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Al-Hussaini, H., Al-Onaizi, M., Abed, B. S. , Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004, Hasan, S. M. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2025). Impact of short wavelength light exposure on body weight, mobility, anxiety like behaviour and cytokine expression. Scientific Reports, 15(1), article number 5927. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-89081-2

Ahmed, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-4990-5631, Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004, Qassem, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-0730-3189 & Kyriacou, P. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2868-485Xview all authors (2024). Rapid optical determination of salivary cortisol responses in individuals undergoing physiological and psychological stress. Scientific Reports, 14(1), article number 31578. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69466-5

Powner, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004 & Jeffery, G. (2024). Light stimulation of mitochondria reduces blood glucose levels. Journal of Biophotonics, 17(5), article number e202300521. doi: 10.1002/jbio.202300521

Ahmed, T., Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004, Qassem, M. & Kyriacou, P. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2868-485Xview all authors (2024). Colorimetric Determination of Salivary Cortisol Levels in Artificial Saliva for the Development of a Portable Colorimetric Sensor (Salitrack). Sci, 6(2), article number 20. doi: 10.3390/sci6020020

Rabbani, M., Rahman, E., Al Aishan, A. , Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004 & Triantis, I. ORCID: 0000-0002-8900-781Xview all authors (2023). A Low-Cost, Scalable, and Configurable Multi-Electrode System for Electrical Bio-Interfacing with In-Vitro Cell Cultures. Applied Sciences, 14(1), article number 162. doi: 10.3390/app14010162

Rabbani, M., Rahman, E., Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004 & Triantis, I. F. ORCID: 0000-0002-8900-781Xview all authors (2023). Making Sense of Electrical Stimulation: A Meta-analysis for Wound Healing. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 52(2), pp. 153-177. doi: 10.1007/s10439-023-03371-2

Kam, J. H., Shinhmar, H., Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004 , Hayes, M. J., Aboelnour, A. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2023). Mitochondrial decline in the ageing old world primate retina: Little evidence for difference between the centre and periphery. PLoS One, 18(5), article number e0273882. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273882

Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004 & Jeffery, G (2022). Systemic glucose levels are modulated by specific wavelengths in the solar light spectrum that shift mitochondrial metabolism. PLoS ONE, 17(11), article number e0276937. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276937

Hayes, M. J., Tracey-White, D., Kam, J. H. , Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004 & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2021). The 3D organisation of mitochondria in primate photoreceptors. Scientific Reports, 11(1), article number 18863. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98409-7

Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004, Priestley, G., Hogg, C. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2021). Improved mitochondrial function corrects immunodeficiency and impaired respiration in neonicotinoid exposed bumblebees. PLoS One, 16(8), article number e0256581. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256581

Kam, J. H., Weinrich, T. W., Shinhmar, H. , Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004, Roberts, N. W., Aboelnour, A. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2019). Fundamental differences in patterns of retinal ageing between primates and mice. Scientific Reports, 9(1), article number 12574. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49121-0

Rahman, E., Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004, Kyriacou, P. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2868-485X & Triantis, I. ORCID: 0000-0002-8900-781Xview all authors (2018). Assessment of the Complex Refractive Indices of Xenopus Laevis Sciatic Nerve for the Optimisation of Optical (NIR) Neurostimulation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 26(12), pp. 2306-2314. doi: 10.1109/tnsre.2018.2878107

Powner, M. B., Woods, S. A., Zhu, M. , Gillies, M. C., Bernstein, P. S., Hageman, G., Comer, G. M., Egan, C. & Fruttiger, M.view all authors (2017). Fundus wide subretinal and pigment epithelial abnormalities in macular telangiectasia type 2. Retina, 38(1), S105-S113. doi: 10.1097/iae.0000000000001860

Weinrich, T.W., Powner, M. B., Lynch, A. , Jonnal, R.S., Werner, J.S. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2017). No evidence for loss of short-wavelength sensitive cone photoreceptors in normal ageing of the primate retina. Scientific Reports, 7(1), article number 46346. doi: 10.1038/srep46346

Ramsden, C. M., Nommiste, B., Lane, A. , Carr, A.F., Powner, M. B., Smart, M. J. K., Chen, L. L., Muthiah, M. N., Webster, A. R., Moore, A. T., Cheetham, M. E., Da Cruz, L. & Coffey, P. J.view all authors (2017). Rescue of the MERTK phagocytic defect in a human iPSC disease model using translational read-through inducing drugs. Scientific Reports, 7(1), article number 51. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00142-7

Fernandez-Robredo, P., Selvam, S., Powner, M. B. , Sim, D. A. & Fruttiger, M.view all authors (2017). Neuropilin 1 Involvement in Choroidal and Retinal Neovascularisation. PLoS ONE, 12(1), article number e0169865. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169865

Aboelnour, A., Van Der Spuy, J., Powner, M. B. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2017). Primate retinal cones express phosphorylated tau associated with neuronal degeneration yet survive in old age. Experimental Eye Research, 165, pp. 105-108. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2017.09.013

Carter, D. A., Smart, M. J. K., Letton, W. V. G. , Ramsden, C. M., Nommiste, B., Chen, L. L., Fynes, K., Muthiah, M. N., Goh, P., Lane, A., Powner, M. B., Webster, A. R., Da Cruz, L., Moore, A. T., Coffey, P. J. & Carr, A-J. F.view all authors (2016). Mislocalisation of BEST1 in iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells from a family with autosomal dominant vitreoretinochoroidopathy (ADVIRC). Scientific Reports, 6(1), article number 33792. doi: 10.1038/srep33792

