Ingrid Brust-Mascher

Ingrid Brust-Mascher

Project Scientist

Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology

Office
VM3B, room 1218, Davis, CA 95616

Education
1989, BSc, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico city, Mexico
1992, MSc, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
1995, PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Research Focus
My research focuses on fluorescence microscopy- from sample preparation to image acquisition and analysis.
Specialty Focus
The focus of my work is to help researchers use the best light microscopy techniques for their project. I help them design their imaging experiment, collect the images, and implement their image analysis. I am testing new microscopy techniques and developing image analysis algorithms.
Ten Recent Publications

2025
Murray K, Cremin M, Tay E, Sanchez K, Schreiber S, Lloyd E, Brust-Mascher I, Leigh W, Ashfaq J, Gareau MG, Reardon C
Inhibition of acute lung inflammation by a neuroimmune circuit induced by vagal nerve stimulation.

2025
Cremin M, Ramirez VT, Sanchez K, Tay E, Murray K, Brust-Mascher I, Reardon C
Substance P receptor signaling contributes to host maladaptive responses during enteric bacterial infection.

2024
Populin LC, Rajala AZ, Matkowskyj KA, Saha S, Zeng W, Christian B, McVea A, Tay EX, Mueller EM, Malone ME, Brust-Mascher I, McMillan AB, Ludwig KA, Suminski AJ, Reardon C, Furness JB
Characterization of idiopathic chronic diarrhea and associated intestinal inflammation and preliminary observations of effects of vagal nerve stimulation in a non-human primate

2024
Wu Y, Brust-Mascher I, Gareau MG, De Loera JA, Reardon C
PrestoCell: A persistence-based clustering approach for rapid and robust segmentation of cellular morphology in three-dimensional data

2023
Cremin M, Tay E, Ramirez VT, Murray K, Nichols RK, Brust-Mascher I, Reardon C
TRPV1 controls innate immunity during Citrobacter rodentium enteric infection.

2023
Toedebusch RG, Wei NW, Simafranca KT, Furth-Jacobus JA, Brust-Mascher I, Stewart SL, Dickinson PJ, Woolard KD, Li CF, Vernau KM, Meyers FJ, Toedebusch CM
Intra- and Intertumoral Microglia/Macrophage Infiltration and Their Associated Molecular Signature Is Highly Variable in Canine Oligodendroglioma: A Preliminary Evaluation.

2021
Hennessey C, Keogh CE, Barboza M, Brust-Mascher I, Knotts TA, Sladek JA, Pusceddu MM, Stokes P, Rabasa G, Honeycutt M, Walsh O, Nichols R, Reardon C, Gareau MG
Neonatal enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection disrupts microbiota-gut-brain axis signaling.

2021
Keogh CE, Kim DHJ, Pusceddu MM, Knotts TA, Rabasa G, Sladek JA, Hsieh MT, Honeycutt M, Brust-Mascher I, Barboza M, Gareau MG
Myelin as a regulator of development of the microbiota-gut-brain axis.

2020
Ramirez VT, Sladek J, Godinez DR, Rude KM, Chicco P, Murray K, Brust-Mascher I, Gareau MG, Reardon C
Sensory Nociceptive Neurons Contribute to Host Protection During Enteric Infection With Citrobacter rodentium.

2020
Salvo E, Stokes P, Keogh CE, Brust-Mascher I, Hennessey C, Knotts TA, Sladek JA, Rude KM, Swedek M, Rabasa G, Gareau MG
A murine model of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease causes microbiota-gut-brain axis deficits in adulthood.