Elias Scheer

Elias Scheer is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, working with Dr. Conor Liston. He received his Ph.D. from the Rockefeller University under the supervision of Dr. Cori Bargmann.

In his doctoral studies, Scheer investigated how internal states influence decision-making in animal behavior. His research demonstrated how arousal states in C. elegans affect foraging decisions across multiple timescales. His work revealed that sensory neurons responsive to both internal and external cues play an integrative role in arousal and foraging decisions, providing insight into the neural mechanisms that regulate behavior.

While studying behavioral state changes in C. elegans, Scheer became interested in investigating persistent internal states in human psychiatric conditions. In his postdoctoral research with Dr. Liston, he studies the biological basis of depression and recovery, focusing on how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment affects physiological and affective changes in patients. His current work examines proteomic signatures that accompany changes in mood and behavior, which may reveal how metabolic and immune signaling pathways contribute to psychiatric states.

Publications

Scheer, E., and Bargmann, C.I. (2023). Sensory neurons couple arousal and foraging decisions in C. elegans. eLife 12, RP88657.

Clowney, E.J., Iguchi, S., Bussell, J.J., Scheer, E., and Ruta, V. (2015). Multimodal chemosensory circuits controlling male courtship in Drosophila. Neuron 87, 1036-1049.

Pignatta, D., Erdmann, R.M., Scheer, E., Picard, C.L., Bell, G.W., and Gehring, M. (2014). Natural epigenetic polymorphisms lead to intraspecific variation in Arabidopsis gene imprinting. eLife 3, 1-24.

Sangodkar, J., Shi, J., DiFeo, A., Schwartz, R., Bromberg, R., Choudhri, A., McClinch, K., Hatami, R., Scheer, E., Kremer-Tal, S., et al. (2009). Functional role of the KLF6 tumour suppressor gene in gastric cancer. Eur. J. Cancer 45, 666-676.