
Postdoctoral Scholar
Neusha Barakati
she/her
Postdoctoral Scholar
Yang Lab · Xian-Jie Yang
About
Neusha's research focuses on Dominant Optic Atrophy (DOA), an inherited optic neuropathy, and the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in retinal degeneration. Her work aims to understand how mitochondrial abnormalities affect retinal cell structure, survival, and function, with a particular focus on photoreceptors.