Lev Prasov

Clinician-scientist, Ophthalmic Geneticist @Umich | @NIH @RPB_org @_BrightFocus @ EMZ Foundation @GlaucomaOrg funded |

[Lev Prasov @LevPrasov]

We are editing a special issue on developmental disorders or the eye, with focus on ocular features of syndromic disorders. We welcome submissions of interesting reports, case/family series, and basic science/clinical correlates.

[Genes MDPI @Genes_MDPI]

Dr. @LevPrasov and Dr. Laryssa Huryn are editing an issue entitled "Genetics of Eye Development and Disease". More information can be found here:
🔗https://t.co/Iw3mGh3Pzm

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

[U-M Kellogg Eye Center @UMKelloggEye]

A recent gift to Kellogg from longtime donors Timothy and Laurie Wadhams is poised to change the landscape of children’s eye care by establishing a multidisciplinary programmatic center housed in the pediatric ophthalmology clinic. https://t.co/0s4vXDndfZ

[Justin Kumar @FlyEyeLab]

Thanks to all attendees, discussion leaders, and speakers for making the 2024 Visual System Development GRC a fantastic experience. I loved working with Valerie Wallace and @jnk_lab this year. Can't wait to organize the 2026 GRC with @jnk_lab @BobbyJEyeGuy and @BlockInTheBack!

[NEI @NatEyeInstitute]

A team led by @NIH researchers has uncovered the complex molecular mechanisms behind neurodegenerative disorders linked to the gene PNPLA6. Read more: https://t.co/ZEPTPhuyj4 #NEIResearchNews

[Lev Prasov @LevPrasov]

Excited to share that Bill Presley won the MIT Poster competition at ARVO in the genetics section: https://t.co/NNIxI1OaVY #ARVO2024

[ASCI @the_asci]

The ASCI is proud to announce our 2024 Early-Career Awardees!

Click here for the complete list of awardees:

YPSA: https://t.co/g5Hd1vJ8Vt
E-Gen: https://t.co/8EhgB8ART3

Congratulations to our awardees and to the institutions they represent!

[Lev Prasov @LevPrasov]

@LadyGlaucoma Congrats! Looking forward to seeing the great work out of your laboratory.

[Jasmine Serpen, MD @jasmine_serpen]

Incredibly excited to share our work published today in @Genes_MDPI describing a novel microdeletion associated with a familial corneal opacification syndrome.

https://t.co/ljmTuu4icC

[Jason Miller @JasonMLMiller]

Biochemical Insights into Macular Telangiectasia Type 2, a 🧵. https://t.co/DueUJ4HaXi
1/4 The links between sphingolipid metabolism and the foveal degeneration called macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel2) are not fully understood.

[ARVO @ARVOinfo]

@ARVOinfo congratulates Pradeep Ramulu, MD, PhD; Jithin Yohannan, MD, MPH (@HopkinsMedicine), and Joshua Stein, MD; Lev Prasov, MD, MPH (@UMKelloggEye, @umichmedicine)—2023 Dr. David L Epstein Award winners. Read about their collaborative #glaucomaresearch https://t.co/3uWnTQuISr

[Lev Prasov @LevPrasov]

Honored to receive this our laboratory's work on glaucoma gene discovery!
Glaucoma Research Foundation Awards 2023 Shaffer Prize to Dr. Rachel Wang Kuchtey (Vanderbilt) and Dr. Lev Prasov (University of Michigan) https://t.co/u9QjfCnaV1

[asherypadan @asherypadan1]

The LHX2-OTX2 transcriptional regulatory module controls retinal pigmented epithelium differentiation and underlies… https://t.co/Q1ZRRl45gr

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Today, we’re introducing a new model that eliminates accept/reject decisions.

By publishing every paper with eLife reviews as a Reviewed Preprint, we plan to restore autonomy to authors, ensuring that they will be judged by what, not where, they publish. https://t.co/OAsiOVFStI

[Jun Li @JunLi35170826]

Join us in beautiful Ann Arbor! Assistant Professor position in the Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. https://t.co/gKWJtizuz2. Please spread the word.

[Michigan Genetics @UM_Genetics]

Please RT: We are delighted to announce that the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan is searching for a tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level! Please apply here: https://t.co/AEC3ZcBcUs.

[NIH @NIH]

News: First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD https://t.co/kY8daATAoF

[Rajesh Rao, MD @surgeonretina]

The dire need for federal support of molecular research, then and now…

“the value of an R01 [is] a third of what it was in the 1990s”

⁦@NIH⁩ ⁦@NIHgrants⁩

Via ⁦@ScienceMagazine⁩ ⁦@NorthwesternMed⁩ https://t.co/3uawotG6JA

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

At a meeting last week, Ultima Genomics said it could provide human genomes for $100 a pop—one-fifth the current going rate. https://t.co/nZ3bIyTxwh

[Lev Prasov @LevPrasov]

@UM_Genetics Congrats to all!

[Lev Prasov @LevPrasov]

@_BrightFocus Very grateful to the BrightFocus Foundation for funding our work on the MYRF transcription and its role in RPE maintenance, and honored to receive the Joe G. Hollyfield Award for Macular Degeneration Research.