New Paper in Molecular Neurodegeneration

Vision Science PhD student Emily L. Ward is first author on a new open-access review in Molecular Neurodegeneration: “Modeling neurodegeneration in the retina and strategies for developing pan-neurodegenerative therapies.” The paper positions the retina as a powerful model for investigating the mechanisms of neurodegeneration and advancing therapies that could apply across diseases such as glaucoma, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.

Berkeley co-authors include Karthik Shekhar (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute) and John G. Flanagan (Optometry & Vision Science). Congratulations to the full research team: Emily L. Ward, Larry Benowitz, Thomas M. Brunner, Guojun Bu, Michel Cayouette, Valeria Canto‐Soler, Sandro Dá Mesquita, Adriana Di Polo, Aaron DiAntonio, Xin Duan, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Zhigang He, Yang Hu, Shane A. Liddelow, Anna La Torre, Milica Margeta, Francisco Quintana, Karthik Shekhar, Beth Stevens, Sally Temple, Humsa Venkatesh, Derek Welsbie, and John G. Flanagan.