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Matt Frost from Dr Trakhtenberg’s lab won an award at a symposium

Matthew Frost, a graduate student in Dr. Trakhtenberg’s lab, presented a poster on Neuroprotection and Regeneration of Optic Nerve Axons at the Vision Injury Research Forum (VIRF), co-hosted by The Department of Defense (DOD), Vision Research Program (VRP), and Vision Center of Excellence (VCE), and won Lightning Talk 2nd place award at the 8th Military Vision Symposium […]

Marc Benoit successfully defends PhD thesis

Congratulations to Marc Benoit for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Dr. Benoit has conducted his thesis study in the Yan lab by investigating the cell autonomous and non-autonomous role of the C-terminal fragment of CX3CL1 by utilizing unbiased single nucleus RNA sequencing approach.  Marc has also published his study on identifying defects in maturation of […]

Mohan lab illuminates novel target for AMD

Sarah Palko, neuroscience graduate student, is studying age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the Mohan lab. Their work has shown in multiple models of retinal degeneration that the enzyme peptidyl arginine deiminase-4 (PAD4) drives a pathological process known as citrullination (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121875119). Sarah has now extended her study by validating a critical role for PAD4 driven hypercitrullination […]