
Edoardo M Marcora, PhD
About Me
Edoardo Marcora is a Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Neuroscience and a faculty member of the Icahn Genomics Institute.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences, PROFESSOR | Neuroscience, PROFESSOR | Graduate Education
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 Areas
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
Awards
2003
Milton Wexler Award
Hereditary Disease Foundation
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
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.