Deepa Mathew
lightimer.bsky.social
Deepa Mathew
@lightimer.bsky.social
Scientist; Chronobiology, Vision science/ Mom/ Interested in photography, psychology, ethics
Our new preprint is out.

Our study on Retinitis Pigmentosa animal model shows improved photoreceptor survival when rod transducin, a key protein involved in light signaling, is reduced.

@fvinberg.bsky.social
@moraneyecenter.bsky.social
@utah.edu
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Downregulation of Transducin Delays Photoreceptor Degeneration in P23H Rhodopsin Retinitis Pigmentosa
In inherited blinding diseases, such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), photoreceptors progressively degenerate, eventually leading to blindness. Unfortunately, effective treatments to prevent or delay vis...
www.biorxiv.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Ethics and integrity are hard concepts to understand without them.
May 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Reposted by Deepa Mathew
Which one are you?
Among scientists are collectors, classifiers, and compulsive tidiers-up; many are detectives by temperament and many are explorers; some are artists and others artisans. There are poet-scientists and philosopher-scientists and even a few mystics.
–Peter Medawar
November 29, 2024 at 11:47 PM