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John G. Flanagan is a professor at the School of Optometry at UC Berkeley. His research interests include glaucoma pathophysiology, glial cell activation, and cellular models capable of manipulating biomechanical stretch and ischemia. He focuses on the development of biomarkers and proteomics in relation to biomechanics, particularly in the lamina cribrosa and optic nerve. In addition, he investigates ocular hemodynamics and clinical psychophysics, with an emphasis on structural and functional aspects of spatial-temporal vision processing. His work extends to ocular chronobiology as it relates to glaucoma and diabetic eye disease, with a specific interest in the natural history of diabetic macular edema and its impact on ocular hemodynamics in diabetes. He is recognized for his expertise in neuroscience and neurobiology as they pertain to these areas.
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