; Sundstrom E; Castelo-Branco G; Cramer P; Adameyko I; Linnarsson S; Kharchenko PV
Article: SCIENCE. 2017;357(6346):eaal3753
Multipotent peripheral glial cells generate neuroendocrine cells of the adrenal medulla
Furlan A; Dyachuk V; Kastriti ME; Calvo-Enrique L; Abdo H; Hadjab S; Chontorotzea T; Akkuratova N; Usoskin D; Kamenev D; Petersen J; Sunadome K; Memic F; Marklund U; Fried K; Topilko P; Lallemend F; Kharchenko PV; Ernfors P; Adameyko I
Article: SCIENCE. 2017;356(6343):1168-1171
miR-183 cluster scales mechanical pain sensitivity by regulating basal and neuropathic pain genes
Peng C; Li L; Zhang M-D; Gonzales CB; Parisien M; Belfer I; Usoskin D; Abdo H; Furlan A; Haring M; Lallemend F; Harkany T; Diatchenko L; Hokfelt T; Hjerling-Leffler J; Ernfors P
Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;19(10):1331-1340
Visceral motor neuron diversity delineates a cellular basis for nipple- and pilo-erection muscle control
Furlan A; La Manno G; Lubke M; Haring M; Abdo H; Hochgerner H; Kupari J; Usoskin D; Airaksinen MS; Oliver G; Linnarsson S; Ernfors P
Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;18(1):145-153
Unbiased classification of sensory neuron types by large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing
Usoskin D; Furlan A; Islam S; Abdo H; Lonnerberg P; Lou D; Hjerling-Leffler J; Haeggstrom J; Kharchenko O; Kharchenko PV; Linnarsson S; Ernfors P
Article: NATURE. 2014;513(7519):551-554
Glial origin of mesenchymal stem cells in a tooth model system
Kaukua N; Shahidi MK; Konstantinidou C; Dyachuk V; Kaucka M; Furlan A; An Z; Wang L; Hultman I; Ahrlund-Richter L; Blom H; Brismar H; Lopes NA; Pachnis V; Suter U; Clevers H; Thesleff I; Sharpe P; Ernfors P; Fried K; Adameyko I
Article: SCIENCE. 2014;345(6192):82-87
Parasympathetic neurons originate from nerve-associated peripheral glial progenitors
Dyachuk V; Furlan A; Shahidi MK; Giovenco M; Kaukua N; Konstantinidou C; Pachnis V; Memic F; Marklund U; Mueller T; Birchmeier C; Fried K; Ernfors P; Adameyko I
Article: EMBO JOURNAL. 2013;32(11):1613-1625
The transcription factor Hmx1 and growth factor receptor activities control sympathetic neurons diversification
Furlan A; Lubke M; Adameyko I; Lallemend F; Ernfors P
Article: DEVELOPMENT. 2012;139(2):397-410
Sox2 and Mitf cross-regulatory interactions consolidate progenitor and melanocyte lineages in the cranial neural crest
Adameyko I; Lallemend F; Furlan A; Zinin N; Aranda S; Kitambi SS; Blanchart A; Favaro R; Nicolis S; Lubke M; Mueller T; Birchmeier C; Suter U; Zaitoun I; Takahashi Y; Ernfors P

All other publications

Review: TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2023;34(12):813-822
Brain-body communication in metabolic control
Furlan A; Petrus P
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020
Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain
La Manno G; Siletti K; Furlan A; Gyllborg D; Vinsland E; Langseth CM; Khven I; Johnsson A; Nilsson M; Lönnerberg P; Linnarsson S
Review: DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2018;444:S25-S35
Schwann cell precursor: a neural crest cell in disguise?
Furlan A; Adameyko I
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2018
Molecular architecture of the mouse nervous system
Zeisel A; Hochgerner H; Lönnerberg P; Johnsson A; Memic F; van der Zwan J; Häring M; Braun E; Borm L; La Manno G; Codeluppi S; Furlan A; Skene N; Harris K; Hjerling Leffler J; Arenas E; Ernfors P; Marklund U; Linnarsson S
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2017
RNA velocity in single cells
La Manno G; Soldatov R; Hochgerner H; Zeisel A; Petukhov V; Kastriti ME; Lönnerberg P; Furlan A; Fan J; Liu Z; van Bruggen D; Guo J; Sundström E; Castelo-Branco G; Adameyko I; Linnarsson S; Kharchenko PV
Thesis / dissertation: 2016
Neuronal types and their specification dynamics in the autonomic nervous system
Furlan, Alessandro
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2011;28:S67
Multipotency of Schwann cell precursors in embryonic peripheral nervous system opens new vistas for melanoma and neuroblastoma cancer research
Adameyko I; Lallemend F; Furlan A; Zinin N; Aranda S; Suter U; Nicolis S; Favaro R; Emfors P

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Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2028

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Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2016

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