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Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss

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Dr. Hayes

 

 

 

Michael H. Hayes, M.D., Ph.D.

Investigator, Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss

Phone: (319) 338-0581

E-mail: Michael-Hayes@uiowa.edu

 

Education

BS, Biology (Chemistry minor), University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

MD, Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

PhD, Molecular Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Research Interests

Publication Highlights

 
Generation of xenobiotic free retinofugal assembloids. Hayes MH, Valdes Michel MF, Kuehn MH, Kardon RH, Gramlich OW.Front Cell Dev Biol. 2026 Jan 14;13:1746709. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1746709. eCollection 2025.PMID: 41613946

Assembling the Visual Pathway In Vitro. Michael H. Hayes, Maria F. Valdes Michel, Randy H. Kardon, Oliver W. Gramlich. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2025 May 8; ARVO E-Abstract 5280-A0043


The ABCF gene family facilitates disaggregation during animal development. Sydney Skuodas, Amy Clemons, Michael Hayes, Ashley Goll, Betul Zora, Daniel L. Weeks, Bryan T. Phillips, and Jan S. Fassler. Mol Biol Cell. 2020 Jun 15;31(13):1324-1345. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-08-0443. Epub 2020 Apr 22. PMID: 32320318; PMCID: PMC7353142.

 
Dual roles for ATP in the regulation of phase separated protein aggregates in Xenopus oocyte nucleoli. Hayes MH, Peuchen EH, Dovichi NJ, Weeks DL.Elife. 2018 Jul 17;7:e35224. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35224.PMID: 30015615 


Amyloids assemble as parts of recognizable structures during oogenesis in Xenopus. Michael H. Hayes and Daniel L Weeks. Biol Open. 2016 Jun 15;5(6):801-6. doi: 10.1242/bio.017384. PMID: 27215327; PMCID: PMC4920187.