Erik M. Ullian

Associate professor
University of California, San Francisco

Eric M. Ullian is associate professor of neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, where he leads a lab in the ophthalmology department.

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Targeting brain’s star-shaped cells may yield autism drugs

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3 May 2016 | 6 min read

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