Emma Geiduschek, PhD
Credentials: Neuroscience Training Program
Position title: PhD student
Email: geiduschek@wisc.edu
Website: McDowell Lab
Advisor: Colleen McDowell, PhD
Keywords: Glaucoma, optic nerve head, TLR4, TGFβ, astrocytes, lamina cribrosa, microglia
Education
BA 2016, Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Research
In the McDowell Lab, Emma will be investigating the molecular pathology of optic nerve head changes
in glaucoma, and how cellular crosstalk between astrocytes, microglia, and lamina cribrosa cells
contribute to these changes.