The Bay Area Young Investigators Research Conference took place at Stanford’s campus in Palo Alto on April 12th, 2024. Postdocs: Shubham, Shruthi, PhD Student: Matangi and Emily, and Visiting Scholar Medical Student: Jan, all presented talks on their exciting research. Dr. Gronert and Dr. Flanafan served as a faculty moderator for the sessions: Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathy and Neuro-Ophthamology.
Below are their talk titles:
Jan Auswitz: “Astrocyte-derived Lipoxin B4 exerts protective cell signaling in neuronal cells”
Matangi Kumar: “Lipoxin B4 Regulates Muller Glia Reactivity: Understanding the Lipoxin Pathway in Muller Glia ”
Dr. Shubham Maurya: “Lipoxin B4 regulates disease-associated microglia in the myelinated optic nerve during ocular hypertension ”
Dr. Shruthi Karnam: “Topical NSAID-mediated Inhibition of constitutive retinal prostaglandin D2 enhances neurodegeneration in ocular hypertension”
Emily Ward: “Upregulation of Prostaglandin E2 receptor EP1 in the mouse retina following ocular hypertension”
