Gronert lab goes to Bay Area Young Investigators Research Conference at Stanford

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”