REH lab

Levi Todd
My projects focus on improving the regenerative capacity of the mammalian retina. I am interested in strategies to alter the reprogramming efficiency and cell fate choice of Muller glia-derived progenitors. I am also interested in how neuroinflammation influences regeneration. I am currently funded by a NEI K99/R00 grant.

Kiara Eldred
I am working to develop human retinal organoids as a system to observe the formation, growth, and penetrance of the different mutations that cause retinoblastoma. I hope that by better understanding the cellular origins of retinoblastoma, we can also better understand the molecular machinery regulating the decision points between proliferative growth and terminal differentiation of cells. I am funded by the HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows program.

Juliette Wohlschlegel
I am interested in stimulating retinal regeneration in human Muller glia. Using CRISPR-Cas9 strategies coupled with scRNA-seq, we aim to find the right combination of factors to reprogram MG derived from human tissues to specific retinal cell types like retinal ganglion cells. I hope that this project could help pave the way to developing intrinsic regenerative medicine in humans.

Marina Pavlou

My focus is to develop a strategy for vector-mediated delivery of reprogramming factors to the adult primate retina, in order to regenerate neurons from Müller glia. This could serve as impetus for a regenerative gene therapy in people. I am also interested in the effects of various injury modes on reprogramming and studying the functional recovery of the retina following neurogenesis. I am funded by the Weill Neurohub foundation.

Cat Ray

Lab Manager!

Aric Prieve

Genomics Data Analyst

Faith Kierney

Marlene Probst

Nicolai Blasdel

Sierra Edgerton

Kayla Arakelian