S. Andrew Aston

Biomedical Data Scientist

Publications

  1. Belyantseva, I. A., Liu, C., Dragich, A. K., Miyoshi, T., Inagaki, S., Imtiaz, A., Tona, R., Zuluaga-Osorio, K. S., Hadi, S., Wilson, E., Morozko, E., Olszewski, R., Yousaf, R., Sokolova, Y., Riordan, G. P., Aston, S. A., Rehman, A. U., Fenollar Ferrer, C., Wisniewski, J., Gu, S., Nayak, G., Goodyear, R. J., Li, J., Krey, J. F., Wafa, T., Faridi, R., Adadey, S. M., Drummond, M., Perrin, B., Winkler, D. C., Starost, M. F., Cheng, H., Fitzgerald, T., Richardson, G. P., Dong, L., Barr-Gillespie, P. G., Hoa, M., Frolenkov, G. I., Friedman, T. B., & Zhao, B. (2025). Taperin bundles F-actin at stereocilia pivot points enabling optimal lifelong mechanosensitivity. Journal of Cell Biology, 224(8), e202408026. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202408026
  2. Wood, E. K., Aston, S. A., O’Connell, P. H., Hafen, E., Skowbo, A. N., Schwandt, M. L., Lindell, S. G., Smith, E., Johnson, M., Baron, Z., Gabrielle, N., Barr, C. S., Suomi, S. J., Goldman, D., & Higley, J. D. (2024). Genotypic variation in the promoter region of the CRH-248 gene interacts with early rearing experiences to disrupt the development of the HPA axis in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Stress, 27(1), 2377272. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2024.2377272
  3. Aston, S. A., Caffo, B. S., Bhasin, H., Moran, T. H., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2023). Timing matters: The contribution of running during different periods of the light/dark cycle to susceptibility to activity-based anorexia in rats. Physiology & Behavior, 271, 114349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114349
  4. Bhasin, H., O’Brien, S. C., Cordner, Z. A., Aston, S. A., Tamashiro, K. L. K., & Moran, T. H. (2023). Activity-based anorexia in adolescent female rats causes changes in brain mitochondrial dynamics. Physiology & Behavior, 261, 114072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.114072
  5. Hurley, M. M., Collica, S. C., Aston, S. A., Wiles, L. J., Weiner, R. C., Biswas, A., Bhasin, H., Sabir, A. I., Goodman, E. J., Purbey, R., Tamashiro, K. L. K., & Moran, T. H. (2022). Adolescent female rats prone to the activity-based anorexia paradigm have altered hedonic responses and cortical astrocyte density compared to resistant animals. Appetite, 168, 105666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105666
  6. Hurley, M. M., Nawari, A. N., Chen, V. X., O’Brien, S. C., Sabir, A. I., Goodman, E. J., Wiles, L. J., Biswas, A., Aston, S. A., Khambadkone, S. G., Tamashiro, K. L., & Moran, T. H. (2022). Adolescent female rats recovered from activity-based anorexia display blunted hedonic responding. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(8), 1042–1053. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23752
  7. Braxton, A. M., Chalmin, A. L., Najarro, K. M., Brockhurst, J. K., Johnson, K. T., Lyons, C. E., Daly, B., Cryer, C. G., Vijay, S., Cyphers, G., Guerrero-Martin, S. M., Aston, S. A., McGee, K., Su, Y. P., Arav-Boger, R., & Metcalf Pate, K. A. (2020). Platelet-endothelial associations may promote cytomegalovirus replication in the salivary gland in mice. Platelets, 31(7), 860–868. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2019.1689383
  8. Filippatou, A. G., Lambe, J., Sotirchos, E. S., Fitzgerald, K. C., Aston, S. A., Murphy, O. C., Pellegrini, N., Fioravante, N., Risher, H., Ogbuokiri, E., Kwakyi, O., Toliver, B., Davis, S., Luciano, N., Crainiceanu, C., Prince, J. L., Mowry, E. M., Calabresi, P. A., & Saidha, S. (2020). Association of body mass index with longitudinal rates of retinal atrophy in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis, 26(7), 843–854. https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458519900942
  9. Fitzgerald, K. C., Kim, K., Smith, M. D., Aston, S. A., Fioravante, N., Rothman, A. M., Krieger, S., Cofield, S. S., Kimbrough, D. J., Bhargava, P., Saidha, S., Whartenby, K. A., Green, A. J., Mowry, E. M., Cutter, G. R., Lublin, F. D., Baranzini, S. E., De Jager, P. L., & Calabresi, P. A. (2019). Early complement genes are associated with visual system degeneration in multiple sclerosis. Brain, 142(9), 2722–2736. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz188
  10. Daurio, A. M., Aston, S. A., Schwandt, M. L., Bukhari, M. O., Bouhlal, S., Farokhnia, M., Lee, M. R., & Leggio, L. (2018). Impulsive personality traits mediate the relationship between adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms and alcohol dependence severity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 42(1), 173–183./acer.13538

