Lindsay Kathryne Festa, PhD

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Postdoctoral Researcher of Microbiology
Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Microbiology

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Education:
BA (Psychology)
Haverford College, 2009.
MS (Pharmacology)
Thomas Jefferson University, 2013.
PhD (Pharmacology & Physiology)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2018.
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Selected Publications

Festa LK, Jordan-Sciuttto KL, Grinspan JB: Neuroinflammation: an oligodendrocentric view. Glia 73(6): 1113-1129, June 2025.

Festa LK, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL.: White matter injury across neurodegenerative disease. Trends Neurosci 47(1): 47-57, January 2024.

Festa LK, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL: TRPML1 is a novel regulator of the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton. Presented at the 10th Tykeson Fellows Conference 2024 Notes: Poster.

Festa, L, Chen S, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL: TRPML1 modulates the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton via Rac1. Presented at the American Society for Neurochemistry 2024 Notes: Poster.

Festa L, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL: TRPML1 is a novel regulator of the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton Presented at the Myelin Gordon Research Seminar 2024 Notes: Poster.

Festa LK, Clyde AE, Long CC, Roth LM, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL.: Antiretroviral treatment reveals a novel role for lysosomes in oligodendrocyte maturation. J Neurochem 165(5): 722-740, June 2023.

Festa L, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL: The lysosomal Ca2+ TRPML1 regulates oligodendrocyte process extension: implications for actin cytoskeleton dynamics during differentiation Presented at the American Society for Neurochemistry 2022 Notes: Poster.

Festa L, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL: Regulation of oligodendrocyte process extension and myelination by the lysosomal cation channel TRPML1. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience 2022 Notes: Poster.

Festa L, Clyde AE, Long CC, Roth LM, Grinspan JB, Jordan-Sciutto KL: Lysosomal de-acidification inhibits oligodendrocyte maturation: implications for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Presented at the Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology 2022 Notes: Poster.

Nickoloff-Bybel EA, Festa L, Meucci O, Gaskill PJ.: Co-receptor signaling in the pathogenesis of neuroHIV. Retrovirology 18(1): 24, August 2021.

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