Robert F Mullins

Our laboratory's primary research interests revolve around the structural and molecular basis for degenerative diseases of the retina, with particular focus on the retinal pigment epithelium in Best disease and the choriocapillaris in age-related macular degeneration.

We are especially interested in the role of the choroid in the development of AMD and other macular diseases.

Research Focus:

• Biology and pathology of the choroidal microvasculature in aging and macular disease
• Mechanisms involved in the development of drusen, especially with regard to the role of humoral and cellular immune systems in drusen biogenesis
• Structural and compositional changes in Bruch's membrane in aging and disease, and their effects on ocular physiology
• Cell biology of inherited retinal diseases

Expertise: Vision Science, Basic Science Research