UConn Health press release on two recent research articles from Trakhtenberg lab, New insights into how axons grow could lead to effective therapies for blindness, paralysis (by Kim Krieger, published in UConn Today), was covered in research news of the NIH National Eye Institute, which funded these studies, and in multiple news outlets. The articles revealed new insights […]
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Elias Mullane Delivers an Outstanding Scientific Presentation
Elias Mullane Delivers an Outstanding Scientific Presentation Third year medical student Elias Mullane from the UConn School of Medicine presented his research capstone project at the Annual Neuroscience Retreat that was held at the Mark Twain house and Museum. Elias is conducting research in the Mohan lab in the neuroscience department studying how Muller glia […]
Mohan lab identifies a novel mechanism of retinal degeneration
Mohan lab publishes on a novel mechanism of retinal destruction from chemical injuries A major enigma for first responders and emergency workers when treating civilian populations exposed to chemical injuries is not knowing the real extent of ocular damage. The Mohan lab has established in a new research article (see below) that the internal neurosensory […]