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Mehdi Najafi MD, PhD
SUNY Upstate, Ophthalmology
Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow
Keywords Research Areas: Photoreceptor, Protein Trafficking, Phototransduction, Retinal Degeneration
Research Focus:
- Retinal Diseases
- Retinal Neuroscience
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Synopsis Of Research:
Program of Study: Postdoctoral
Start Date of Program: Aug 2012
Title of Project: Mechanisms of protein localization and trafficking within photoreceptors
Mentor: Dr. Peter Calvert
Current Or Representative Publications:
Peer reviewed publications
- Najafi M., Maza N.A., Calvert P.D., Steric volume exclusion sets soluble protein concentrations in photoreceptor sensory cilia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109:203-208
- Najafi M., Haeri M., Knox B. E., Schiesser W.E., Calvert P.D. , Impact of signaling microcompartment geometry on GPCR dynamics in live retinal photoreceptors, Journal of General Physiology, 2012, Sep;140(3):249-66
- Najafi M., Calvert P.D., Transport and localization of signaling proteins in ciliated cells. Vision Research, 2012 Aug 16. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstracts
- Najafi M., Maza N.A., Calvert P.D. , Interplay between steric volume exclusion and posttranslational lipidation in setting protein concentrations in photoreceptor sensory cilia. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2012, 53: 4130
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