Members
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| Tomomi Ichinose, M.D., Ph.D. (Principal Investigator) Dr. Ichinose's research is focused on the function of the retinal neural network. Using patch clamp techniques together with morphological and molecular biological methods, we have examined the unique features of each bipolar cell type in the mouse retina. Bipolar cells are second-order neurons in the retina that receive synaptic inputs from photoreceptors and are thought to initiate visual feature-oriented, parallel processing pathways. Read Dr. Ichinose's full profile. KEI |
 | Jeremy Bohl, B.S. (Graduate Research Assistant) Jeremy Bohl graduated with a degree in Neuroscience from Michigan State University in December of 2017. In his undergraduate career, Jeremy had a passion for anatomy and the neuroscience of the eye. This led him to the Ichinose lab which he joined in the Fall of 2019. He has since begun working on using patch clamp electrophysiology to record ganglion cell output in response to the motion. Jeremy hopes to obtain his Ph.D. and become a professor later in his career. |
 | Deborah Langrill Beaudoin, Ph.D. (Research Associate) Deborah (Debbie) graduated with her PhD in Medical Physics at Oakland University where she studied the electrical properties of cardiac tissue. She completed a postdoc in the Demb laboratory at University of Michigan in 2011, where she performed patch clamp electrophysiology of retinal ganglion cells. After a “brief” hiatus from research while raising her two boys, she is happy to be back in the lab patching again. |
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| Alex White, B.A. Research Assistant Alex earned his B.A. in Biology and History of Science, Technology, and Medicine from the College of Wooster, where he conducted summer research on bacteriophage resistance in Pseudomonas chlororaphis. He completed two capstone projects: a junior independent study in biology examining the bioactivity of Ganoderma lucidum on the innate immune system of Caenorhabditis elegans, and a senior independent study in history using archival data to assess mass public health campaigns in East Asia (1949–1980). Alex hopes to persue a masters in genetic counseling after gaining more professional experience in Dr. Ichinose's lab. |
| Megi Kola, Master's degree student Eyad Marouf, WSU Undergrad student |
Former lab members (current position):
Jesse A. Cohn, Ph.D. (Wash U)
Bozena Fyk-Kolodziej, PhD (Wayne State University)
Pershang Farshi, Ph.D. (WSU)
Ali Chukr, B.A.
Leo Hall, MS/MD (Resident of Willis Eye Hospital)
Christina Koehler, B.S. (General Surgeon)
Chase Hellmer, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Louisville)
Zachary Sharpe, B.S. (WSU, Master's degree, Data Science)
Jui Gope, B.S. (WSU, Master's degree, SOM)
Angela Shehu, B.S. (Central Michigan University Medical School)
Mohamad Bashir Khatib-Shahidi, M.S. (Michigan State University College of Human Medicine)
Yamini Pandey, B.S. (Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Abdul Rhman Hassan, M.D. (Tufts University Research Fellow)