Jenna Gale, PhD

Education & Training

  • Vassar College, B.A., 2011
  • University of Pittsburgh, PhD, 2023

Representative Publications

Gale, J. R., Hartnett-Scott, K., Ross, M. M., Rosenberg, P. A., & Aizenman, E. (2023). Copper induces neuron-sparing, ferredoxin 1-independent astrocyte toxicity mediated by oxidative stress. Journal of neurochemistry, 10.1111/jnc.15961. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15961

Hernandez-Espinosa, D. R., Gale, J. R., Scrabis, M. G., & Aizenman, E. (2023). Microglial reprogramming by Hv1 antagonism protects neurons from inflammatory and glutamate toxicity. Journal of neurochemistry, 165(1), 29–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15760

Krall, R., Gale, J. R., Ross, M. M., Tzounopoulos, T., & Aizenman, E. (2022). Intracellular zinc signaling influences NMDA receptor function by enhancing the interaction of ZnT1 with GluN2A. Neuroscience letters, 790, 136896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136896

Gleixner, A. M., Verdone, B. M., Otte, C. G., Anderson, E. N., Ramesh, N., Shapiro, O. R., Gale, J. R., Mauna, J. C., Mann, J. R., Copley, K. E., Daley, E. L., Ortega, J. A., Cicardi, M. E., Kiskinis, E., Kofler, J., Pandey, U. B., Trotti, D., & Donnelly, C. J. (2022). NUP62 localizes to ALS/FTLD pathological assemblies and contributes to TDP-43 insolubility. Nature communications, 13(1), 3380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31098-6

Gale, J. R., Gedeon, J. Y., Donnelly, C. J., & Gold, M. S. (2022). Local translation in primary afferents and its contribution to pain. Pain, 163(12), 2302–2314. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002658

Gale, J. R., Kosobucki, G. J., Hartnett-Scott, K. A., & Aizenman, E. (2021). Imprecision in Precision Medicine: Differential Response of a Disease-Linked GluN2A Mutant to NMDA Channel Blockers. Frontiers in pharmacology, 12, 773455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.773455

Liu, H. Y., Gale, J. R., Reynolds, I. J., Weiss, J. H., & Aizenman, E. (2021). The Multifaceted Roles of Zinc in Neuronal Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Biomedicines, 9(5), 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9050489

Student Year

MS3

Career Advisor

Sarah Berman, MD, PhD

Thesis Advisor

Elias Aizenman, PhD

Graduate Program

Dissertation Title

Insights into the mechanism of copper-ionophore mediated toxicity in glial cells.

Trainee

Current

Training Period

2017 – Present

Student Year Term

MS3