The identification of effectors of retinal cell fate determination through single cell transcriptomics

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I would like to thank the members of my Program of Study Committee, Drs. Drena Dobbs, Heather Greenlee, Don Sakaguchi, and Jeanne Serb, for their valuable help throughout the course of my time at Iowa State. Many members of the Trimarchi lab were indispensable to my research. Our lab tech, Greg Martin, was especially helpful in acclimating me to life as a new lab's first graduate student during my first few years with a sink-or-swim approach to labwork. My fellow graduate student, Lauren Laboissonniere, has provided incomparable insights and moral support as a talented colleague and a wonderful friend. I would also like to thank Caitlin Farris for bringing me down to earth and Rebecca Chowdhury, who will be taking the tough job of Jeff's senior graduate student when I leave. The undergraduate and high school students who have come through the lab were also integral parts of my time here, especially Brock Pope,