Donald J. Reis, MD: research mentor extraordinaire
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Induction of Retinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Mouse Eye Model
Published on: December 20, 2024
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, 2128 TC, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0338 , USA. jthoff@umich.edu
Abstract:
Donald J. Reis, M.D., the late internationally reknowned neuroscientist, had a special talent for mentoring researchers early in their academic careers. His "hands-on" approach to laboratory investigation, his extraoridinary patience with novice researchers, his commitment to the scientific method, and his enthusiastic approach to the art of neuroscience all combined to make him the ideal mentor for many budding academics over the past four decades. The beauty of his scientific legacy is that he loved to each research. The following tribute is personal from one whose career was changed by a great mentor.
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