Disease Gene Discovery Laboratory
The Laboratory for Disease Gene Discovery has as its primary goal the identification and characterization of genes involved in hereditary human disease with special emphasis placed on the study of hereditary retinopathies including age-related macular degeneration. The main strategies used by the laboratory are the use of genetic mapping methods and genomic resources to identify disease genes based on their position within the genome and/or putative function.
Director
- Val C. Sheffield, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff
- Darryl Nishimura, Research Scientist
- Ruth Swiderski, Associsate Research Scientist
- Roxanne Walder, Associate Research Scientist
- Charles Searby, Research Assistant III
- John Beck, Research Assistant III
- Mike Andrews, Research Assistant III
- Ann Nalley, Research Assistant III
- Gretel Beck, Research Assistant III
- Kevin Bugge, Research Assistant II
- Laura Jenkins, Research Assistant I
- Becky Frantz, Research Assistant I
- Amy Librant, Research Assistant I
- Becky Terrill, Research Assistant I
- Amanda Ferguson, Research Assistant I
- David Yen, Graduate Student
- Marwan Tayeh, Graduate Student
- Melissa Fath, Postdoctoral Associate
- Jun Wei, Postdoctoral Associate
- Denise Aguiar Crouch, Administrative Assistant II
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The University of Iowa Center for Macular Degeneration
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