Powner, M. B., Sim, D. A., Zhu, M. , Nobre-Cardoso, J., Jones, R., Syed, A., Chang, A. A., Keane, P. A., Tufail, A., Egan, C. A. & Fruttiger, M.view all authors (2016). Evaluation of Nonperfused Retinal Vessels in Ischemic Retinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 57(11), pp. 5031-5037. doi: 10.1167/iovs.16-20007

Wu, J., Su, W., Powner, M. B. , Liu, J., Copland, D., Fruttiger, M., Madeddu, P., Dick, A. D. & Liu, L.view all authors (2016). Pleiotropic action of CpG-ODN on endothelium and macrophages attenuates angiogenesis through distinct pathways. Scientific Reports, 6(1), article number 31873. doi: 10.1038/srep31873

Powner, M. B., Salt, T. E., Hogg, C. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2016). Improving Mitochondrial Function Protects Bumblebees from Neonicotinoid Pesticides. PLoS One, 11(11), article number e0166531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166531

Jo, D.H., Park, S.W., Cho, C.S. , Powner, M. B., Kim, J.H., Fruttiger, M. & Kim, J.H.view all authors (2015). Intravitreally injected anti-VEGF antibody reduces brown fat in neonatal mice. PLoS ONE, 10(7), article number e0134308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134308

Hidalgo-De-Quintana, J., Schwarz, N., Meschede, I. P. , Stern-Schneider, G., Powner, M. B., Morrison, E. E., Futter, C. E., Wolfrum, U., Cheetham, M. E. & Van Der Spuy, J.view all authors (2015). The leber congenital amaurosis protein AIPL1 and EB proteins co-localize at the photoreceptor cilium. PLoS ONE, 10(3), article number e0121440. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121440

Yvon, C., Ramsden, C. M., Lane, A. , Powner, M. B., Da Cruz, L., Coffey, P. J. & Carr, A-J. F.view all authors (2015). Using Stem Cells to Model Diseases of the Outer Retina. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 13, pp. 382-389. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2015.05.001

Cunea, A., Powner, M. B. & Jeffery, G. (2014). Death by color: differential cone loss in the aging mouse retina. Neurobiology of Aging, 35(11), pp. 2584-2591. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.05.012

Hudson, N., Powner, M. B., Sarker, M. H. , Burgoyne, T., Campbell, M. K., Ockrim, Z. K., Martinelli, R., Futter, C. E., Grant, M. B., Fraser, P. A., Shima, D. T., Greenwood, J. & Turowski, P.view all authors (2014). Differential apicobasal VEGF signaling at vascular blood-neural barriers. Developmental Cell, 30(5), pp. 541-552. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.06.027

Powner, M. B., McKenzie, J. A. G., Christianson, G. J. , Roopenian, D. C. & Fruttiger, M.view all authors (2014). Expression of neonatal Fc receptor in the eye. Physiology and Pharmacology, 55(3), pp. 1607-1615. doi: 10.1167/iovs.13-12574

Powner, M. B., Gillies, M. C., Zhu, M. , Vevis, K., Hunyor, A. P. & Fruttiger, M.view all authors (2013). Loss of Müller's cells and photoreceptors in macular telangiectasia type 2. Ophthalmology, 120(11), pp. 2344-2352. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.04.013

Sim, D. A., Keane, P. A., Zarranz-Ventura, J. , Fung, S. S. M., Powner, M. B., Platteau, E., Bunce, C. V., Fruttiger, M., Patel, P. J., Tufail, A. & Egan, C. A.view all authors (2013). The effects of macular ischemia on visual acuity in diabetic retinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 54(3), pp. 2353-2360. doi: 10.1167/iovs.12-11103

Begum, R., Powner, M. B., Hudson, N. , Hogg, C. & Jeffery, G.view all authors (2013). Treatment with 670 nm light up regulates cytochrome C oxidase expression and reduces inflammation in an age-related macular degeneration model. PLoS One, 8(2), article number e57828. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057828

Lange, C. A., Luhmann, U. F., Mowat, F. M. , Georgiadis, A., West, E. L., Abrahams, S., Sayed, H., Powner, M. B., Fruttiger, M., Smith, A. J., Sowden, J. C., Maxwell, P. H., Ali, R. R. & Bainbridge, J. W.view all authors (2012). Von Hippel-Lindau protein in the RPE is essential for normal ocular growth and vascular development. Development, 139(13), pp. 2340-2350. doi: 10.1242/dev.070813

Scott, A., Powner, M. B., Gandhi, P. , Clarkin, C., Gutmann, D.H., Johnson, R.S., Ferrara, N. & Fruttiger, M.view all authors (2010). Astrocyte-derived vascular endothelial growth factor stabilizes vessels in the developing retinal vasculature. PLoS One, 5(7), article number e11863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011863

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Huntjens, B. ORCID: 0000-0002-4864-0723, McKellar, J. B., Ctori, I. & Powner, M. B. ORCID: 0000-0003-4913-1004view all authors (2018). Ethnic variations in preferred retinal locus of fixation using Optical Coherence Tomography. In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting, 29 Apr - 3 May 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.