Bold indicates trainee enrolled in the ITVS Pathway. * indicates presenting author.
Mitochondrial calcium homeostasis influences retinal ganglion cell survival in neurodegeneration following optic nerve axon injury. McCracken S*, Squirrell K, Zhao M, Williams PR. Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting. October 2024. Chicago, IL.
Emergence of tuning properties of the pupillary light and contrast responses in the retina and olivary pretectal nucleus. Song X*, Fitzpatrick M, Kerschensteiner D. SfN Annual Meeting. October 2024. Chicago, IL.
Cis-regulatory element activity in temporal gene expression & retinal cell fate specification. Craigen E*, Clark B. Visual System Development Gordon Research Conference. May 2024. Lucca, Italy.
Inhibition and arbor morphology shape dendritic integration and feature selectivity in the retina. Lin CI*, Kerschensteiner D. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting. May 2024. Seattle, WA. | Abstract |
Cellular homeostasis and resilience to degeneration in retinal ganglion cells in vivo. Williams P*, Wang Z, McCracken S, Zhao C, Xu S, Squirrell K. ARVO Annual Meeting. May 2024. Seattle, WA. | Abstract |
Surviving Neurodegeneration: Retinal ganglion cell resilience to injury indicated by cytoplasmic [Ca2+] levels. McCracken S*, Fitzpatrick M, Hall A, Morgan J, Kerschensteiner D, Williams P.
- Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting. October 2023. Washington, D.C.
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting. April 2023. New Orleans, LA. | Abstract |
Cis-regulatory Element Activity in Temporal Regulation of Retinal Cell Fate. Craigen E*, Clark B. 2023 Midwest Eye Research Symposium. August 2023. Iowa City, IA. | Abstract |
The long noncoding RNA Gm11454 regulates retinal development. Enright J*, Blackshaw S, Clark B. 2023 Midwest Eye Research Symposium. August 2023. Iowa City, IA. | Abstract |
Microglia promote amacrine cell loss in a model of early-stage diabetic retinopathy. Pfeifer C*, Santeford A, Beatty W, Apte RS. ARVO Annual Meeting. April 2023. New Orleans, LA. | Abstract |
Aberrant outer nuclear layer (ONL) phenotypes and vasculature in mouse models of dominant CRX. Sun C*, Pfeifer C, Zheng Y, Apte RS, Chen S. ARVO Annual Meeting. April 2023. New Orleans, LA. | Abstract |
Investigating Long Noncoding RNA Functions and Mechanisms in Retinal Development. Enright J*, Dunn J, Zhu H, Blackshaw S, Clark B. Visual System Development Gordon Research Conference. August 2022. Southbridge, MA.
Retinal ganglion cell resilience to injury indicated by cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels. McCracken S*, Williams PR.
- FASEB Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing Meeting. June 2022. Southbridge, MA.
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting. May 2022. Denver, CO. | Abstract |
Chronic ablation of retinal microglia prevents functional vision loss during early-stage diabetic retinopathy in the mouse. Pfeifer C*, Walsh J, Santeford A, Apte RS. ARVO Annual Meeting. May 2022. Denver, CO. | Abstract |
Roles of adipose tissue metabolism on synthesis of photoreceptors outer segments and retinal senescence. Terao R*, Yoshida M, Lee T, Colasanti J, Pfeifer C, Lin J, Santeford A, Hase K, Kim J, Apte RS. ARVO Annual Meeting. May 2022. Denver, CO. | Abstract |
Injury and disease reconfigure corneal epithelial stem cell differentiation distinct from homeostasis. Lin JB*, Shen X, Pfeifer C, Shiau F, Santeford A, Ruzycki PA, Clark BS, Liu Q, Huang AJW, Apte RS. ARVO Annual Meeting. May 2022. Denver, CO. | Abstract |
Apoptotic debris clearance by activated microglia in the inner retina during early-stage diabetic retinopathy in the mouse. Pfeifer C*, Apte RS. International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration. September 2021. Nashville, TN.