Ziv Gan-Or, MD, PhD

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Biography:

Dr. Ziv Gan-Or is an Associate Professor at The Neuro, where he serves as the Executive Director of the and the Leader of the Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group. He also leads the which aims to accelerate the development of treatments for GBA1-associated neurodegeneration. Dr. Gan-Or completed his MD and PhD at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, with a major interest in lysosomal related genes and their role in the pathogenesis and progression of Parkinson鈥檚 Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. In his lab at the Neuro, the, Dr. Gan-Or and his team use advanced multi-omic approaches to study the effects of genetics on risk, progression and response to medications in neurodegenerative disorders. On top of Parkinson鈥檚 disease, Dr. Gan-Or鈥檚 lab has a special interest in the genetics of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), and is leading the International RBD Genomics Consortium, with the world鈥檚 largest cohort of RBD patients. Individuals who suffer from RBD will most likely develop a neurodegenerative disease in the future: either Parkinson鈥檚 Disease, dementia with Lewy bodies or multiple system atrophy. By identifying the genetic background of RBD and by understanding how this genetic background affects the conversion from RBD to one of these neurodegenerative disorders, Dr. Gan-Or鈥檚 research aims to identify novel pathways and mechanisms that may help developing treatments. The lab collaborates with over 60 collaborators worldwide, and offers a unique, supportive and stimulating environment for trainees.听

Selected publications:

Jones-Tabah J, He K, Senkevich K, Karpilovsky N, Deyab G, Cousineau Y, Nikanorova D, Goldsmith T, del Cid Pellitero, Chen CXC, Luo W, You Z, Abdian N, Pietrantonio I, Goiran T, Ahmad J, Ruskey JA, Asayesh F, Spiegelman D, Waters C, Monchi O, Dauvilliers Y, Dupr茅 N, Miliukhina I, Timofeeva A, Emelyanov A, Pchelina S, Greenbaum L, Hassin-Baer S, Alcalay RN, Milnerwood A, Durcan TM, Gan-Or Z and Fon EA. Parkinson's risk gene CTSB promotes 伪-synuclein clearance and lysosome function in dopamine neurons. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2024. , 听

Chew EGY, Liu Z, Li Z, Chung SJ, Lian MM, Tandiono M, Heng YJ, Ng EY, Tan LCS, Chng WL, Tan TJ, Peh EKL, Ho YS, Chen XY, Lim YET, Chang CH, Leong JL, Peh TX, Chan LL, Chao Y, Au WL, Prakash KM, Lim JL, Tay YW, Mok V, Chan AYY, Lin JJ, Jeon BS, Song K, Tham CCY, Pang CP, Ahn J, Park KH, Wiggs JL, Aung T, Tan AH, Annuar AA, Makarious MB, Blauwendraat C, Nalls MA, Robak LA, Alcalay RN, Gan-Or Z, Reynolds R, Lim SY, Xia Y, Khor CC, Tan EK, Wang Z and Foo JN. Exome sequencing in Asian populations identifies Low-Frequency and Rare Coding Variation influencing Parkinson鈥檚 disease Risk. Nature Aging. 2024. , 听

Gustavsson EK, Follett J, Trinh J, Barodia SK, Real R, Liu Z, Grant-Peters M, Fox JD, Cresswell S, Stoessl AJ, Rajput A, Rajput AH, Auer R, Tilney R, Sturm M, Haack TB, Lesage S, Tesson C, Brice A, Vilarino-Guell C, Ryten M, Goldberg MS, West AB, Hu MT, Morris HR, Sharma M, Gan-Or Z, Samanci B, Lis P, Tocino TP, Amouri R, Ben Sassi S, Hentati F, Tonelli F, Alessi DB and Farrer MJ. RAB32 Ser71Arg in autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease: linkage, association, and functional analyses. Lancet Neurology. 2024. , 听

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Yu E, Larivi猫re R, Thomas RA, Liu L, Senkevich K, Rahayel S, Trempe JF, Fon EA, and Gan-Or Z. Identification of novel variants, genes and pathways potentially linked to Parkinson鈥檚 disease using machine learning. Brain. 2024. , 听

