Dror Sharon's Research Group

Our group is interested in genetic characterization of retinal diseases in the Israeli and Palestinian populations and in molecular analysis of retinal development.

As part of the genetic study, patients with inherited ocular diseases are referred to the genetic laboratory and clinical information is collected. A blood sample (up to 10ml) is drawn from patients and family members for genetic research. Our research is focused on retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, cone-rod degeneration, Usher syndrome, and macular diseases.

Our second main interest is studying genes expressed during retinal development and identifying those involved in this process. The analysis is perform mainly by microarray analysis of the human and the pigeon retina.

Contact info:

email: dror.sharon1@gmail.com

phone: 972-2-6777112