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Photoreceptor - RPE Cell Biology

Photoreceptor - RPE Cell Biology

Photoreceptor - RPE Cell Biology

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Most recent paper:

  • 2020, “The Cell Biology of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium”, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research.  A comprehensive review of the RPE. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350946220300185

Postdoctorate Awards:

  • 2020-23, Nan Hultgren, NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2019-20, Nan Hultgren, UPLIFT Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2020, Gil Torten (rotation student), Grad Slam, UCLA finalist
  • 2016-19, Abhi Chadha, NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2015, Stefanie Volland, FASEB vision meeting, best presentation by a young investigator

Graduate Student Awards:

  • 2020, Gil Torten (rotation student), Grad Slam, UCLA finalist
  • 2016-18, Roni Hazim, NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Travel Fellowships – Graduate Students and Postdoctorates:

  • 2020, Abhi Chadha, ARVO Travel Fellowship
  • 2018, Ankita Umapathy, Retina Degeneration International Symposium
  • 2018, Ankita Umapathy, International Society for Eye Research Travel Fellowship
  • 2016, Stefanie Volland, Retina Degeneration International Symposium
  • 2016, Stefanie Volland, International Society for Eye Research Travel Fellowship
  • 2014, Roni Hazim, Retina Degeneration International Symposium

Undergraduate Student Research Awards:

  • 2020, Harjas Sabharwal, Amgen Scholar Award
  • 2019, Sonia Bustos Barocio, UCLA McNair Research Scholar Award
  • 2019, Harjas Sabharwal, UCLA Neuroscience Scholar Award
  • 2018, Natella Baliaouri, UCLA Dean's Prize
  • 2017, Madeline Tomlinson, UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Award
  • 2016, Elain Tram, Brown University, Brown LINK Award for Summer Internship



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