Laura Campello Blasco, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School Departments Ophthalmology Education Graduate School Univ De Alicante (2015), Biology Research Interest Aging and age-related ocular diseases Inherited retinal disorders and precision medicine Multi-omics and systems biology Sex-specific biology in retinal health and disease Therapeutic development for retinal degeneration Publications Featured Publications Transcriptional Heterogeneity and Differential Response of Rod Photoreceptor Pathway Uncovered by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of the Aging Mouse Retina. Campello L, Brooks MJ, Fadl BR, Choi HS, Pal S, Swaroop A, Aging Cell 2025 May 24 5 e70001 Sex-specific attenuation of photoreceptor degeneration by reserpine in a rhodopsin P23H rat model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Song HB, Campello L, Mondal A, Chen HY, English MA, Glen M, Vanlandingham P, Farjo R, Swaroop A, Elife 2025 Apr 14 Ultra-rare complement factor 8 coding variants in families with age-related macular degeneration. Zelinger L, Martin TM, Advani J, Campello L, English MA, Kwong A, Weber C, Maykoski J, Sergeev YV, Fariss R, Chew EY, Klein ML, Swaroop A, iScience 2023 Apr 26 4 106417 Reserpine maintains photoreceptor survival in retinal ciliopathy by resolving proteostasis imbalance and ciliogenesis defects. Chen HY, Swaroop M, Papal S, Mondal AK, Song HB, Campello L, Tawa GJ, Regent F, Shimada H, Nagashima K, de Val N, Jacobson SG, Zheng W, Swaroop A, Elife 2023 Mar 12 Aging of the Retina: Molecular and Metabolic Turbulences and Potential Interventions. Campello L, Singh N, Advani J, Mondal AK, Corso-Díaz X, Swaroop A, Annu Rev Vis Sci 2021 Sep 7 633-664 Gene Therapy of Dominant CRX-Leber Congenital Amaurosis using Patient Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids. Kruczek K, Qu Z, Gentry J, Fadl BR, Gieser L, Hiriyanna S, Batz Z, Samant M, Samanta A, Chu CJ, Campello L, Brooks BP, Wu Z, Swaroop A, Stem Cell Reports 2021 Feb 16 2 252-263 New Nrf2-Inducer Compound ITH12674 Slows the Progression of Retinitis Pigmentosa in the Mouse Model rd10. Campello L, Kutsyr O, Noailles A, Michalska P, Fernández-Sánchez L, Martínez-Gil N, Ortuño-Lizarán I, Sánchez-Sáez X, de Juan E, Lax P, León R, García AG, Cuenca N, Maneu V, Cell Physiol Biochem 2020 Feb 54 1 142-159 An optimized protocol for retina single-cell RNA sequencing. Fadl BR, Brodie SA, Malasky M, Boland JF, Kelly MC, Kelley MW, Boger E, Fariss R, Swaroop A, Campello L, Mol Vis 2020 26 705-717 Alterations in energy metabolism, neuroprotection and visual signal transduction in the retina of Parkinsonian, MPTP-treated monkeys. Campello L, Esteve-Rudd J, Bru-Martínez R, Herrero MT, Fernández-Villalba E, Cuenca N, Martín-Nieto J, PLoS One 2013 8 9 e74439 Structural dynamics insights into principles underlying the fitness of new broadly potent AAVs. Johnson ME, Ozturk BE, Tugwell TH, Lambros M, Janowitz HN, Flohr K, Sedorovitz M, Campello L, Hartung J, Hogle B, Gillespie M, Schriever H, Aweidah H, Koester J, Clausen I, Seeber S, Revelant F, Schreurs R, Koechl F, Sieving PA, Sahel JA, Stauffer WR, Peixoto RT, Fauser S, Lin R, Conway JF, da Silva S, Krol J, Betegon M, Byrne LC, bioRxiv 2026 May Results 1-10 of 26 1 2 3 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2026)
