Amanda Receives UofM VRTP Postdoctoral Fellowship

Amanda Travis, PhD was award a postdoctoral fellowship from the Vision Research Training Program at the University of Michigan. Human mutations in the small GTPase, Arl3, cause a variety of inherited retinal dystrophies, including rod-cone dystrophy and retinitis pigmentosa. These mutations are generally believed to destabilize Arl3 or impair its interactions with binding partners; however, precise pathobiological outcomes has yet to be studied in vivo.  Amanda uses in vivo mouse models as well as in vitro biochemistry and cell-based experiments to understand the cellular consequences dominant Arl3 mutations
have in rod photoreceptors. Congratulations Amanda!