Pleased to share the latest work from the laboratory by first authors Paul Bonezzi and Rikard Frederiksen. See video abstract by Paul!
Photoreceptor degeneration induces homeostatic rewiring of rod bipolar cells:
Current Biology https://t.co/ce2TAUoqix
The ON/OFF dichotomy is fundamental to visual processing. In a new study led by Flori Soto, we identify a conserved molecular mechanism establishing the OFF pathway. https://t.co/is4NEvc0ME
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Please support Alex Huks postdoc with this GoFundMe by donating or sharing. He has lost his home in the Ca Fires — every bit of help makes a difference. https://t.co/572Yv5XZKw
Open Faculty Position at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute. Please see link below. All interested eye biologists (broadly defined) please apply:
https://t.co/f48PuCCR2W
Excited to share our new paper in @CurrentBiology! 🚀📄
"Retinal direction of motion is reliably transmitted to visual cortex via highly selective thalamocortical connections" https://t.co/y8v2Z0n2A0
We see light with our corneas ⚡️ We found that corneal epithelium is intrinsically photosensitive due to OPN5 (neuropsin) which drives calcium signaling & cytokine release (to protect us from snow blindness?) Discovery by Luka Lapajne and Monika Lakk
https://t.co/exJl5RGrZg
Horace Barlow, by all accounts, was thinking about 30 years ahead of his time. Here is a transcript of the opening keynote I gave at a symposium honoring Horace's scientific legacy: https://t.co/jorpsmXPVh.
Announcing the first annual Visual Neuroscience summer course, Woods Hole, MA, Aug 1-16, 2025. Come for an eye-opening, hands-on experience with inspiring faculty and students from around the world. Please help spread the word!
Thrilled to share the first work from my lab @MoranEyeCenter. It was fun writing the paper, tying findings in genetics with cell type specific degeneration in glaucoma. Many exciting research ideas in this new area for my lab.
https://t.co/93Rc48zJQn
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
I am hiring a postdoc for my lab to help lead studies of retinal circuits in disease models.
Apply here: https://t.co/sSnalJC5Yh. I will be at #SfN24 in Chicago giving a talk on 10/6. DM me, or find me for an in-person chat.
We are hiring! A 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is available in the https://t.co/5MlCv31p2U @MoranEyeCenter to lead studies on retinal circuits and diseases. Apply here: https://t.co/aKckmjrD6G or reach out to meet in-person at #ARVO2024.