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Nagiel Laboratory

Meet Our Team

Principal Investigator
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Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD

Attending Physician
Investigator, Ophthalmology Research and Neuroscience Research
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Department: Department of Surgery
Division: Ophthalmology
Research Focus: Retinal development and synaptogenesis

Lab Members
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Sumitha Bharathan

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Angela Ferrario

Research Assistant
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Kayla Stepanian

Research Assistant

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