Our Team
Faculty
Kimberly Gokoffski
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society: Thomas Carlow Young Investigator Award, 2017
Department of Ophthalmology, UC Davis: 1st Place Resident Research Presentation, Alumni Day, 2012
UC Irvine: Graduated with Distinction in Research, 2009
UC Irvine: Graduated with Distinction in Community Service, 2009
UC Irvine: Developmental and Systems Biology Training Grant, 2008
Center for Complex Biological Systems: Student Project Grant, 2007
International Conference in Systems Biology: Travel Award, 2006
UC Irvine: Paul H. Silverman Award for Research in Stem Cells, 2005-2007
UC Irvine: School of Biological Sciences Travel Award, 2002
University of Pittsburgh: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Fellowship, 2001
University of Kansas: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Fellowship, 2001
NIH: NINDS/AUPN/ANA Medical Students Mentoring Workshop Scholarship, 2001
UC Irvine: NIH Neurosciences Training Grant, 2001
UC Irvine: MSTP 2nd Place Oral Presentation Award, 2001
UC Irvine: Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society Community Service Award, 2001
UC Irvine: Center for Complex Biological Systems Student Project Grant, 2001
Extraocular Muscle Enlargement in Thyroid Eye Disease Using Volumetric Analysis Cureus. 2024 Jul; 16(7):e63843. . View in PubMed
Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas in Patients Presenting With Monocular Blindness Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Apr 10. . View in PubMed
Advances and Challenges in Wearable Glaucoma Diagnostics and Therapeutics Bioengineering (Basel). 2024 Jan 30; 11(2). . View in PubMed
The Retinal Ganglion Cell Repopulation, Stem Cell Transplantation, and Optic Nerve Regeneration Consortium Ophthalmol Sci. 2023 Dec; 3(4):100390. . View in PubMed
Miller Fisher Syndrome With Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody: A Case Series J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 Dec 01; 43(4):e311-e312. . View in PubMed
Re: "Correlation of Automated Computed Tomography Volumetric Analysis Metrics With Motility Disturbances in Thyroid Eye Disease" Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Mar-Apr 01; 39(2):194. . View in PubMed
Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium Mol Neurodegener. 2023 09 21; 18(1):64. . View in PubMed
Asymmetric charge balanced waveforms direct retinal ganglion cell axon growth Sci Rep. 2023 08 14; 13(1):13233. . View in PubMed
AxonQuantifier: A semi-automated program for quantifying axonal density from whole-mounted optic nerves J Neurosci Methods. 2023 07 01; 394:109895. . View in PubMed
The Influence of Electrode Properties on Induced Voltage Gradient Along the Rat Optic Nerve IEEE J Electromagn RF Microw Med Biol. 2022 Sep; 6(3):321-330. . View in PubMed
Metastatic neuroendocrine tumors mimicking as primary ocular disease Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Jun; 26:101425. . View in PubMed
Sphenoethmoidal air cell sinusitis: A rare cause of recurrent optic neuritis Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Jun; 26:101485. . View in PubMed
Electrical devices for visual restoration Surv Ophthalmol. 2022 May-Jun; 67(3):793-800. . View in PubMed
Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Characterizes Multiple Sclerosis Rather Than Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease J Neuroophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 42(2):239-245. . View in PubMed
Surgical Outcomes of Transposition Surgery for the Correction of Large-Angle Strabismus J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Dec 01; 41(4):e806-e814. . View in PubMed
Clinical correlation recommended: accuracy of clinician versus radiologic interpretation of the imaging of orbital lesions Orbit. 2021 Apr; 40(2):133-137. . View in PubMed
Glaucoma Expert-Level Detection of Angle Closure in Goniophotographs With Convolutional Neural Networks: The Chinese American Eye Study Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 06; 226:100-107. . View in PubMed
A case of reversible toxic optic neuropathy from tacrolimus (FK506) Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Dec; 20:100932. . View in PubMed
Optic Nerve Regeneration: How Will We Get There? J Neuroophthalmol. 2020 06; 40(2):234-242.. View in PubMed
Neuro-protection and neuro-regeneration of the optic nerve: recent advances and future directions Curr Opin Neurol. 2020 02; 33(1):93-105. . View in PubMed
Seasonal incidence of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis: a 20-year retrospective study of the University of California Davis Medical System Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 37 Suppl 117(2):90-97. . View in PubMed
Physiologic Electrical Fields Direct Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Growth In Vitro Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 08 01; 60(10):3659-3668. . View in PubMed
Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion after Cocaine Use J Emerg Med. 2015 Jul; 49(1):61-2. . View in PubMed
Activin and GDF11 collaborate in feedback control of neuroepithelial stem cell proliferation and fate Development. 2011 Oct; 138(19):4131-42. . View in PubMed
Spatial dynamics of multistage cell lineages in tissue stratification Biophys J. 2010 Nov 17; 99(10):3145-54. . View in PubMed
Cell lineages and the logic of proliferative control PLoS Biol. 2009 Jan 20; 7(1):e15. . View in PubMed
Feedback regulation in multistage cell lineages Math Biosci Eng. 2009 Jan; 6(1):59-82. . View in PubMed
The goal of my research is 1.) to elucidate the molecular signals that guide axon growth and 2.) to test whether an applied electrical field can be used to direct the growth of implanted stem cells. The results from this project will be developed into a technology to facilitate ON regeneration and restore vision in patients blinded by optic neuropathies.
Gisele Ragusa
Constantine Sideris