Emma L Berdan

Biography

Education and Training

• PhD, Evolutionary Biology
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Awards and Honors

• KVA King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50-years scholarship , 2018

Publications

• Exposure to benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) leads to increased double-strand break formation and germline dysfunction in Caenorhabditis elegans.

  Henderson AL, Karthikraj R, Berdan EL, Sui SH, Kannan K, Colaiácovo MP. PLoS Genet 2024

  PMID: 39446714

• Seaweed Fly Larvae Cultivated on Macroalgae Side Streams: A Novel Marine Protein and Omega-3 Source for Rainbow Trout.

  Warwas N, Berdan EL, Xie X, Jönsson E, Roques JAC, Doyle D, Langeland M, Hinchcliffe J, Pavia H, Sundell K. Aquac Nutr 2025

  PMID: 39555533

• Type I interferon signaling induces melanoma cell-intrinsic PD-1 and its inhibition antagonizes immune checkpoint blockade.

  Holzgruber J, Martins C, Kulcsar Z, Duplaine A, Rasbach E, Migayron L, Singh P, Statham E, Landsberg J, Boniface K, Seneschal J, Hoetzenecker W, Berdan EL, Ho Sui S, Ramsey MR, Barthel SR, Schatton T. Nat Commun 2024 Aug 26

  PMID: 39187481

• Human regulatory memory B cells defined by expression of TIM-1 and TIGIT are dysfunctional in multiple sclerosis.

  Varghese JF, Kaskow BJ, von Glehn F, Case J, Li Z, Julé AM, Berdan E, Ho Sui SJ, Hu Y, Krishnan R, Chitnis T, Kuchroo VK, Weiner HL, Baecher-Allan CM. Front Immunol 2025

  PMID: 38745667

• Structural Variants and Speciation: Multiple Processes at Play.

  Berdan EL, Aubier TG, Cozzolino S, Faria R, Feder JL, Giménez MD, Joron M, Searle JB, Mérot C. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2024 03 01

  PMID: 38052499