Francesca Garretti

@FGarrettiPhD

@Columbia PhD 🔬| @sinaibrain Postdoc in the Goate lab 🧫 | Interested in inflammation in neurodegenerative disease 🧠

New York, NY scholar.google.com/citations?user… Joined December 2020

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Francesca Garretti @FGarrettiPhD Aug 18, 2023

It is with great joy that I share our manuscript, out today in @NeuroCellPress 🎊 Thank you to my co-author @ConnorMonahan8 and PhD mentors @DAgalliu @david_sulzer 🧠

Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers ent... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Francesca Garretti @FGarrettiPhD Mar 18

I’m thrilled to announce I have been awarded an @alzassociation grant AARFA for my ongoing research into EIF2B2 and EIF2B3! With this fellowship I aim to understand how these two AD-associated risk genes affect microglia in vivo. #ALZFunded 💜🧬 @SinaiGenetics @SinaiBrain

Francesca Garretti @FGarrettiPhD Nov 6, 2025

Proud to have contributed to this exciting project that sheds light on how the SPI1 gene confers protection against Alzheimer’s disease. Read all about it here:

nature.com/articles/s4158…

www.nature.com Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function Nature - PU.1low CD28-expressing microglia may act as suppressive cells in Alzheimer’s disease, mitigating its progression by reducing neuroinflammation and amyloid plaque load, indicating...

Francesca Garretti @FGarrettiPhD Feb 4, 2025

Celebrating 10 years of innovative research at the Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s Disease 🧬🧫🥼@IcahnMountSinai @SinaiGenetics @SinaiBrain #AlisonGoate

Francesca Garretti @FGarrettiPhD Aug 18, 2023

A great summary of our @NeuroCellPress article by @Columbia news

Study Adds to Evidence That Parkinson’s Starts in the Gut cuimc.columbia.edu/news/study-add…

www.cuimc.columbia.edu Study Adds to Evidence That Parkinson’s Starts in the Gut Many researchers believe that the neurodegenerative disorder gets started in the gut. Columbia research now suggests that an autoimmune reaction may be driving those early events.