Michael Telias, PhD
Assistant Professor
Flaum Eye Institute
University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. Telias holds secondary appointments in the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, the Center for Visual Science and the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, and is a member of the Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center.
He is the current Associate Director of the Core Imaging Module.
BIO
I'm a neuroscientist with a focus in molecular and cellular physiology.
My goal is to understand the interplay between neuronal activity and gene expression, and how it is affected by disease in the retina and in the brain.
B.Sc. Medical Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2005
M.Sc. Medical Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008
Ph.D. Cell & Dev. Biology, Tel Aviv University, 2015
Postdoc, Mol. & Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, 2019
Team Members
Dr. Kaitlin Wozniak
Research Scientist and Lab Manager
Kaitlin holds a BS in Physics from Allegheny college and a PhD in Optics from the University of Rochester. She was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Flaum Eye Institute before joining the Telias lab as a Lab Manager and Research Scientist.
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Dr. Leonor Afrima
Postdoctoral Fellow
Leonor holds a B.S. in Animal Sciences, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Bio-Medical Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition, she was a Research Assistant at the Weizmann Institute of Science and an R&D Researcher at Phibro.
Sarah Farid
Research Assistant
Sarah graduated in 2022 from the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. in Psychology.
Hanzhi Zhang
Research Assistant
Hanzhi graduated in 2022 from the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Biochemistry.
Alan Abraham
Undergraduate Student
Alan is majoring in Cell & Developmental Biology with a minor in Psychology at the University of Rochester. He was awarded the Discovery Grant for his summer project 2022 at the Telias Lab.
Karen Oh
Undergraduate Student
Karen is majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Rochester.
Judith Monickaraj
Undergraduate Student
Judy is majoring in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Emma Evereth
Undergraduate Student
Emma is majoring in Neuroscience, Psychology and Chemistry and the University of Rochester.
Victoria Hirst
Undergraduate Student
Victoria is majoring in Molecular Genetics & Public Health at the University for Rochester.
Brian Grover
MD Student
Brian graduated in 2021 from Brigham University with a BS in Microbiology. He is currently a Med Student at URMC.