30 Oct

Audhumbla, VHC, Ultuna, Uppsala

Dissertation: Canine inherited retinal degenerations - a model for visual impairment in humans

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Cover of Suvi Mäkeläinen's doctoral dissertation

Suvi Mäkeläinen defends her thesis "Canine inherited retinal degenerations - a model for visual impairment in humans".

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Facts

Link to thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/17778/1/makelainen_s_201012.pdf
Author / Respondent: Suvi Mäkeläinen
External reviewer / Opponent: Professor Robert S. Molday, University of British Columbia, Canada
Time: 2020-10-30 15:30
City: Uppsala
Location: Audhumbla, VHC, Ultuna
Additional info:

Published articles in the dissertation:

An ABC4 loss-of-function mutation causes a canine form of Stargardt disease

Deletion in the Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Gene TTC8 Results in a Syndromic Retinal Degeneration in Dogs

For more information please contact

Suvi Mäkeläinen, Institutionen för husdjursgenetik, Avdelningen för molekylär genetik

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala

+46 72 749 01 20, suvi.makelainen@slu.se


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