Le Guen Y, Luo G, Ambati A, Damotte V, Jansen I, Yu E, Nicolas A, de Rojas I, Leal TP, Miyashita A, Bellenguez C, Lian MM, Parveen K, Park H, Grenier-Boley B, Naito T, K眉莽眉kali F, Talyanski SD, Satake W, Yogeshwar SM, Sempere V, Alvarez V, B Arosio, Belloy ME, Benussi L, Boland A, Borroni B, Bullido MJ, Caffarra P, Clarimon J, Daniele A, Darling D, Debette S, Deleuze JF, Dichgans M, Dufouil C, During E, D眉zel E, Galimberti D, Garcia-Ribas G, Garc铆a-Alberca JM, Garc铆a-Gonz谩lez P, V Giedraitis, Goldhardt O, Graff C, Gr眉nblatt E, Hanon O, Hausner L, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Holstege H, Hort J, Jung YJ, J眉rgen D, Kuulasmaa T, Ling L, van der Lugt A, Masullo C, Mecocci P, Mehrabian S, de Mendon莽a A, Merc猫 B, Mir P, Moebus S, Moreno F, Nacmias B, Nicolas G, Nordestgaard BG, Oksenberg J, G Papenberg, Parnetti L, Pasquier F, Pastor P, O Peters, Pijnenburg YAL, Pi帽ol-Ripoll G, Popp J, Porcel LM, Puerta R, P茅rez-Tur J, I Rainero, Ramakers I, Real LM, Riedel-Heller S, Rodriguez-Rodriguez E, Royo JL, Rujescu D, Scarmeas N, Scheltens P, Scherbaum N, Schneider A, Seripa D, Solfrizzi V, Spalletta G, Squassina A, van Swieten J, S谩nchez-Valle R, Tegos T, Tremolizzo L, Vyhnalek M, Verhey F, Wiltfang J, Zhang J, Williams J, Amouyel P, Jessen F, Kehoe P, Andreassen O, Van Duin C, Tsolaki M, S谩nchez-Juan P, Frikke-Schmidt R, Sleegers K, Toda T, Ingelsson M, Okada Y, Rossi G, Hiltunen M, Gim J, Sims R, Foo JN, van der Flier W, Ikeuchi T, Ramirez A, Matta I, Ruiz A, Gan-Or Z, Lambert JC, Greicius MD and Mignot E. Protective association of HLA-DRB1*04 subtypes in neurodegenerative diseases implicates acetylated Tau PHF6 sequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 2023. , 听

Rahayel S, Tremblay C, Vo A, Mi拧i膰 B, Leh茅ricy S, Arnulf I, Vidailhet M, Corvol JC, the ICEBERG Study Group, Gagnon JF, Postuma RB, Montplaisir JY, Lewis S, Matar E, Martens KE, Borghammer P, Knudsen K, Hansen AK, Monchi O, Gan-Or Z* and Dagher A* (*equal contribution). Mitochondrial function-associated genes underlie cortical atrophy in prodromal synucleinopathies. Brain. 2023. , 听

Parlar SC, Grenn FP, Kim JJ, Blauwendraat C and Gan-Or Z. Classification of GBA1 variants in Parkinson disease; the GBA1-PD browser. Movement Disorders. 2023. , 听

Krohn L, Heilbron K, Blauwendraat C, Reynolds RH, Yu E, Senkevich K, Rudakou U, Estiar MA, Gustavsson EK, Brolin K, Ruskey JA, Freeman K, Asayesh F, Chia R, Arnulf I, Hu MTM, Montplaisir JY, Gagnon JF, Desautels A, Dauvilliers Y, Gigli GL, Valente M, Janes F, Bernardini A, H枚gl B, Stefani A, Abubaker I, Sonka K, Kemlink D, Oertel W, Janzen A, Plazzi G, Biscarini F, Antelmi E, Figorilli M, Puligheddu M, Mollenhauer B, Trenkwalder C, Sixel-D枚ring F, Cochen De Cock V, Monaca CC, Heidbreder A, Ferini-Strambi L, Dijkstra F, Viaene M, Abril B, Boeve BF, 23andMe Research Team, Scholz SW, Ryten M, Bandres-Ciga S, Noyce A, Cannon P, Pihlstr酶m L, Nalls MA, Singleton AB, Rouleau GA, Postuma RB and Gan-Or Z. Genome-wide association study of REM sleep behavior disorder identifies novel loci with distinct polygenic and brain expression effects. Nature Communications. 2022. 听, 听

