Christian Metallo, PhD Dr. Metallo is exploring the role of metabolic dysregulation in MacTel. Genetics and metabolomics studies have indicated that some MacTel... View Article
Aaron Lee, MD The Lee Lab at the University of Washington specializes in next-generation computer techniques in the fields of Big Data, Machine... View Article
Timothy Cherry, PhD Genome-wide association studies of macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) show the strongest genetic linkage to a critical non-coding region within... View Article
Mark Gillies, MD, PhD Dr. Gillies studies Müller glia, particularly in the context of Macular Telangiectasia type 2. He has been focused on studying... View Article
Marcus Fruttiger, PhD Dr. Fruittger studies retinal Müller glia, retinal blood vessels, and the interaction of the two. He is also actively involved... View Article
Martin Friedlander, MD, PhD Dr. Friedlander studies interactions between neurons, glia, and endothelial cells in the retina. Referred to as the “neurovascular unit,” these... View Article
Paul Bernstein, MD Dr. Bernstein studies macular pigment distribution in the eye. One of the earliest signs of MacTel is the abnormal redistribution... View Article
Melanie Bahlo, PhD Dr. Melanie Bahlo is a member of the team of scientists affiliated with LMRI studying the genetic basis for macular telangiectasia... View Article
Rando Allikmets, PhD Dr. Allikmets is leading the team of genetics researchers assembled by the Lowy Medical Research Institute to identify MacTel’s causative gene or... View Article
