Daniel A Lim MD PhD
Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, UCSF Director of Restorative Neurosurgery
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505 Parnassus AveM779San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-353-3904
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Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2003 - 2008- University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2002 - 2003
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Kavli Fellow U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2010
- NIH Director's New Innovator Award National Institutes of Health, 2009
- Sontag Distinguished Researcher Award Sontag Foundation, 2009
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Neural stem cell relay from B1 to B2 cells in the adult mouse ventricular-subventricular zone.Arantxa Cebrian-Silla, Marcos Assis Nascimento, Walter Mancia, Susana Gonzalez-Granero, Ricardo Romero-Rodriguez
Cell Reports. 2025-03-25 - In vivo perturb-seq of cancer and microenvironment cells dissects oncologic drivers and radiotherapy responses in glioblastoma.S John Liu, Christopher Zou, Joanna Pak, Alexandra Morse, Dillon Pang
Genome Biology. 2024-10-07 - Sex-specific role for the long noncoding RNA Pnky in mouse behavior.Parna Saha, Rebecca E Andersen, Sung Jun Hong, Eugene Gil, Jeffrey Simms
Nature Communications. 2024-08-12
Journal Articles
- Single-Cell Profiling of Human Gliomas Reveals Macrophage Ontogeny as a Basis for Regional Differences in Macrophage Activation in the Tumor MicroenvironmentDaniel A Lim, S John Liu, Manish Aghi, Hideho Okada, Nduka M Amankulor, Arnold R Kriegstein, BioMed Central
Grant Support
- Functional long noncoding RNAs in neural developmentUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO2022–2027
- Functional long noncoding RNAs in neural developmentUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO2022–2027
- Functional long noncoding RNAs in neural developmentUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO2022–2027
- Chromatin-based regulation of neural stem cellsVETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO2009–2026
- Chromatin-based regulation of neural stem cellsVETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO2009–2026
- Chromatin-based regulation of neural stem cellsVETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO2009–2026
- Chromatin-based regulation of neural stem cellsVETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO2009–2026
- Chromatin-based regulation of neural stem cellsVETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO2009–2026
- Understanding the neurodevelopmental role and mechanism of histone demethylase JMJD3UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO2020–2025
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
Industry Relationships
- Scientific Advisory Board, Accurexa, Inc.2014 - Present
External Links
- Dan Lim Lab, UCSFhttp://danlimlab.ucsf.edu
- UCSF Neurosurgeryhttp://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/index.php/about_us_faculty_lim.html
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