Senkevich K, Zorca CE, Dworkind A, Rudakou U, Somerville E, Yu E, Ermolaev A, Nikanorova D, Ahmad J, Ruskey JA, Asayesh F, Spiegelman D, Fahn S, Waters C, Monchi O, Dauvilliers Y, Dupr茅 N, Greenbaum L, Hassin-Baer S, Grenn FP, Chiang MSR, Sardi SP, Vanderperre B, Blauwendraat C, Trempe JF, Fon EA, Durcan TM, Alcalay RN and Gan-Or Z. GALC variants affect galactosylceramidase enzymatic activity and risk of Parkinson鈥檚 disease. Brain. 2022.. , 听

Estiar MA, Yu E, Haj Salem I, Ross JP, Mufti K, Ak莽imen F, Leveille E, Spiegelman D, Ruskey JA, Asayesh F, Dagher A, Yoon G, Tarnopolsky M, Boycott KM, Dupre N, Dion PA, Suchowersky O, Trempe JF, Rouleau GA and Gan-Or Z. Evidence for non-Mendelian inheritance in spastic paraplegia 7. Movement Disorders. 2021. , 听

Chia R, Sabir MS, Bandres-Ciga S, Saez-Atienzar S, Reynolds RH, Gustavsson E, Walton RL, Ahmed S, Viollet C, Ding J, Makarious MB, Diez-Fairen M, Portley MK, Shah Z, Abramzon Y, Hernandez DG, Blauwendraat C, Stone DJ, Eicher J, Parkkinen L, Ansorge O, Clark L, Honig LS, Marder K, Lemstra A, St George-Hyslop P, Londos E, Morgan K, Lashley T, Warner TT, Jaunmuktane Z, Galasko D, Santana I, Tienari PT, Myllykangas L, Oinas M, Cairns NJ, Morris JC, Halliday GM, Van Deerlin VM, Trojanowski JQ, Grassano M, Calvo A, Mora G, Canosa A, Floris G, Bohannan RC, Brett F, Gan-Or Z, Geiger JT, Moore A, May P, Kr眉ger R, Goldstein D, Lopez G, Tayebi N, Sidransky E, Norcliffe-Kaufmann L, Palma JA, Kaufmann H, Shakkottai V, Perkins M, Newell KL, Gasser T, Schulte C, Landi F, Salvi E, Cusi D, Masliah E, Kim RC, Caraway CA, Monuki E, Brunetti M, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Albert MS, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Flanagan ME, Mao Q, Bigio EH, Rodr铆guez-Rodr铆guez E, Infante J, Lage C, Gonz谩lez-Aramburu I, Sanchez-Juan P, Ghetti B, Keith J, Black SE, Masellis M, Rogaeva E, Duyckaerts C, Brice A, Lesage S, Xiromerisiou G, Barrett MJ, Tilley BS, Gentleman S, Logroscino G, Serrano GE, Beach TG, McKeith IG, Thomas AJ, Attems J, Morris CM, Palmer L, Love S, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Hodges AK, Aarsland D, Klein G, Kaiser SM, Woltjer R, Pastor P, Bekris LM, Leverenz J, Besser LM, Kuzma A, Renton AE, Goate A, Bennett DA, Scherzer CR, Morris HR, Ferrari R, Albani D, Pickering-Brown S, Faber K, Kukull W, Morenas-Rodriguez E, Lle贸 A, Fortea J, Alcolea D, Clarimon J, Nalls MA, Ferrucci L, Resnick SM, Tanaka T, Foroud TM, Graff-Radford NR, Wszolek ZK, Ferman T, Boeve BF, Hardy JA, Topol E, Torkamani A, Singleton AB, Ryten M, Dickson D, Chi貌 A, Ross OA, Gibbs JR, Dalgard CL, Traynor BJ and Scholz SW. Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into the complex genetic architecture. Nature Genetics. 2021. , 听

Mufti K, Yu E, Rudakou U, Krohn L, Ruskey JA, Asayesh F, Laurent SB, Spiegelman D, Arnulf I, Hu MTM, Montplaisir JY, Gagnon JF, Desautels A, Dauvilliers Y, Gigli GL, Valente M, Janes F, Bernardini A, H枚gl B, Stefani A, Holzknecht E, Sonka K, Kemlink D, Oertel W, Janzen A, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Figorilli M, Puligheddu M, Mollenhauer B, Trenkwalder C, Sixel-D枚ring F, Cochen De Cock V, Monaca CC, Heidbreder A, Ferini-Strambi L, Dijkstra F, Viaene M, Abril B, Boeve B, Trempe JF, Rouleau GA, Postuma RB and Gan-Or Z. Novel associations of BST1 and LAMP3 with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Neurology. 2021. , 听

