The DiLeo Lab is working hard to help change the way vision-threatening ocular diseases are treated. Learn more in the videos below:
Innovative glaucoma drug delivery
(video courtesy UPMC)
Alternative treatments for corneal cystinosis (video courtesy CRF)

Recent News

  • 10/12/23: The DiLeo Lab has moved to the UPMC Vision Institute at Mercy Pavilion (check out our view in the photo at left!). Learn more about the brand new facility here.
  • 10/11/23: Dr. DiLeo and Dr. Jhanji (bottom left photo) received $50,000 from the CTSI PInCh program for their project entitled A-SIDE (Autologous Serum Insert for Dry Eye). Learn more about the PInCh winners here.
  • 10/6/23: Dr. DiLeo and PI Dr. Hang Lin receive R21 from the NIAMS for their project entitled "Forskolin-enhanced microfracture to regenerate hyaline cartilage in chondral defect." Learn more here.
  • 5/17/23: Welcome to our new postdoc Dr. James Westbay!
  • 5/4/23: The DiLeo Lab is a certified Green Lab! Thanks to our former technician Daniel Bigley for helping us achieve Sprout Level Designation among the very first cohort of Green Offices and Labs at Pitt. Learn more about the Office of Sustainability and the Green Labs here.
  • 12/5/22: Congratulations to Dr. Xin Fan for receiving a postdoctoral fellowship from Cystinosis Research Foundation! Learn more about CRF and its funded research here.
  • 9/30/22: Dr. DiLeo, Dr. Jose Sahel (Pitt), Dr. Leah Byrne (Pitt), and Dr. William Beltran (Penn) have received funding from the National Eye Institute at the NIH to continue our work on retinal gene therapy. Learn more about this project here.
  • 9/1/22: Dr. DiLeo, Dr. Leah Byrne, Dr. Jose Sahel, and Dr. Valentina Emiliani (IDV) have received funding from the Department of Defense to continue their work in optogenetics. Learn more about Institut de la Vision here.

BEYOND THE LAB

One of the missions of the DiLeo Lab is to
​engage the community in our research efforts and
to inspire future generations of scientists.