Eric Heinrichs

About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Xiaofei Li and Erik Sundström focusing largely on spinal cord development and disease. I completed my PhD in Genetics and Genomics at UCLA in 2024 using stem cell models to study neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration.

Journal article: DEVELOPMENT. 2024;151(10):dev202209
Investigating the basis of lineage decisions and developmental trajectories in the dorsal spinal cord through pseudotime analyses
Gupta S; Heinrichs E; Novitch BG; Butler SJ
Journal article: CELL REPORTS. 2022;40(3):111119
In vitro atlas of dorsal spinal interneurons reveals Wnt signaling as a critical regulator of progenitor expansion
Gupta S; Kawaguchi R; Heinrichs E; Gallardo S; Castellanos S; Mandric I; Novitch BG; Butler SJ
Journal article: ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH. 2015;123:204-215
A computational chemistry perspective on the current status and future direction of hepatitis B antiviral drug discovery
Morgnanesi D; Heinrichs EJ; Mele AR; Wilkinson S; Zhou S; Kulp JLIII

Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025;BIORXIV
In vivo human embryonic spinal cord atlas validates stem cell-derived human dorsal interneurons and reveals ASD spinal signatures.
Gupta S; Heinrichs E; Rodriguez C; Friedman E; Gallardo S; Dermirjie T; Panosian T; Phan K; Tahmasian A; Verdin Y; Butler SJ

Postdoctoral Studies, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2027
Bioinformaticist, Spinal cord development, Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2024-2025