Rudakou U, Yu E, Krohn L, Ruskey JA, Dauvilliers Y, Spiegelman D, Greenbaum L, Fahn S, Waters CH, Dupr茅 N, Rouleau GA, Hassin-Baer S, Fon EA, Alcalay RN and Gan-Or Z. Targeted sequencing of Parkinson鈥檚 disease loci genes highlights SYT11, FGF20 and other associations. Brain. 2020. , 听

Yu E, Rudakov U, Krohn L, Mufti K, Ruskey JA, Asayesh F, Estiar MA, Spiegelman D, Fahn S, Waters CH, Greenbaum L, Espay AJ, Dauvilliers Y, Dupr茅 N, Rouleau GA, Hassin-Baer S, Fon EA, Alcalay RN and Gan-Or Z. Analysis of heterozygous PRKN variants and copy number variations in Parkinson鈥檚 disease. Movement Disorders. 2020. , 听

Krohn L, Ruskey JA, Rudakou U, Leveille E, Asayesh F, Hu MTM, Arnulf I, Dauvilliers Y, H枚gl B, Stefani A, Monaca CC, Abril B, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Ferini-Strambi L, Heidbreder A, Boeve BF, Espay AJ, Cochen De Cock V, Mollenhauer B, Sixel-D枚ring F, Trenkwalder C, Sonka K, Kemlink D, Figorilli M, Puligheddu M, Dijkstra F, Viaene M, Oertel W, Toffoli M, Gigli GL, Valente M, Gagnon JF, Desautels A, Montplaisir JY, Postuma RB, Rouleau GA and Gan-Or Z. GBA variants in REM sleep behavior disorder: a multicenter study. Neurology. 2020. , 听

Krohn L, Wu RYJ, Heilbron K, Ruskey JA, Laurent SB, Blauwendraat C, Alam A, Arnulf I, Hu MTM, Dauvilliers Y, H枚gl B, Toft M, Bj酶rnar氓 KA, Stefani A, Holzknecht E, Monaca CC, Beatriz A, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Ferini-Strambi L, Young P, Heidbreder A, Cochen De Cock V, Mollenhauer B, Sixel-D枚ring F, Trenkwalder C, Sonka K, Kemlink D, Figorilli M, Puligheddu M, Dijkstra F, Viaene M, Oertel W, Toffoli M, Gigli GL, Valente M, Gagnon JF, Nalls MA, Singleton AB, 23andMe Research Team, Desautels A, Montplaisir JY, Cannon P, Ross OA, Boeve BF, Dupr茅 N, Fon EA, Postuma RB, Pihlstr酶m L, Rouleau GA and Gan-Or Z. Fine-mapping of SNCA in REM sleep behavior disorder and overt synucleinopathies. Annals of Neurology. 2020. , 听

Krohn L, 脰zt眉rk TN, Vanderperre B, Ouled Amar Bencheikh B, Ruskey JA, Laurent SB, Spiegelman D, Postuma RB, Arnulf I, Hu MTM, Dauvilliers Y, H枚gl B, Stefani A, Monaca CC, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Ferini-Strambi L, Heidbreder A, Rudakou U, Cochen De Cock V, Young P, Wolf P, Oliva P, Zhang XK, Greenbaum L, Liong C, Gagnon JF, Desautels A, Hassin-Baer S, Montplaisir JY, Dupr茅 N, Rouleau GA, Fon EA, Trempe JF, Lamoureux G, Alcalay RN and Gan-Or Z. Genetic, structural and functional evidence link TMEM175 to synucleinopathies. Annals of Neurology. 2020. 听

