Scientists

Harris Ripps, DSc, PhD Charles I. Young, Lions of Illinois Chair of Ocular Research Retinal Neurobiology Laboratory

Research Interests

Subcellular basis of inherited retinal disorders; structural and functional properties of retinal neurons and glia, mechanisms of inter-cellular communication via chemical and electrical synapses

Education

• PhD 1959 Physiology Columbia University, New York

• MA 1956 Columbia University, New York

• MSc 1953 Columbia University, New York

• BS 1950 Columbia University, New York

• Postdoctoral 1962 - l963 NINDB Fellowship
  Laboratory of Professor Robert A. Weale
  Institute of Ophthalmology University of London, London, England Photochemistry of Visual Pigments

UIC Appointments

• Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology l985-Present University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Illinois Lions/Charles I. Young Professor of Ocular Research1992-present University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Professor of Ophthalmology 1997-presentUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine

Retinal Neurobiology Laboratory

Representative Publications

O'Brien, J., Al-Ubaidi, M.R. and Ripps, H.: Connexin 35: A gap-junctional protein expressed preferentially in the skate retina. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 7:233-243, 1996.

O'Brien, J., Bruzzone, R., White, T.W., Al-Ubaidi, M.R. and Ripps, H.: Cloning and expression of two related connexins from the perch retina define a distinct subgroup of the connexin family. Journal of Neuroscience, 18:7625-7637, 1998.

Ripps, H., Peachey, N.S., Xu, X., Nozell, S.E., Smith, S.B. and Liou, G.I.: The rhodopsin cycle is preserved in IRBP "knock-out" mice despite abnormalities in retinal structure and function. Visual Neuroscience, 17:1-9, 2000.

Ripps, H.: Cell death in retinitis pigmentosa: gap junctions and the 'bystander' effect. Experimental Eye Research, 74:327-336, 2002.