Welcome to the Frankfort Lab!

Baylor College of Medicine

We aim to understand glaucoma progression, improve screening, and use genomic and neuroscience tools for prevention

Research Interests

Serotonin Neuroprotection

We study serotonin signaling in the retina to determine how it confers protective effects against glaucoma progression

serotonin

Retinal Vasculature

We investigate how retinal ganglion cell function relates to local blood supply to uncover the role of the vasculature in glaucoma

vasculature

Early Detection

We develop new tools to monitor glaucoma before it presents as vision loss to better identify patients in need of treatment

early detection

Single Cell Genomics

We study the genetic drivers for resilient cell types and apply these patterns to vulurable cell types to prevent cell death

single-cell RNA-seq

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