Blauwendraat C, Reed X, Krohn L, Heilborn K, Bandres-Ciga S, Tan M, Gibbs R, Hernandez DG, Kumaran R, Langston R, Bonet-Ponce L, Alcalay RN, Hassin-Baer S, Greenbaum L, Iwaki H, Leonard H, Grenn FP, Ruskey JA, Sabir M, Ahmed S, Makarious MB, Pihlstr酶m L, Toft M, van Hilten JJ, Marinus J, Schulte C, Brockmann K, Sharma M, Siitonen A, Majamaa K, Eerola-Rautio J, Tienari PJ, Pantelyat A, Hillis-Trupe AE, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Albert MS, Resnick SM, Ferrucci L, Morris CM, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Grosset D, Lesage S, Corvol JC, Brice A, Noyce AJ, Masliah E, Wood N, Hardy J, Shulman LM, Jankovic J, Shulman JM, Heutink P, Gasser T, Cannon P, Scholz SW, Morris H, Cookson M, Nalls MA, Gan-Or Z* and Singleton A* (*equal contribution). Genetic modifiers of risk and age at onset in GBA associated Parkinson鈥檚 disease and Lewy body dementia. Brain. 2020. , 听

Nalls MA, Blauwendraat C, Vallerga CL, Heilbron K, Bandres-Ciga S, Chang D, Tan M, Kia DA, Noyce AJ, Xue A, Bras J, Young E, von Coelln R, Sim贸n-S谩nchez J, Schulte C, Sharma M, Krohn L, Pihlstrom L, Siitonen A, Iwaki H, Leonard H, Faghri F, Gibbs JR, Hernandez DG, Scholz SW, Botia JA, Martinez M, Corvol JC, Lesage S, Jankovic J, Shulman LM, The 23andMe Research Team, System Genomics of Parkinson's Disease (SGPD) Consortium, Sutherland M, Tienari P, Majamaa K, Toft M, Brice A, Yang J, Gan-Or Z, Gasser T, Heutink P, Shulman JM, Wood N, Hinds DA, Hardy J, Morris HR, Gratten J, Visscher PM, Graham RR, Singleton AB, for the International Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Genomics Consortium. Parkinson鈥檚 disease genetics: identifying novel risk loci, providing causal insights and improving estimates of heritable risk. Lancet Neurology. 2019. 18(12);1091-1102. 听

Farazi Fard MA, Rebelo AP, Buglo B, Nemati H, Dastsooz H, Gehweiler I, Reich S, Reichbauer J, Quint谩ns B, Ord贸帽ez-Ugalde A, Cortese A, Courel S, Abreu L, Powell E, Danzi M, Martuscelli NB, Bis-Brewer DM, Tao F, Zarei F, Habibzadeh P, Yavarian M, Modarresi F, Silawi M, Tabatabaei Z, Yousefi M, Farpour HR, Kessler C, Mangold E, Kobeleva X, Mueller AJ, Haack TB, Tarnopolsky M, Gan-Or Z, Rouleau GA, Synofzik M, Sobrido MJ, Jordanova A, Sch眉le R, Zuchner S and Faghihi MA. Truncating Mutations in UBAP1 Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2019. 4;104(4):767-773. 听

Gan-Or Z, Bouslam N, Birouk N, Lissouba A, Chambers DB, V茅ri猫pe J, Androschuck A, Laurent SB, Rochefort D, Spiegelman D, Dionne-Laporte A, Szuto A, Liao M, Figlewicz DA, Bouhouche A, Benomar A, Yahyaoui M, Ouazzani R, Yoon G, Dupr茅 N, Suchowersky O, Bolduc F, Parker JA, Dion PA, Drapeau P, Rouleau GA, Ouled Amar Bencheikh B. Mutations in CAPN1 cause autosomal recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2016;98(5):1038-1046. 听

Gan-Or Z, Ozelius LJ, Bar-Shira A, Saunders-Pullman R, Mirelman A, Kornreich R, Gana-Weisz M, Raymond D, Rozenkrantz L, Deik A, Gurevich T, Gross SJ, Schreiber-Agus N, Giladi N, Bressman SB, and Orr-Urtreger A. The p.L302P mutation in the lysosomal enzyme gene SMPD1 is a risk factor for Parkinson disease. Neurology 2013;80(17):1606-1610. 听

Gan-Or Z, Bar-Shira A, Dahary D, Mirelman A, Kedmi M, Gurevich T, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. Sequence alterations in the putative promoter of RAB7L1 are associated with a reduced Parkinson disease risk. JAMA Neurology, 2012;69(1):105-10. 听

Gan-Or Z, Giladi N, Rozovski U, Shifrin C, Rosner S, Gurevich T, Bar-Shira A, Orr-Urtreger A. Genotype-phenotype correlations between GBA mutations and Parkinson disease risk and onset. Neurology, 2008; 70: 2277鈥�83. 听

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