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MSTP students in the Sahoo lab
Medical Scientist Training Program
Elizabeth Alessio

Elizabeth Alessio

G1 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Dan Lipinski, MSc, DPhil, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Biochemistry, Oakland University, 2021

Research Interests

Vision science, retinal neurobiology and circuitry

Research Experience

91ɫƵ, 2024-Present
Advisor: Dan Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Project: Assessing retinal vascular function via laser speckle contrast imaging as a diagnostic biomarker of Alzheimer's disease

OU Eye Research Institute, 2017-2022
Advisor: Dao Qi Zhang, PhD
Project: Retinal dopamine and roles of retinal developmental stages on circuitry and function

Publications

Alessio EJ, Zhang DQ. Immunostaining of Whole-Mount Retinas with the CLARITY Tissue Clearing Method. J Vis Exp. 2021 Mar 6;(169). doi: 10.3791/62178. PMID: 33749674.

Liu LL, Alessio EJ, Spix NJ, Zhang DQ. Expression of GluA2-containing calcium-impermeable AMPA receptors on dopaminergic amacrine cells in the mouse retina. Mol Vis. 2019 Nov 19;25:780-790. PMID: 31819340; PMCID: PMC6882663.

Meeting Abstracts

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2020 Annual Meeting - Poster presentation (virtual)

Sigma XI 2019 Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin - Poster presentation

Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (MMMS) 2018 Annual Meeting, Central Michigan University - Oral presentation

General Interests

Playing cello, weight lifting, and reading