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Andy P. Tsai

Neuroscience · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2012
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMitochondrial Function and PathologyNeurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Publications

79

Citations

3,096

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
AI-generated

Andy P. Tsai studies how the brain's immune cells (especially microglia) and inflammation contribute to aging, cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's disease. Much of the work uses genetics (such as the PLCG2, TREM2, and APOE genes), single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (measuring gene activity in individual cells while preserving location information), and advanced tissue imaging techniques. The research also spans mitochondrial biology, oxidative stress, and immune signaling in conditions like brain cancer.

Alzheimer's disease genetics and mechanismsMicroglia and brain agingNeuroinflammation and immune signalingSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsMitochondrial function and oxidative stress

Publication activity has been consistently high over the past decade, with an early rise, a peak in 2022, and a sustained pace of roughly ten papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 575 mid career Neuroscience PIs within our index
Citations: 3,096cohort median 670
h-index: 20cohort median 12
Publications / year (recent): 10.2cohort median 2.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 0% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 33 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 3 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 15 publications15222023: 10 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 11 publications252026: 10 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 7 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 17 collaborators at the same institution2023: 2 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×13
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×11
  • Scientific Reports×3
  • Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry×2
  • Genome Medicine×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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