MD - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Child Neurology - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Fellow - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
PhD in Neurosciences - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Attending Neurologist
Catenaccio E, Bennett ML, Massey S, Abend NS, Bergqvist C. Tonic seizures in a patient with Lennox- Gastaut Syndrome manifest as “icicles” rather than “flames” on quantitative EEG analysis. J Clin Neurophysiol, In Press (2022)
Su Y*, Zhou Y*, Bennett ML, Li S, Carceles-Cordon M, Lu L, Huh S, Jimenez-Cyrus D, Gu X, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Weinberger DR, Nauen DW, Song H, Ming G. Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas of Glia Diversity in the Human Hippocampus across the Postnatal Lifespan. Cell Stem Cell, In Revision (2022) *equal
Chadarevian JP*, Lombroso SI*, Peet GC, Hasselmann J, Tu C, Marzan DE, Capocchi J, Purnell F, Nemec K, Lahian A, Escobar A, England W, Caluvadi S, O’Brien C, Yaqoob F, Aisenberg W, Porras Paniagua M, Bennett ML, Spitale R, Davtyan H, Blurton-Jones M, Bennett FC. Engineering an inhibitor resistant human CSF1R variant for microglia replacement. J Exp Med, In Revision (2022) *equal
Yao M, Ventura PB, Jian Y, Rodriguez FJ, Wang L, Perry JSA, Yang Y, Wahl K, Crittenden RB, Bennett ML, Qi L, Gong C, Li X, Barres BA, Bender TP, Ravichandran KS, Janes KA, Eberhart CG, Zong H. Astrocytic trans-differentiation competes a multicellular paracrine feedback loop required for medulloblastoma tumor growth. Cell, 180:1-19 (2020)
Li Q*, Cheng Z*, Zhou L, Darmanis S, Neff NF, Okamoto J, Gulati G, Bennett ML, Sun LO, Clarke LE, Marschallinger J, Yu G, Quake SR, Wyss-Coray T, Barres BA. Developmental heterogeneity of microglia and brain myeloid cells revealed by deep single cell RNA sequencing. Neuron, 101(2):207-223.E10 (2019) *equal
Hutter G*, Theruvath J*, Graef CM*, Zhang M, Schoen MK, Manz EM, Bennett ML, Olson A, Azad TD, Sinha R, Chan C, Assad Kahn S, Gholamin S, Wilson C, Grant G, He J, Weissman IL, Mitra SS, Cheshier SH. Microglia are effector cells of CD47-SIRPalpha antiphagocytic axis disruption against glioblastoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 116(3):997-1006 (2019) *equal
Bohlen CJ, Bennett FC, Bennett ML. Isolation and culture of microglia. Curr Protoc Immunol, e70: doi:10.1002/cpim.70 (2018)
Bennett FC, Bennett ML, Yaqoob F, Mulinyawe SB, Grant GA, Hayden Gephart M, Plowey ED, Barres BA. A combination of ontogeny and CNS environment establishes microglial identity. Neuron, 98 (6): 1170-1183.E8 (2018)
Rodda LB, Lu E, Bennett ML, Sokol CL, Wang X, Luther S, Barres BA, Luster AD, Ye CJ, Cyster JG. Single-cell RNA sequencing of lymph node stromal cells reveals niche-associated heterogeneity. Immunity, 48(5): 1014-1028.E6 (2018)
Valdearcos M, Douglass JD, Roblee MM, Dorfman MD, Stifler DR, Bennett ML, Gerritse I, Fasnacht RD, Barres BA, Thaler JP, Koliwad SK. Microglial inflammatory signaling regulates the hypothalamic control of body weight. Cell Metab, 26(1): 185-197 (2017)
Liddelow SA, Guttenplan KA, Clarke LE, Bennett FC, Bohlen CJ, Schirmer L, Bennett ML, Münch AE, Chung W, Peterson TC, Wilton DK, Frouin A, Napier BA, Panicker N, Kumar M, Buckwalter MS, Rowitch DH, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Stevens B, Barres BA. Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia. Nature, 541:481-487 (2017)
Bennett ML*, Bennett FC, Liddelow SA, Ajami B, Zamanian JL, Fernhoff NB, Mulinyawe SB, Adil A, Tucker A, Weissman IL, Chang EF, Li G, Grant GA, Hayden Gephart MG, Barres BA. New tools for studying microglia in the mouse and human CNS. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 113(12): E1738-46 (2016) *corresponding author
Zhang Y*, Chen K*, Sloan S*, Bennett ML, Scholze AR, O’Keefe S, Phatnani H, Guarnieri P, Caneda C, Ruderisch N, Den S, Liddelow S, Zhang C, Daneman R, Maniatis T, Barres BA, Wu J. An RNAseq transcriptome and splicing database of neurons, glia, and vascular cells of the cerebral cortex. J Neurosci, 34(36):11929-47 (2014) *equal
Allen NJ, Bennett ML, Foo LC, Chakraborty C, Smith SJ, Barres BA. Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote of excitatory synapses containing GluA1 AMPA receptors. Nature, 486(7403):410-4 (2012)
Lorber B, Howe ML, Benowitz LI, Irwin N. Mst3b, an Ste20-like kinase, regulates axon regeneration in the mature CNS and PNS. Nat Neurosci, 12(11), 1407-14 (2009)
Brenhouse HC, Howe ML, Stellar JR. Differential activation of cAMP response element binding protein in discrete nucleus accumbens subregions during early and late cocaine sensitization. Behav Neurosci, 121(1), 212-7 (2007)
Howe ML, Mehmud ZF, Saha S, Buratovich M, Stutius EA, Schmidt HD, Lenon AL, Reddicks C, Ivanov GS, Przyborski SA, Ozer JS. Transcription factor IIA tau is associated with undifferentiated cells and its gene expression is repressed in primary neurons at the chromatin level in vivo. Stem Cells Dev, 15(2): 175-90 (2006)
Schafer D, Stevens B, Bennett FC, Bennett ML. “Microglia function in central nervous system development & plasticity.”Glia, 2nd Ed. Edited by B Stevens, M Freeman, K Monk. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives, In Preparation (2023) – Invited Book Chapter
Bennett ML. What do microglia do? Spring Brain Conference, Sedona, AZ, USA. April 2020, Canceled for COVID, rescheduled April 2023.
Bennett ML. Microglial STING tone regulates CNS antiviral immunity. Stanford Neuroimmunology Group, Stanford, CA, USA. August 2021.
Bennett ML. Microglia control CNS anti-viral immunity. American Pediatric Society SPR Journey Meeting, Virtual. March 2021.
2022, Research Education Grant (R25), NINDS
2021, SPR/APS Journeys Participant, Pediatric Academic Society, CHOP Attendee
2020, Senior Resident Clinician Award, Department of Pediatrics, CHOP
2010-2018, Medical Scientist Training Program, Stanford University School of Medicine
2011-2016, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F30), NINDS
2014, Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Stanford University School of Medicine
2014, Young Scientist Attendee, 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Physiology & Medicine
2013, Pioneer Award, Myelin Repair Foundation
2009-2010, Medical Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2008-2010, Medical Scholars Program Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine
2007, Skavenski Award (Excellence in Behavioral Neuroscience), Northeastern University
2007, 100 Most Influential Seniors, Northeastern University
2005-2007, Presidential Scholarship, Full merit scholarship, Northeastern University
2003-2007, 21st Century Scholarship, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern University
2002-2006 , Most Valuable Student Scholarship, Elks National Foundation