Digital tracing neurons in a mouse model of glaucoma
[Past Projects]
Dr. Jordan Renna and Sara Chaszeyka
Our lab is studying the effects of the debilitating eye disease glaucoma on melanopsin ganglion cell neurons in the mouse retina. Melanopsin ganglion cells send light-evoked signals to the brain to regulate our circadian rhythms. Glaucoma is a medical condition in which eye pressure increases to the point at which neurons connecting the eye to the brain begin to die. We are looking for a brave soul to digitally trace fluorescently labeled melanopsin ganglion cell neurons. These neurons are from retinas in various stages of glaucoma. Our hope is to one day resolve glaucoma and cure the leading cause of rodent blindness.
Our lab motto: NO BLIND MICE!
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