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Nikolai Petrovich Skiba

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Box 3802 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Wadsworth Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Identification of proteins localized to photoreceptor connecting cilium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Identification of novel contributors to retinitis pigmentosa using metabolic and proteomic approaches

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2024

Deciphering the local effect of glaucoma risk factors on axonal mitoproteome

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by BrightFocus Foundation · 2021 - 2024

RPE Exosomes in Age-related Macular Degeneration

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

Mechanisms of photoreceptor protein transport and compartmentalization

ResearchFacility Mgr. · Awarded by SUNY Upstate Medical University · 2021 - 2023

The Role of RPE-derived Exosomes in Deposit Formation and ECM Modulation

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Lysosomal Enzymes in Outflow Pathway Physiology and Pathophysiology

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Identification of unique rod outer segment plasma membrane proteins

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019

The Role of Exosomes in Dry AMD

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by BrightFocus Foundation · 2015 - 2018

Role of Exosomes in Glaucomatous Lamina Cribrosa Remodeling

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Glaucoma Research Foundation · 2016 - 2017

Ankyrin G in protein sorting between rod plasma membrane and photoreceptor discs

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012

Oxidative Stress and Lysosomal Function in the Outflow Pathway

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2011

Proteome Map of the Photoreceptor Cell

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2009