Robert F. Mullins, PhD

Specialty: Cell Biology

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Campus Address

office:
4135E MERF
(319)335-8222
laboratory:
4120G MERF
(319)335-9955

Education

• BS (Biology) Wheaton College (IL)
• MS (Biology) Saint Louis University
• PhD (Cell and Molecular Biology) Saint Louis University.
  

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• American Society for Matrix Biology
• American Association for the Advancement of Science

Research Interest and Current Projects

• Biology and pathology of the choroidal microvasculature in aging and macular disease
• Mechanisms involved in the development of drusen, especially with regard to the role of humoral and cellular immune systems in drusen biogenesis
• Structural and compositional changes in Bruch's membrane in aging and disease, and their effects on ocular physiology
• Animal and in vitro models of age-related macular degeneration
• Cell biology of inherited retinal diseases

 

Images of Interest from Dr. Mullins' Research