David Krizaj, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments: Ophthalmology/Visual Sciences - Professor, Neurobiology - Adjunct Professor

Academic Office Information

david.krizaj@hsc.utah.edu

Research Interests

  • Glaucoma
  • Mechanisms of Calcium Homeostasis
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Vision
  • Neuron-Glia Interaction
  • TRPV1
  • Astrocytes
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Retina
  • Retinal Degeneration and Cell Biology
  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Cellular mechanisms of neurotoxicity and the role calcium plays in neuropathological disorders

Education History

Postdoctoral Fellowship University of California San Francisco
Physiology and Ophthalmology 		Postdoctoral Fellow
Graduate Training New York University
Physiology and Biophysics 		M.S.
Doctoral Training New York University
Physiology and Biophysics 		Ph.D.
Graduate Training University of Ljubljana, School of Medicine
Biophysics
Undergraduate University of Ljublijana
Molecular Biology and Animal Physiology 		B.S.

Selected Publications

  1. Lakk M, Yarishkin O, Baumann JM, Iuso A, Krizaj D (2017). Cholesterol regulates polymodal sensory transduction in Muller glia. Glia, 65(12), 2038-2050.
  2. Szikra T, Krizaj D (2006). The dynamic range and domain-specific signals of intracellular calcium in photoreceptors. Neuroscience, 141(1), 143-55.
  3. Duncan JL, Yang H, Doan T, Silverstein RS, Murphy GJ, Nune G, Liu X, Copenhagen D, Tempel BL, Rieke F, Krizaj D (2006). Scotopic visual signaling in the mouse retina is modulated by high-affinity plasma membrane calcium extrusion. J Neurosci, 26(27), 7201-11.

Global Impact

Education History

Type School Degree
Graduate Training University of Ljubljana, School of Medicine
Biophysics
Undergraduate University of Ljublijana
Molecular Biology and Animal Physiology		 B.S.