Dr Ceniz Zihni PhD
Lecturer in the Molecular Biology and Genetics of Ocular Disease Eye & Vision Sciences
- +44 (0)151 794 9042
- Work email C.Zihni@liverpool.ac.uk
About
Personal Statement
I am a Lecturer/St Paul's Eye Research Foundation Tenure Track Fellow in the genetics and molecular biology of ocular disease. My lab aims to understand the molecular mechanisms that are derailed in inherited and age-related ocular disease. Using an interdisciplinary approach, I am interested in determining the mechanisms that link the shape and polarity of the retinal pigment epithelium to its mechanics, biochemical signalling, and function to identify novel therapeutic targeting approaches to treat ocular disease.
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Prizes or Honours
- Elected to Sigma XI, Scientific Research Honor Society, founded by Cornell University, USA, 1886 (includes over 200 Nobel Laureates), for 'contributions to the advancement of knowledge in Molecular Cell Biology' (Awarded by Sigma XI Executive Committee, 2023)
- Selected as 'Promising Early Career Candidate' from the 2017 cohort of post-doctoral fellows at UCL, (Awarded by University College London, 2017)
- Selected nationally to represent post-doctoral fellows at the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (Awarded by BBSRC, 2014)