Maureen Stabio, PhD

Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

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Graduate School
  • PhD, Boston University School of Medicine (2007)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, Colorado State University (CO)
Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Cell & Developmental Biology

Professional Titles

  • Associate Professor, School of Medicine
  • Executive Director, Modern Human Anatomy Program

Publications

  • Lister JP, Cale A, Stetter ZD, Cronin JE, Summers SR, Stratford JM, McMenamin PG, Stabio ME. Next generation open access visualization of neuroanatomy through 3D modeling and 3D printing. Anat Sci Educ. 2026 May 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42141853
  • Vugampore MI, Alor EV, Hoffman GR, Wiltgen RJ, Szuster D, Frank PW, Baptista CAC, Stabio ME. A video dissection guide for the en bloc extraction of the human central nervous system. Anat Sci Educ. 2025 Nov;18(11):1289-1300. PubMed PMID: 41058099
  • Hoffman GR, Giduturi C, Cordaro NJ, Yoshida CT, Schoffstall AM, Stabio ME, Zuckerman MD. Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Xylazine. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2024 Jun 5;15(11):2091-2098. PubMed PMID: 38747710
  • Corigliano MR, Carlson AM, Sillau SH, Stabio ME. An innovative 3D-printed model of the cerebral arterial circle for dental gross anatomy. J Dent Educ. 2024 Dec;88 Suppl 3:1938-1941. PubMed PMID: 38129320
  • Renna JM, Sondereker KB, Cors CL, Chaszeyka SN, Keenan KN, Corigliano MR, Milgrom LA, Onyak JR, Hamad EJ, Stabio ME. From 2D slices to a 3D model: Training students in digital microanatomy analysis techniques through a 3D printed neuron project. Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Apr-May;17(3):499-505. PubMed PMID: 38379173
  • Hoffman GR, Olson MG, Schoffstall AM, Estévez RF, Van den Eynde V, Gillman PK, Stabio ME. Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Selegiline, Isocarboxazid, Phenelzine, and Tranylcypromine. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2023 Dec 6;14(23):4064-4075. PubMed PMID: 37966854
  • Sondereker KB, Stabio ME, Renna JM. Crosstalk: The diversity of melanopsin ganglion cell types has begun to challenge the canonical divide between image-forming and non-image-forming vision. J Comp Neurol. 2020 Aug;528(12):2044-2067. PubMed PMID: 32003463
  • Quattrochi LE, Stabio ME, Kim I, Ilardi MC, Michelle Fogerson P, Leyrer ML, Berson DM. The M6 cell: A small-field bistratified photosensitive retinal ganglion cell. J Comp Neurol. 2019 Jan 1;527(1):297-311. PubMed PMID: 30311650
  • Bonezzi PJ, Stabio ME, Renna JM. The Development of Mid-Wavelength Photoresponsivity in the Mouse Retina. Curr Eye Res. 2018 May;43(5):666-673. PubMed PMID: 29447486
  • Klaus RM, Royer DF, Stabio ME. Use and perceptions of plastination among medical anatomy educators in the United States. Clin Anat. 2018 Mar;31(2):282-292. PubMed PMID: 29178370
  • Hlavac RJ, Klaus R, Betts K, Smith SM, Stabio ME. Novel dissection of the central nervous system to bridge gross anatomy and neuroscience for an integrated medical curriculum. Anat Sci Educ. 2018 Mar;11(2):185-195. PubMed PMID: 28817239
  • Stabio ME, Sabbah S, Quattrochi LE, Ilardi MC, Fogerson PM, Leyrer ML, Kim MT, Kim I, Schiel M, Renna JM, Briggman KL, Berson DM. The M5 Cell: A Color-Opponent Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell. Neuron. 2018 Jan 3;97(1):251. PubMed PMID: 29301102
  • Stabio ME, Sondereker KB, Haghgou SD, Day BL, Chidsey B, Sabbah S, Renna JM. A novel map of the mouse eye for orienting retinal topography in anatomical space. J Comp Neurol. 2018 Aug 1;526(11):1749-1759. PubMed PMID: 29633277
  • Sondereker KB, Stabio ME, Jamil JR, Tarchick MJ, Renna JM. Where You Cut Matters: A Dissection and Analysis Guide for the Spatial Orientation of the Mouse Retina from Ocular Landmarks. J Vis Exp. 2018 Aug 4;(138). PubMed PMID: 30124662
