Driven by curiosity, guided by data, shaping the future of brain research.

I'm Dr. Md Joynal Abedin, a neuroscientist specializing in modeling neurological diseases to advance our understanding and treatment of brain disorders.

Publications & Conference Presentations

• Md Joynal Abedin, Yee Fun Lee, Melinda Zhang, Alyssa N Russ, Dmitry Gerashchenko, Brian J. Bacskai, Ksenia V. Kastanenka, Compartment-specific analysis reveals disrupted astrocytic calcium transients in Alzheimer’s mice, Scientific Reports, (preprint)

• Abedin, M.J. and Kastanenka, K.V., The role of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease: Pathophysiology, biomarkers, and therapeutic potential. Journal of Alzheimer's disease: JAD, p.13872877251411561.

• Lu Yu, Alyssa N. Russ, Moustafa Algamal, Md Joynal Abedin, Qiuchen Zhao, Morgan R. Miller, Stephen J. Perle, Ksenia V. Kastanenka, Slow Wave Activity Disruptions and Memory Impairments in a Mouse Model of Aging, Neurobiology of Aging, 2024, ISSN 0197-4580,

• Abedin, M. J., Michelhaugh SK, Mittal S & Berdichevsky, Y. 3D models of glioblastoma interaction with cortical cells. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 11, (2023).

• Ming, Y., Abedin, M. J., Tatic-Lucic, S. & Berdichevsky, Y. Microdevice for directional axodendritic connectivity between micro 3D neuronal cultures. Microsyst. Nanoeng. 7, 67 (2021).

• Ghiasvand, S., Liu, J., Abedin, Md. J.& Berdichevsky, Y. Protocol for Rodent Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Culture Model for Ex Vivo Monitoring of Epileptogenesis in Experimental and Translational Methods to Screen Drugs Eﬀective Against Seizures and Epilepsy (ed. Vohora, D.) 11–28 (Springer US, 2021).

• A study of calcium activity in astrocytes reveals compartment-specific alterations in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, Abedin M. J., Lee, Y., E., Zhang M., Bacskai, B., J., Kastanenka K.V. at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2025.

• Disruptions of Astrocytic Calcium Transients in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s disease: a Compartment-specific Analysis, Abedin M. J., Lee, Y., E., Zhang M., Bacskai, B., J., Kastanenka K.V. at Society for Neuroscience conference (SfN) 2024.

• Slow Wave Activity Disruptions and Memory Impairments in a Mouse Model of Aging, Yu L., Russ A.N., Abedin M. J., Algamal M., Zhao Q., Miller M.R., Perle S.J., Kastanenka K.V. at Society for Neuroscience conference (SfN) 2023.

• In-vitro SeizureSuppression by Patterned Optogenetic Stimulation while Allowing Information Processing in Hippocampus, Md. Joynal Abedin, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, at Society of Neuroscience conference (SfN) 2022.

• Evaluating Invasion of Glioblastoma Cells in Rat Cortical Spheroids, Md. Joynal Abedin, Sharon K Michelhaugh, Sandeep Mittal, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, at BMES conference 2021.

• Evaluating Invasion of Glioblastoma Aggregates in Diﬀerent 3D Environment, Md. Joynal Abedin, Sharon K Michelhaugh, Sandeep Mittal, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, at NEBEC conference 2021.