Ross Collery, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

Locations

Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute
925 N. 87 St. Room 827
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Contact Information

Biography

Education

BA (Mod), Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
MSc, Molecular Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
PhD, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland

Research Interests

retinoids (vitamin A derivatives)
ocular signaling
bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs)

Research Summary

I am interested in how retinoids (vitamin A derivatives) participate in signaling between different cells and tissues in the eye. This signaling helps to control the size and shape of the eye, affecting its refractive state (nearsighted, farsighted or normal vision). Importantly, the size and shape of the eye can also affect the health of the retina, and poorly controlled eye size can lead to blinding conditions such as retinal detachment. I am also interested in other molecules and signaling pathways that control eye size, such as bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs).

Imaging Melanin Distribution in the Zebrafish Retina Using Photothermal Optical Coherence Tomography.

(Lapierre-Landry M, Huckenpahler AL, Link BA, Collery RF, Carroll J, Skala MC.) Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2018;7(5):4.
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor as a Treatment Option for Retinal Degeneration.

(Daly C, Ward R, Reynolds AL, Galvin O, Collery RF, Kennedy BN.) Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1074:465-471.
Imaging the adult zebrafish cone mosaic using optical coherence tomography-CORRIGENDUM.

(Huckenpahler AL, Wilk MA, Cooper RF, Moehring F, Link BA, Carroll J, Collery RF.) Vis Neurosci. 2017 01;34:E005.
The Effect of Retinal Melanin on Optical Coherence Tomography Images.

(Wilk MA, Huckenpahler AL, Collery RF, Link BA, Carroll J.) Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2017 Apr;6(2):8.
Imaging the adult zebrafish cone mosaic using optical coherence tomography.

(Huckenpahler AL, Wilk MA, Cooper RF, Moehring F, Link BA, Carroll J, Collery RF.) Vis Neurosci. 2016 01;33:E011.
Loss of Zebrafish Mfrp Causes Nanophthalmia, Hyperopia, and Accumulation of Subretinal Macrophages.

(Collery RF, Volberding PJ, Bostrom JR, Link BA, Besharse JC.) Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 12 01;57(15):6805-6814.
Zebrafish Models of Retinal Disease.

(Link BA, Collery RF.) Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2015 Nov 24;1:125-153.
Rapid, accurate, and non-invasive measurement of zebrafish axial length and other eye dimensions using SD-OCT allows longitudinal analysis of myopia and emmetropization.

(Collery RF, Veth KN, Dubis AM, Carroll J, Link BA.) PLoS One. 2014;9(10):e110699.
Transgenic zebrafish expressing mutant human RETGC-1 exhibit aberrant cone and rod morphology.

(Collery RF, Cederlund ML, Kennedy BN.) Exp Eye Res. 2013 Mar;108:120-8.
JD induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes faithfully recapitulate the pathophysiology of familial hypercholesterolemia.

(Cayo MA, Cai J, DeLaForest A, Noto FK, Nagaoka M, Clark BS, Collery RF, Si-Tayeb K, Duncan SA.) Hepatology. 2012 Dec;56(6):2163-71.
Mutations in zebrafish lrp2 result in adult-onset ocular pathogenesis that models myopia and other risk factors for glaucoma.

(Veth KN, Willer JR, Collery RF, Gray MP, Willer GB, Wagner DS, Mullins MC, Udvadia AJ, Smith RS, John SW, Gregg RG, Link BA.) PLoS Genet. 2011 Feb;7(2):e1001310.
Dynamic smad-mediated BMP signaling revealed through transgenic zebrafish.

(Collery RF, Link BA.) Dev Dyn. 2011 Mar;240(3):712-22.

Ross Collery PhD