Julio Escribano is Professor of Genetics at Castilla-La Mancha University Medical School, Spain. His main research is directed at understanding the genetic basis of glaucoma. Hi is icurrently studying the biological function of myocilin and the role of different genes such as MYOC, CYP1B1, FOXC1 and GPATCH3 in glaucoma. He is also interested in the identification of new genes involved in glaucoma and ocular development using whole-exome sequencing and the zebrafish as an animal model for fucntional studies of candidate genes. Dr. Escribano received his Ph.D. from the Complutense University of Madrid and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Ophtlamology and Visual Science of Yale University Medical School.