Peter Hitchcock, PhD

 Peter F. Hitchcock
Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Medical School
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Peter Hitchcock, PhD
Peter F. Hitchcock
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    • Qualifications
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Zoology, Ann Arbor, United States
      1983 - 1986
      Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Ph.D.
      The University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
      1978 - 1983

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    • Center Member
      Biosciences Initiative

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    • Journal Article
      Müller glia-mediated regeneration restores neuronal diversity and retinal circuit organization in the adult zebrafish.
      Nagashima M, Da Costa Santos LR, Awad S, Flickinger Z, Hitchcock PF, Hoang T. bioRxiv, 2026 Mar 17; DOI:10.64898/2026.03.15.711785
      PMID: PMC13015437
    • Journal Article
      Transgene-Induced Chromosomal Rearrangement With Aberrant Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor at the Optic Fissure Leads to Uveal Coloboma in Mice
      Wang YA, Alur RP, Kalaskar V, George A, Boobalan E, McGaughey DM, Onojafe FI, Dutra A, Pak E, Thomas JW, Dong L, Fruttiger M, Pieke-Dahl S, Guan B, Hitchcock PF, Brooks BP. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2025 Oct 1; 66 (13): DOI:10.1167/iovs.66.13.7
      PMID: 41042024
    • Journal Article
      Common and divergent gene regulatory networks control injury-induced and developmental neurogenesis in zebrafish retina
      Lyu P, Iribarne M, Serjanov D, Zhai Y, Hoang T, Campbell LJ, Boyd P, Palazzo I, Nagashima M, Silva NJ, Hitchcock PF, Qian J, Hyde DR, Blackshaw S. Nature Communications, 2023 Dec 1; 14 (1): DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-44142-w
      PMID: 38123561
    • Journal Article
      Common and divergent gene regulatory networks control injury-induced and developmental neurogenesis in zebrafish retina.
      Blackshaw S, Lyu P, Zhai Y, Qian J, Iribarne M, Serjanov D, Campbell L, Boyd P, Hyde D, Palazzo I, Hoang T, Nagashima M, Silva N, Hitchcock P. Res Sq, 2023 Sep 18; DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3294233/v1
      PMID: PMC10543505
    • Preprint
      Common and divergent gene regulatory networks control injury-induced and developmental neurogenesis in zebrafish retina.
      Lyu P, Iribarne M, Serjanov D, Zhai Y, Hoang T, Campbell LJ, Boyd P, Palazzo I, Nagashima M, Silva NJ, HItchcock PF, Qian J, Hyde DR, Blackshaw S. 2023 Aug 8; DOI:10.1101/2023.08.08.552451
      PMID: 37609307
    • Presentation
      Symposium, Regulation of Muller glia-dependent neuronal regeneration in the damaged retina, 24th Biennial Meeting
      Hitchcock PF. 2025 Jan 22;
    • Journal Article
      Disruption of miR-18a Alters Proliferation, Photoreceptor Replacement Kinetics, Inflammatory Signaling, and Microglia/Macrophage Numbers During Retinal Regeneration in Zebrafish
      Magner E, Sandoval-Sanchez P, Kramer AC, Thummel R, Hitchcock PF, Taylor SM. Molecular Neurobiology, 2022 May 1; 59 (5): 2910 - 2931. DOI:10.1007/s12035-022-02783-w
      PMID: 35246819
    • Journal Article
      Heterogeneous pdgfrb+ cells regulate coronary vessel development and revascularization during heart regeneration.
      Kapuria S, Bai H, Fierros J, Huang Y, Ma F, Yoshida T, Aguayo A, Kok F, Wiens KM, Yip JK, McCain ML, Pellegrini M, Nagashima M, Hitchcock PF, Mochizuki N, Lawson ND, Harrison MMR, Lien CL. Development (Cambridge, England), 2022 Aug 6; 149 (4):