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Marina Cunquero
Postdoc: Retinal Evaluation For Linking Eye and Cerebral Tissue in neurodegeneration (REFLECT)
BSc Microbiology (UAB - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)
MSc Clinical Analysis Laboratories (UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
PhD Photonics (ICFO-Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain)
Postdoc: REFLECT: Retinal Evaluation For Linking Eye and Cerebral Tissue in neurodegeneration
Marina Cunquero is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de la Vision in Paris. With over nine years of experience in advanced optical microscopy, she specializes in optical imaging and retinal neuroscience. Her research aims to elucidate the link between retinal and brain degeneration in neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
She uses high-resolution in vivo imaging with adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) to detect cellular abnormalities within the retinal neurovascular network of patients. To improve the interpretation of these complex images, she is developing a custom microscopy system capable of reproducing AOSLO contrast in fixed tissues.
This approach will enable a direct correlation between in vivo patient imaging and post-mortem histology. Her work seeks to determine whether retinal alterations reflect, precede, or follow brain degeneration, with the goal of developing retinal biomarkers for the early diagnosis and monitoring of neurodegenerative disorders.