Selected Poster Presentations

  1. Aston, S. A., Macias, L. K., Tronci, V., Shakir, J., Cordner, Z. A., Cepeda Salinas, A. A., Hui, K. Y., Moran, T. H., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2023). Maternal high fat diet during gestation and lactation increases dopamine response to amphetamine in adult male and female offspring. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 30th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
  2. Shakir, J., Li, M., O’Brien, S., Aston, S. A., Moran, T. H., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2023). Maternal high fat diet offspring demonstrate blunted food-induced cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) expression in the nodose ganglion. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 30th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
  3. Macias, L. K., Cordner, Z. A., Aston, S. A., Shakir, J., Kesarwani, A., Moran, T. H., de la Serre, C. B., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2023). Perinatal high-fat diet induces systemic inflammation during development and decreases expression of gut peptides in adulthood. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 30th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
  4. Macias, L. K., Cordner, Z. A., O’Brien, S. C., Aston, S. A., Moran, T. H., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2022). Perinatal high-fat diet results in delayed attainment of developmental milestones. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 29th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal.
  5. Aston, S. A., Tronci, V., Macias, L. K., Moran, T. H., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2022). Maternal high fat diet during gestation and lactation increases nucleus accumbens shell dopamine release and locomotor response to amphetamine in offspring. International Society for Developmental Psychobiology 54th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
  6. Aston, S. A., Hurley, M. M., Caffo, B. S., Moran, T. H., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2021). Food intake and distinct running patterns characterize resistance and susceptibility to activity-based anorexia in rats. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 28th Annual Meeting, virtual meeting.
  7. Filippatou, A., Lambe, J., Sotirchos, E., Aston, S. A., Fitzgerald, K., Murphy, O., Pellegrini, N., Risher, H., Fioravante, N., Ogbuokiri, E., Kwakyi, O., Prince, J., Mowry, E., Calabresi, P., & Saidha, S. (2019). Elevated body mass index is associated with accelerated ganglion cell + inner plexiform layer atrophy in multiple sclerosis. Poster presentation at the 35th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Stockholm, Sweden.
  8. Hurley, M. M., Chen, V. X., Aston, S. A., Goodman, E. J., Khambadkone, S. G., Tamashiro, K. L., & Moran, T. H. (2019). Female adolescent rats display a negative-shift in hedonic responses following a preclinical model of Anorexia Nervosa. Keystone Symposia: Functional Neurocircuitry of Feeding and Eating Disorders, Abstract 2036, Banff, AB, Canada.
  9. Hurley, M. M., Chen, V. X., Nawari, A. N., Aston, S. A., Wiles, L. J., Goodman, E. J., Khambadkone, S. G., Tamashiro, K. L., & Moran, T. H. (2019). Examination of orofacial response to good and bad tastants across a time course of the activity-based anorexia model in adolescent female rats. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior 27th Annual Meeting, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  10. Aston, S. A., Schwandt, M. L., Bouhlal, S., Farokhnia, M., & Leggio, L. (2016). The role of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, impulsivity, and childhood trauma in alcohol use disorders. Poster presentation at the 2016 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postbac Poster Day, Bethesda, Maryland.
  11. Aston, S. A., O’Connell, P. H., Schwandt, M. L., Barr, C. S., Lindell, S. G., Suomi, S. J., & Higley, J. D. (2015). A SNP in the promoter region of the rhesus macaque CRH gene interacts with early rearing experiences to influence anxious behavior. Poster presentation at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Provo, Utah.
  12. Anderson, S. G., Aston, S. A., Higley, J. D., & Capitanio, J. P. (2015). Social environment predicts temperament of infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Poster presentation at the 38th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists (ASP), Bend, Oregon.