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Rebecca Pfeiffer

Rebecca Pfeiffer, PhD

Academic Office Information

R.Pfeiffer@utah.edu

Education History

Graduate Training University of Utah
 PhD
University of New Mexico
 BA
Undergraduate University of New Mexico
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bejarano E, Whitcomb EA, Pfeiffer RL, Rose KL, Asensio MJ, Rodrguez-Navarro JA, Ponce-Mora A, Canto A, Almansa I, Schey KL, Jones BW, Taylor A, Rowan S (2023). Unbalanced redox status network as an early pathological event in congenital cataracts. Redox Biol, 66, 102869.
  2. Farzad S, Kosta P, Iseri E, Walston ST, Bouteiller JC, Pfeiffer RL, Sigulinsky CL, Yang JH, Garcia JC, Anderson JR, Jones BW, Lazzi G (2023). Impact of Retinal Degeneration on Response of ON and OFF Cone Bipolar Cells to Electrical Stimulation. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng, 31, 2424-2437.
  3. Pfeiffer RL, Jones BW (2023). Retinal Pathoconnectomics: A Window into Neurodegeneration. Adv Exp Med Biol, 1415, 297-301.
  4. Pfeiffer RL, Jones BW (2022). Current perspective on retinal remodeling: Implications for therapeutics. Front Neuroanat, 16, 1099348.
  5. Kosta P, Iseri E, Loizos K, Paknahad J, Pfeiffer RL, Sigulinsky CL, Anderson JR, Jones BW, Lazzi G (2021). Model-based comparison of current flow in rod bipolar cells of healthy and early-stage degenerated retina. Exp Eye Res, 207, 108554.
  6. Pfeiffer RL, Anderson JR, Dahal J, Garcia JC, Yang JH, Sigulinsky CL, Rapp K, Emrich DP, Watt CB, Johnstun HA, Houser AR, Marc RE, Jones BW (2020). A pathoconnectome of early neurodegeneration: Network changes in retinal degeneration. Exp Eye Res, 199, 108196.
  7. Sigulinsky CL, Anderson JR, Kerzner E, Rapp CN, Pfeiffer RL, Rodman TM, Emrich DP, Rapp KD, Nelson NT, Lauritzen JS, Meyer M, Marc RE, Jones BW (2020). Network Architecture of Gap Junctional Coupling among Parallel Processing Channels in the Mammalian Retina. J Neurosci, 40(23), 4483-4511.
  8. Bryan CD, Casey MA, Pfeiffer RL, Jones BW, Kwan KM (2020). Optic cup morphogenesis requires neural crest-mediated basement membrane assembly. Development, 147(4).
  9. Tong J, Phu J, Khuu SK, Yoshioka N, Choi AY, Nivison-Smith L, Marc RE, Jones BW, Pfeiffer RL, Kalloniatis M, Zangerl B (2019). Development of a Spatial Model of Age-Related Change in the Macular Ganglion Cell Layer to Predict Function From Structural Changes. Am J Ophthalmol, 208, 166-177.
  10. Choi AYJ, Nivison-Smith L, Phu J, Zangerl B, Khuu SK, Jones BW, Pfeiffer RL, Marc RE, Kalloniatis M (2019). Contrast sensitivity isocontours of the central visual field. Sci Rep, 9(1), 11603.
  11. Pfeiffer RL, Anderson JR, Emrich DP, Dahal J, Sigulinsky CL, Morrison HAB, Yang JH, Watt CB, Rapp KD, Kondo M, Terasaki H, Garcia JC, Marc RE, Jones BW (2019). Pathoconnectome Analysis of Müller Cells in Early Retinal Remodeling. Adv Exp Med Biol, 1185, 365-370.
  12. Marc RE, Sigulinsky CL, Pfeiffer RL, Emrich D, Anderson JR, Jones BW (2018). Heterocellular Coupling Between Amacrine Cells and Ganglion Cells. Front Neural Circuits, 12, 90.
  13. Phu J, Khuu SK, Nivison-Smith L, Zangerl B, Choi AYJ, Jones BW, Pfeiffer RL, Marc RE, Kalloniatis M (2017). Pattern Recognition Analysis Reveals Unique Contrast Sensitivity Isocontours Using Static Perimetry Thresholds Across the Visual Field. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 58(11), 4863-4876.
  14. Yoshioka N, Zangerl B, Nivison-Smith L, Khuu SK, Jones BW, Pfeiffer RL, Marc RE, Kalloniatis M (2017). Pattern Recognition Analysis of Age-Related Retinal Ganglion Cell Signatures in the Human Eye. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 58(7), 3086-3099.
  15. Pfeiffer RL, Marc RE, Kondo M, Terasaki H, Jones BW (2016). Müller cell metabolic chaos during retinal degeneration. Exp Eye Res, 150, 62-70.
  16. Jones BW, Pfeiffer RL, Ferrell WD, Watt CB, Tucker J, Marc RE (2016). Retinal Remodeling and Metabolic Alterations in Human AMD. Front Cell Neurosci, 10, 103.
  17. Hogrebe L, Paiva AR, Jurrus E, Christensen C, Bridge M, Dai L, Pfeiffer RL, Hof PR, Roysam B, Korenberg JR, Tasdizen T (2012). Serial section registration of axonal confocal microscopy datasets for long-range neural circuit reconstruction. J Neurosci Methods, 207(2), 200-10.
  18. Smrt RD, Pfeiffer RL, Zhao X (2011). Age-dependent expression of MeCP2 in a heterozygous mosaic mouse model. Hum Mol Genet, 20(9), 1834-43.
  19. Smrt RD, Szulwach KE, Pfeiffer RL, Li X, Guo W, Pathania M, Teng ZQ, Luo Y, Peng J, Bordey A, Jin P, Zhao X (2010). MicroRNA miR-137 regulates neuronal maturation by targeting ubiquitin ligase mind bomb-1. Stem Cells, 28(6), 1060-70.
  20. Luo Y, Shan G, Guo W, Smrt RD, Johnson EB, Li X, Pfeiffer RL, Szulwach KE, Duan R, Barkho BZ, Li W, Liu C, Jin P, Zhao X (2010). Fragile x mental retardation protein regulates proliferation and differentiation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells. PLoS Genet, 6(4), e1000898.

Review

  1. Pfeiffer RL, Marc RE, Jones BW (2020). Müller Cell Metabolic Signatures: Evolutionary Conservation and Disruption in Disease. [Review]. Trends Endocrinol Metab, 31(4), 320-329.
  2. Pfeiffer RL, Marc RE, Jones BW (2019). Persistent remodeling and neurodegeneration in late-stage retinal degeneration. [Review]. Prog Retin Eye Res, 74, 100771.
  3. Jones BW, Pfeiffer RL, Ferrell WD, Watt CB, Marmor M, Marc RE (2016). Retinal remodeling in human retinitis pigmentosa. [Review]. Exp Eye Res, 150, 149-65.
  4. Marc R, Pfeiffer R, Jones B (2014). Retinal prosthetics, optogenetics, and chemical photoswitches. [Review]. ACS Chem Neurosci, 5(10), 895-901.