Chloe Stanton

Chancellor's Fellow

Biography

Background

Dr Chloe Stanton received her BSc degree in Biochemistry from the University of Leeds. Following time spent working as a research technician in a human genetics lab (Mayo Clinic, Florida) and a molecular biology lab (University of California San Diego, California), she moved to Edinburgh to start her PhD with Professor Alan Wright. Here, she began studying the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of vision loss in older adults. During her post-doctoral work with Dr Veronique Vitart, she became interested in rare genetic eye diseases, developing the first mouse and cellular models of Brittle Cornea Syndrome and identifying allelic heterogeneity in late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD).

As a Chancellor’s Fellow at the Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Chloe’s lab investigate common and rare forms of age-related retinal degeneration to identify the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying cellular dysfunction in the retina and targets for future therapy. This new research group draws strongly on patient engagement and involvement, including with the ScotIRD PPIE group. By working together, patients and families are involved in our research from inception, ensuring that we address key questions to deliver impactful results for people facing progressive sight loss.

Chloe is a member of the Robert O. Curle Eye Lab, a multidisciplinary academic community focused on devising new diagnostics and treatments for blinding eye diseases and collaborates closely with clinical colleagues in Edinburgh and more widely. Chloe is PI for the Scottish AMD cohort in the International AMD Genomics Consortium, Treasurer for the UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) and sits on the One Health Genomics Edinburgh ECR and CMVM Research Staff Committees, supporting development opportunities for early career researchers.

 

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Current PhD students supervised

Petra Lavay (PhD) - co-supervised with Dr Mihaela Crisan

AJ Boyland (PhD) - co-supervised with Dr Beth Mills

Muye Liu (PhD) - co-supervised with Prof. Mathew Horrocks

Rowena Tao (PhD) - co-supervised with Prof. Joseph Marsh

Past PhD students supervised

Mohammad Zuhair Mustafa (PhD) - co-supervised with Dr Veronique Vitart and Prof. Wendy Bickmore

Christina Babu Joseph (PhD) - co-supervised with Prof. Caroline Hayward and Dr Toby Hurd

 

 

 

 

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