Research

My lab conducts studies of the ground squirrel retina, a rodent model of cone-dominant vision. To supply research projects (carried out in collaboration with investigators at Research I institutions), I have created a captive breeding colony of 13-lined ground squirrels, which was most recently described in a publication in the November 2012  issue of Lab Animal.  The colony's expansion was enhanced by a 2008 award from the NIH-NCRR Animal Facility Improvement Program, followed by AAALAC accreditation.