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Medical Scientist Training Program
Elizabeth Alessio

Elizabeth Alessio

G2 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Dan Lipinski, MSc, DPhil, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Biochemistry, Oakland University, 2021

Research Interests

Vision science, retinal neurobiology and circuitry

Research Experience

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2024-Present
Advisor: Dan Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Project: Assessing retinal vascular function in diabetic retinopathy via laser speckle contrast imaging

OU Eye Research Institute, 2017-2022
Advisor: Dao Qi Zhang, PhD
Project: Retinal dopamine and roles of retinal developmental stages on circuitry and function

Publications

Alessio EJ, Zhang DQ. Immunostaining of Whole-Mount Retinas with the CLARITY Tissue Clearing Method. J Vis Exp. 2021 Mar 6;(169). doi: 10.3791/62178. PMID: 33749674.

Liu LL, Alessio EJ, Spix NJ, Zhang DQ. Expression of GluA2-containing calcium-impermeable AMPA receptors on dopaminergic amacrine cells in the mouse retina. Mol Vis. 2019 Nov 19;25:780-790. PMID: 31819340; PMCID: PMC6882663.

Meeting Abstracts

Alessio E, Tate A, Lipinski, D. Early detection of vascular dysfunction in diabetic retinopathy using laser speckle contrast imaging. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT. May 2025. [Poster]

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2020 Annual Meeting - Poster presentation (virtual)

Sigma XI 2019 Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin - Poster presentation

Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (MMMS) 2018 Annual Meeting, Central Michigan University - Oral presentation

General Interests

Playing cello, weight lifting, and reading

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