Orson Moritz
PhD (UBC)
BSc (UBC)
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Full Member
Dr. Moritz originally completed his PhD with Robert Molday at UBC, which was biochemistry/mol biol-oriented, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Connecticut with David Papermaster, which was more cell-biology oriented, in both cases studying photoreceptor cells. In Connecticut, he developed transgenic X. laevis as a tool for investigating photoreceptor cell biology, and has utilized this system since his appointment at UBC in 2002.
Contact Info
2550 Willow Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 3N9
Research Information
Dr. Mortiz studies the cell biology of rod and cone photoreceptors, including their normal function, and their misfunction and degeneration in disease states such as retinitis pigmentosa, using genetically modified animals.
PublicationsKeywords
- Neurodegeneration
- advanced microscopy techniques
- in-vivo imaging
- signal transduction
- membrane proteins
- cell death mechanisms