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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, Ph.D.

Neuroscience

Undergraduate Institution: University of Toronto / University of Texas at Austin

Year: Advanced Medical Student

Mentor: Samuel Wu, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Functional Analysis of the Mouse Retina - Normal and Diseased States

Publications: Pang JJ, Abd-El-Barr MM, Gao F, Bramblett DE, Paul DL, Wu SM. Relative contributions of rod and cone bipolar cell inputs to AII amacrine cell light responses in the mouse retina. J Physiol. 2007 Apr 15;580(Pt. 2):397-410.

Albini TA, Abd-El-Barr MM, Carvounis PE, Iyer MN, Lakhanpal RR, Pennesi ME, Chevez-Barrios P, Wu SM, Holz ER. Long-term retinal toxicity of intravitreal commercially available preserved triamcinolone acetonide (Kenalog) in rabbit eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Jan;48(1):390-5.

Carvounis PE, Abd-El-Barr MM, Albini TA, Holz ER. Effects of intravitreous injection of preserved and non-preserved triamcinolone in rabbit retina. Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Nov;124(11):1666;

Eichers ER, Abd-El-Barr MM, Paylor R, Lewis RA, Bi W, Lin X, Meehan TP, Stockton DW, Wu SM, Lindsay E, Justice MJ, Beales PL, Katsanis N, Lupski JR. Phenotypic characterization of Bbs4 null mice reveals age-dependent penetrance and variable expressivity. Hum Genet. 2006 Sep;120(2):211-26.