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Michael Telias, PhD

Assistant Professor 
Flaum Eye Institute & Center for Visual Science
University of Rochester 

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; Department of Neurobiology, the Weizmann Institute of Science, 2015

  • Postdoc, Mol. & Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, 2019.

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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.

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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.

Alumni 

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