J. Samuel Zigler, Jr., Ph.D.
Phone: 410-502-8701
e-mail: szigler1@jhmi.edu
Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology International Society for Eye Research
Honors & Other Special Recognition:
Magna cum laude Graduate
Lambda Society (Honorary Academic Society) 1967
Who's Who in Colleges and Universities 1968
NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Duke University Marine Laboratory 1969
Duke University Summer Research Fellowship 1973
Rohto Cataract Research Award 1983
Alcon Research Institute Award 1988
Executive Editor, Experimental Eye Research, 1993-present
Jin H. Kinoshita Lectureship, 1993
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of cataract development
Structure, function and evolution of lens crystallins
Comparative biochemistry of the ?-crystallins
Effects of aging and cataract development on lens proteins
Oxidative stress and the ocular lens
