Faculty Profile
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Leonard M. Hjelmeland
Professor of Ophthalmology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Biological Chemistry Ophthalmology (School of Medicine) 2403 Med Sci 1A Office 752-2250 Lab lmhjelmeland@ucdavis.edu |
Degrees:
1976 - PhD - Stanford University -
1971 - BS - Stanford University -
Publications:
Mishima K, JT Handa JT, A Aotaki-Keen, GA Lutty, LS Morse, and LM Hjelmeland. 1999. Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase histochemistry for the primate eye. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 40:1590-1593.
Matsunaga H, JT Handa, A Aotaki-Keen, SW Sherwood, MD West, and LM Hjelmeland. 1999. Beta-galactosidase histochemistry and telomere loss in senescent retinal pigment epithelial cells [see comments]. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 40:197-2
Gelfman CM, CM Kelleher, and LM Hjelmeland. 1998. Differentiation of retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro uncovers silencer activity in the FGF-5 gene promoter. Experimental Eye Research. 67:151-62.
Research Interests:
Regulation of growth factor gene expression.
Teaching Interests:
Biochemistry. Cell and molecular biology of cellular proliferation.