Vision: Understanding neuronal and vascular development and identifying molecular targets for therapeutic intervention in vascular disease.

Aims: The Ruhrberg team seek to determine how cells interact during mammalian development and in disease.

Approach: Combining reverse genetics with tissue culture models to examine how the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) and class 3 semaphorin (SEMA3) proteins convey signals between cells in the brain, retina, heart and lung.

Contact us

Professor Christiana Ruhrberg

• c.ruhrberg@ucl.ac.uk 
• Tel: 020 7608 4017 
• Fax: 020 7608 6810

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
11-43 Bath Street
London EC1V 9EL