Congratulations to Johns Hopkins Medicine postdoctoral research fellow Jared Tangeman, who was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna Gray Fellow. Working in the lab with his mentor, neuroscientist Seth Blackshaw, Tangeman says his fellowship research centers on discovering mechanisms of retina regeneration that can be used to combat blindness.

While humans cannot replace damaged retinal neurons, many salamanders can regenerate functional retinal neurons after injury. Jared Tangeman is investigating retina regeneration in salamanders to identify the evolutionary innovations that control injury-induced neurogenesis. By applying these findings to the mammalian retina, he hopes to improve cell therapies designed to combat blindness.

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Image: Seth Blackshaw and Jared Tangeman