Edoardo M Marcora | Icahn School of Medicine

Biography

Research Topics

Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Apoptosis/Cell Death, Autoimmunity, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Brain, Cell Biology, Cellular Immunity, Computational Biology, Demyelination, Drug Design and Discovery, Epidemiology, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Gene Discovery, Gene Expressions, Gene Regulation, Gene editing, Genetics, Genomics, Hematopoiesis, Human Genetics and Genetic Disorders, Image Analysis, Immunology, Induced pluripotent stem cells, Inflammation, Knockout Mice, Lipid Signaling, Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Lysosomes/endosome, Macrophage, Metabolism, Microarray, Microglia, Molecular Biology, Multiple Sclerosis, Myelination, Neuro-degeneration/protection, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Niemann Pick Disease, Parkinson's Disease, RNA, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Sequence Alignment, Synapses, Synaptic Plasticity, Synaptogenesis, Systems Biology, Systems Neuroscience, Systems Pharmacology, Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Activation and Repression, Transporters

Multi-Disciplinary Training Area

Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS], Neuroscience [NEU]

Education

Dottore in Science Biologiche, University of Pavia

PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder

Research Scholar, California Institute of Technology

Honors & Awards

2003

Milton Wexler Award

Hereditary Disease Foundation

Publications

49

Publications

Selected Publications

Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function. Pinar Ayata, Jessica M. Crowley, Matthew F. Challman, Vinaya Sahasrabuddhe, Maud Gratuze, Sebastian Werneburg, Diogo Ribeiro, Emma C. Hays, Violeta Durán-Laforet, Travis E. Faust, Philip Hwang, Francisco Mendes Lopes, Chrysa Nikopoulou, Sarah Buchholz, Robert E. Murphy, Taoyu Mei, Anna A. Pimenova, Carmen Romero-Molina, Francesca Garretti, Tulsi A. Patel, Claudia De Sanctis, Angie V. Ramirez Jimenez, Megan Crow, Felix D. Weiss, Jason D. Ulrich, Edoardo Marcora, John W. Murray, Felix Meissner, Andreas Beyer, Dan Hasson, John F. Crary, Dorothy P. Schafer, David M. Holtzman, Alison M. Goate, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Anne Schaefer. Nature

Basic Science and Pathogenesis. Carmen Romero Molina, Wen Yi See, Ruben Gomez-Gutierrez, Tulsi Patel, Jiacheng Ma, Hayk Davtyan, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Jim Ray, Edoardo Marcora, Alison M. Goate. Alzheimer's and Dementia

Basic Science and Pathogenesis. Alexandra N. Regelson, Derek B. Archer, Alaina Durant, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, Michael L. Lee, Seo Eun Choi, Phoebe Scollard, Emily H. Trittschuh, Jesse Mez, William S. Bush, Amanda Kuzma, Michael L. Cuccaro, Carlos Cruchaga, Lindsay A. Farrer, Li San Wang, Gerald D. Schellenberg, Richard Mayeux, Walter W. Kukull, C. Dirk Keene, Andrew J. Saykin, Sterling C. Johnson, Corinne D. Engelman, David A.A. Bennett, Lisa L. Barnes, Eric B. Larson, Kwangsik Nho, Alison M. Goate, Alan E. Renton, Edoardo Marcora, Brian Fulton-Howard, Tulsi Patel, Shannon L. Risacher, Anita L. DeStefano, Julie A. Schneider, Mohamad Habes, Sudha Seshadri, Claudia L. Satizabal, Pauline Maillard, Arthur W. Toga, Karen Crawford, Duygu Tosun, Jeffery M. Vance, Elizabeth C. Mormino, Charles Decarli, Thomas J. Montine, Gary W. Beecham, Sarah Biber, Philip L.De Jager, Vilas Menon, Annie J. Lee. Alzheimer's and Dementia

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Office Locations

Icahn (East) Building Floor 10 Room 75A

1425 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10029

212-659-9825

Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Marcora during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

BrainStorm Therapeutics

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Marcora during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

BrainStorm Therapeutics

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.