Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S., and UConn scientists are working toward a way to enable earlier detection of a condition that leads to it. Led by Royce Mohan, associate professor of neuroscience at UConn Health, a team of researchers is developing a fluorescent small molecule imaging reagent to […]
Neuroscience Researchers Identify New Clue to Angelman Syndrome
A new stem cell model of Angelman syndrome delivers evidence for three molecular mechanisms underlying the condition — and one potential treatment. Researchers presented the unpublished results today at the 2016 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. The study found that the primary genetic cause of the syndrome, deletion of the UBE3A gene, […]
John Wizeman, Ph.D. Candidate, Defends Public Thesis Defense
John Wizeman recently defended his public thesis defense, entitled “The Role of Citrullination and the Type III Intermediate Filaments in Retinal gliosis” on August 19, 2016; major advisor Dr. Royce Mohan. He will begin his postdoc at UConn Health in the Department of Genetics & Genome Sciences with Dr. James Li. On behalf of the […]