Dr. Becker's research explores how the retina responds to light in both health and disease. She studies retinal conditions such as retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy, with a focus on the two-way communication between retinal nerve cells and blood vessels. By uncovering how neurons and blood vessels interact in the retina, her work aims to inspire new treatment approaches for blinding eye diseases that go beyond targeting blood vessels alone.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah (Ophthalmology)
- Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK (Ophthalmology)
- Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Ophthalmology, King’s College London, UK (Vascular Biology)
- PhD in Pharmacology, King’s College London, UK
- Undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Education & Training
S Becker, Z L’Ecuyer, BW Jones, MA Zouache, FS McDonnell, F Vinberg, Modeling complex age-related eye disease. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2024 May:100:101247.
F Abbas, F Vinberg, S Becker, Optimizing the Setup and Conditions for Ex Vivo Electroretinogram to Study Retina Function in Small and Large Eyes. J Vis Exp. 2022 Jun 27;(184).
F Abbas, S Becker, BW Jones, LS Mure, S Panda, A Hanneken, F Vinberg, Revival of light signalling in the postmortem mouse and human retina. Nature, 2022 Jun;606(7913):351-357.
S Becker, LS Carroll, F Vinberg, Rod phototransduction and light signal transmission during type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Aug;8(1):e001571.