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.
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.
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B.Sc. Medical Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2005
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M.Sc. Medical Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008
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Ph.D. Cell & Dev. Biology, Tel Aviv University; Department of Neurobiology, the Weizmann Institute of Science, 2015
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Postdoc, Mol. & Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, 2019.
Jared Enders
Lab Technician
Jared graduated from the University at Buffalo with a B.S. in Biological Sciences concentration in Neuroscience, a minor in Business Management, and an M.E. in Chemical Engineering following a course focus of Biotechnology.
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Dr. Leonor Afrima, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
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.
Alan Abraham
Master's Student/Research Assistant
Alan finished a major in Cell & Developmental Biology and a minor in Psychology at the University of Rochester, and is currently a Master's student in Medical Pharmacology.
Brian Grover
MD Student
Brian graduated in 2021 from Brigham University with a BS in Microbiology. He is currently a Med Student at URMC.
Alumni
Emma Evereth
