People Type: Trainee

Biography Advisor: Freya Mowat Keywords: Canine psychology, object tracking, visual acuity Education BS, 2019, Biology, Hames Madison University PhD, 2023, Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Research Interests Memi’s research focuses on comparative ophthalmology with a particular interest in the intersection of vision and behavior in companion animals. As part of a master’s …

Biography Keywords: Oculomotor control, 3D vision, gaze shifting, sensorimotor transformations Advisor: Ari Rosenberg Education BS 2020, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa Research In the Rosenberg lab, I study how the visual system forms 3D representations of the world from the 2D images projected onto the retina, and how these 3D representations contribute to motor behavior. …

Biography Advisor: Gillian McLellan, PhD Keywords: Comparative Glaucoma, Aqueous Humor Dynamics, Trabecular Meshwork, LTBP2 Research Summary My research focuses on understanding the effects of LTBP-2 mutations in Primary Congenital Glaucoma (PCG) using spontaneous large animal glaucoma model. Specifically, I want to study the effect of this mutation on the trabecular meshwork cells in the anterior …

Biography Keywords: Retinitis pigmentosa, retinal circuitry, homeostatic plasticity, electrophysiology, bipolar cells, synaptic proteins Advisor: Miranda Scalabrino, PhD Education BS 2023, Neuroscience, University of St. Thomas Research My work uses a mouse model to investigate a bipolar cell synaptic scaffolding protein and its contributions to retinal structure and function. I assess synaptic structure using expansion microscopy …

Biography Advisor: Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, PhD Keywords:Drug Delivery, Lipid Nanoparticles, Gene Editing Education BS. 2018, Materials Science and Engineering MRes, 2022, Pharmaceutical Studies (Advisor: Dr. Seungpyo Hong) PhD, 2024, Pharmaceutical Studies (Advisor: Dr. Seungpyo Hong) Research Summary As I’ve developed as a scientist and progressed in my research, the questions I find the most compelling …

Biography Advisor: Filiz Yesilkoy, PhD Keywords: Retina, Müller cells, retinal microglia, neurovascular unit, surface-enhanced mid-infrared spectral imaging Education BS 2014, Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá MSc 2018, Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Research Retinal tissue architecture is determined by a plethora of dynamic and complex interactions between different cell types and …

Biography Advisor: Freya M. Mowat, BVSc, PhD Keywords: Retinal pathophysiology, aging, heavy metal exposure, photoreceptor mitochondrial health Education BS 1989, Biology/Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI MS 2017, Experimental Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Research Ms. Salzman has had the opportunity to participate in (1) assessing the effect of methanol intoxication, specifically the toxic metabolite …

Advisor: Vivian Paulun Keywords: Material Perception, Intuitive Physics, Neural Basis of Material Perception/Physics Education BS 2026, Psychology; University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Kendall Scholly investigates how humans intuitively infer the material and physical properties of solid objects (‘things’), as well as liquids and granular materials called (‘stuff’). Her lab conducts behavioral and functional neuroimaging (fMRI) experiments …

Biography Advisor: Raunak Sinha, PhD Education MSc 2021, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada BS 2016, Biology & Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA Research Throughout the brain, distinct forms of information processing by neural circuits are supported by precise spatiotemporal control of synaptic glutamate receptors. In the mammalian …

Biography Advisor: Colleen McDowell, PhD Keywords: Glaucoma, Trabecular Meshwork, Intraocular pressure, Integrins, TGFb, EDA Education 2013, BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2014, MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh Research In the McDowell Lab, Tania is using different cellular and molecular techniques to understand the molecular mechanisms …