Mariusz Zareba graduated from one of the oldest universities in Europe \u2013\u00a0Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. He received his Ph.D. from the\u00a0same institution in 1999 while he was researching the role of neuromelanin\u00a0in etiology of Parkinson\u2019s disease. Melanins, and particularly their role\u00a0in oxidative stress-related biological processes, were Mariusz\u2019s subject of\u00a0interest for many years. In the mid 2000s he joined the Department of\u00a0Ophthalmology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where he started to use\u00a0advanced microscopic techniques, such as live cell imaging, to study the
\nrole of melanosomes in Retinal Pigment Epithelium. His research was\u00a0primarily focused on the protective role of melanosomes in the context of\u00a0Age-Related Macular Degeneration.<\/p>\n
During his years at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Mariusz studied\u00a0primary cells isolated from human and animal ocular tissues, as well as\u00a0various cell lines, and he developed a passion for exploring living systems
\nwith various microscopic techniques. Interest in collecting images of\u00a0microscopic objects is complemented by Mariusz\u2019s other passion-\u00a0photography.<\/p>\n
Later on, Mariusz managed several microscopes (including live cell imaging,\u00a0confocal and super-resolution) in the Department of Ophthalmology and\u00a0Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy. He collaborated with\u00a0both clinical and basic science investigators and helped them with experimental and imaging work. He joined Dr. Eva Johannes in CMIF in\u00a0October 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1780,"featured_media":5292,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"group":[121,138],"person_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5279","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","group-core-facilities","group-imaging-systems"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/5279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/5279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6042,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/5279\/revisions\/6042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/group?post=5279"},{"taxonomy":"person_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_tag?post=5279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}