Patsy Nishina
The Jackson Laboratory, USA
Biography
Patsy M Nishina, Professor, is currently at The Jackson Laboratory. Her laboratory is actively involved in generating or identifying mouse models that carry mutations, which lead to retinal diseases. In the later case, models are acquired through screening either standard mouse strains for spontaneous mutations or ENU mutagenized mice. Classical genetic as well as molecular, biochemical, imaging, and immunological approaches are used to identify molecules and pathways that are important in retinal development, maintenance and function within these models. She is particularly interested in understanding how disruption of molecules and pathways affect RPE and Mueller glia cell development, function and maintenance.
Abstract
Abstract : Chemical mutagenesis: Generation of novel mutants and elucidation of functional pathways in the eye
