Heberto Quintero, Ph.D., conducts his research in Dr. Adriana Di Polo’s laboratory at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM). He obtained his Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV, Mexico City) His long-term research interests involve finding new molecular mechanisms triggering neuronal death and vision loss, along with developing novel therapeutic strategies for neuroprotection and regeneration in glaucoma and other retinopathies. The central focus of his current projects is to elucidate the mechanisms underlying impaired axonal transport, one of the earliest pathological features in degenerating retinal ganglion cells. More specifically, he investigates the role of traffic proteins in mitochondrial transport inside RGCs’ axons using in-vivo two-photon imaging in preclinical models of glaucoma.