  • Feiler J, Stabio ME. 2018. Three pillars of educational neuroscience from three decades of literature. Trends in Neuroscience and Education Nov 15; 13; 17-25.
  • Ueki Y, Ramirez G, Salcedo E, Stabio ME, Lefcort F. Loss of Ikbkap Causes Slow, Progressive Retinal Degeneration in a Mouse Model of Familial Dysautonomia. eNeuro. 2016 Sep-Oct;3(5). PubMed PMID: 27699209
  • Renna JM, Chellappa DK, Ross CL, Stabio ME, Berson DM. Melanopsin ganglion cells extend dendrites into the outer retina during early postnatal development. Dev Neurobiol. 2015 Sep;75(9):935-46. PubMed PMID: 25534911
  • Drapkin ZA, Lindgren KA, Lopez MJ, Stabio ME. Development and assessment of a new 3D neuroanatomy teaching tool for MRI training. Anat Sci Educ. 2015 Nov-Dec;8(6):502-9. PubMed PMID: 25573020
  • Wang JS, Nymark S, Frederiksen R, Estevez ME, Shen SQ, Corbo JC, Cornwall MC, Kefalov VJ. Chromophore supply rate-limits mammalian photoreceptor dark adaptation. J Neurosci. 2014 Aug 20;34(34):11212-21. PubMed PMID: 25143602
  • Dhande OS, Estevez ME, Quattrochi LE, El-Danaf RN, Nguyen PL, Berson DM, Huberman AD. Genetic dissection of retinal inputs to brainstem nuclei controlling image stabilization. J Neurosci. 2013 Nov 6;33(45):17797-813. PubMed PMID: 24198370
  • Weng S, Estevez ME, Berson DM. Mouse ganglion-cell photoreceptors are driven by the most sensitive rod pathway and by both types of cones. PLoS One. 2013;8(6):e66480. PubMed PMID: 23762490
  • Estevez ME, Fogerson PM, Ilardi MC, Borghuis BG, Chan E, Weng S, Auferkorte ON, Demb JB, Berson DM. Form and function of the M4 cell, an intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell type contributing to geniculocortical vision. J Neurosci. 2012 Sep 26;32(39):13608-20. PubMed PMID: 23015450
  • Estevez ME, Lindgren KA, Bergethon PR. A novel three-dimensional tool for teaching human neuroanatomy. Anat Sci Educ. 2010 Nov-Dec;3(6):309-17. PubMed PMID: 20939033
  • Wang JS, Estevez ME, Cornwall MC, Kefalov VJ. Intra-retinal visual cycle required for rapid and complete cone dark adaptation. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Mar;12(3):295-302. PubMed PMID: 19182795
  • Estevez ME, Kolesnikov AV, Ala-Laurila P, Crouch RK, Govardovskii VI, Cornwall MC. The 9-methyl group of retinal is essential for rapid Meta II decay and phototransduction quenching in red cones. J Gen Physiol. 2009 Aug;134(2):137-50. PubMed PMID: 19635855
  • Kolesnikov AV, Ala-Laurila P, Shukolyukov SA, Crouch RK, Wiggert B, Estevez ME, Govardovskii VI, Cornwall MC. Visual cycle and its metabolic support in gecko photoreceptors. Vision Res. 2007 Feb;47(3):363-74. PubMed PMID: 17049961
  • He Q, Alexeev D, Estevez ME, McCabe SL, Calvert PD, Ong DE, Cornwall MC, Zimmerman AL, Makino CL. Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels in rod photoreceptors are protected from retinoid inhibition. J Gen Physiol. 2006 Oct;128(4):473-85. PubMed PMID: 17001087
  • Estevez ME, Ala-Laurila P, Crouch RK, Cornwall MC. Turning cones off: the role of the 9-methyl group of retinal in red cones. J Gen Physiol. 2006 Dec;128(6):671-85. PubMed PMID: 17101818
  • Ala-Laurila P, Kolesnikov AV, Crouch RK, Tsina E, Shukolyukov SA, Govardovskii VI, Koutalos Y, Wiggert B, Estevez ME, Cornwall MC. Visual cycle: Dependence of retinol production and removal on photoproduct decay and cell morphology. J Gen Physiol. 2006 Aug;128(2):153-69. PubMed PMID: 16847097
  • Kefalov VJ, Estevez ME, Kono M, Goletz PW, Crouch RK, Cornwall MC, Yau KW. Breaking the covalent bond--a pigment property that contributes to desensitization in cones. Neuron. 2005 Jun 16;46(6):879-90. PubMed PMID: 15953417
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Professional Memberships

  • International Society of Plastination, Member
  • American Association for Anatomy, Member
  • Human Anatomy & Physiology Society, Member

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Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

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