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Fantastic new paper from @pierre-mattar.bsky.social lab!
Chd4 remodels chromatin to control retinal cell type specification and lineage termination
Read this #LifelongDevSI #OA Research Article by Sujay Shah, Pierre Mattar and colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Read this #LifelongDevSI #OA Research Article by Sujay Shah, Pierre Mattar and colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fantastic new paper from @pierre-mattar.bsky.social lab!
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November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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#FluorescenceFriday 🌿🔬 post:
Avian retina transduced with my AAVs carrying the #GluSNFR biosensor.
Bright blobs at the top mark photoreceptor terminals; meanwhile below, an RGC connects beautifully with bipolar cells, giving a glimpse of retinal circuitry in action.
#Retina #Neuroscience #AAV #2-P
Avian retina transduced with my AAVs carrying the #GluSNFR biosensor.
Bright blobs at the top mark photoreceptor terminals; meanwhile below, an RGC connects beautifully with bipolar cells, giving a glimpse of retinal circuitry in action.
#Retina #Neuroscience #AAV #2-P
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#FluorescenceFriday 🌿🔬 post:
Avian retina transduced with my AAVs carrying the #GluSNFR biosensor.
Bright blobs at the top mark photoreceptor terminals; meanwhile below, an RGC connects beautifully with bipolar cells, giving a glimpse of retinal circuitry in action.
#Retina #Neuroscience #AAV #2-P
Avian retina transduced with my AAVs carrying the #GluSNFR biosensor.
Bright blobs at the top mark photoreceptor terminals; meanwhile below, an RGC connects beautifully with bipolar cells, giving a glimpse of retinal circuitry in action.
#Retina #Neuroscience #AAV #2-P
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#Visual #salience generation involves center-surround dynamics, but what performs these computations? This study shows that the #SuperiorColliculus encodes center-surround dynamics under isolated conditions, and provides insights into the circuit implementation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n7RpsA
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#Visual #salience generation involves center-surround dynamics, but what performs these computations? This study shows that the #SuperiorColliculus encodes center-surround dynamics under isolated conditions, and provides insights into the circuit implementation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n7RpsA
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1of2) New from the ARIA lab in eLife: This article shows that it is possible to optogenetically activate single retinal ganglion cells in vivo in monkeys. This is an important step toward causal tests of the role of specific ganglion cell types in visual perception...
Optogenetic stimulation of single ganglion cells in the living primate fovea
Individual retinal ganglion cells are singularly activated in the living primate retina via an adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscope.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1of2) New from the ARIA lab in eLife: This article shows that it is possible to optogenetically activate single retinal ganglion cells in vivo in monkeys. This is an important step toward causal tests of the role of specific ganglion cell types in visual perception...
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In @jgp.org, Horie, Kitano, Tachibana, Koike et al. show that TRPM1 deficiency in ON bipolar cells produces retinal ganglion cell oscillations in association with rod bipolar cell axon remodeling and reduced ON bipolar cell outputs rupress.org/jgp/article/...
#Neuroscience
#Neuroscience
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In @jgp.org, Horie, Kitano, Tachibana, Koike et al. show that TRPM1 deficiency in ON bipolar cells produces retinal ganglion cell oscillations in association with rod bipolar cell axon remodeling and reduced ON bipolar cell outputs rupress.org/jgp/article/...
#Neuroscience
#Neuroscience
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Maison Deyrolle Avrill, 1953 by Robert Doisneau
October 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Maison Deyrolle Avrill, 1953 by Robert Doisneau
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October 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Finally got around to posting the snapshots of walking around in Prague after the RD 2025 Meeting: bryanwjones.com/2025/09/walk...
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Finally got around to posting the snapshots of walking around in Prague after the RD 2025 Meeting: bryanwjones.com/2025/09/walk...
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Thanks Bryan! Nice pic of me. I don't even remember you taking it. Eagerly awaiting the Visionarium pics 😊
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Thanks Bryan! Nice pic of me. I don't even remember you taking it. Eagerly awaiting the Visionarium pics 😊
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👁️ UPMC Vision Institute is restoring sight! The PRIMA wireless retinal implant + camera glasses helped patients with advanced macular degeneration regain functional vision. Over 80% saw measurable improvement. #VisionRestoration #Neuroprosthetics #UPMC #Pitt www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD | NEJM
Geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause
of irreversible blindness and affects more than 5 million persons worldwide. No therapies
to restore vision in ...
www.nejm.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
👁️ UPMC Vision Institute is restoring sight! The PRIMA wireless retinal implant + camera glasses helped patients with advanced macular degeneration regain functional vision. Over 80% saw measurable improvement. #VisionRestoration #Neuroprosthetics #UPMC #Pitt www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
The evolutionary origins of synaptic proteins and their changing roles in different organisms across evolution
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Recent studies have shed further light on the evolutionary origins of chemical synapses, In this Review, Colgren and Burkhardt explore how ancient proteins were...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
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4 sets of vision researcher feet
@john-ash8831.bsky.social
@fvinberg.bsky.social
Jeffrey Goldberg
And @bwjones.bsky.social
@john-ash8831.bsky.social
@fvinberg.bsky.social
Jeffrey Goldberg
And @bwjones.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
4 sets of vision researcher feet
@john-ash8831.bsky.social
@fvinberg.bsky.social
Jeffrey Goldberg
And @bwjones.bsky.social
@john-ash8831.bsky.social
@fvinberg.bsky.social
Jeffrey Goldberg
And @bwjones.bsky.social
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A new article on our National Eye Institute (NEI) - funded project on the mechanisms underlying color vision!
@umassboston.bsky.social
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www.umb.edu/news/recent-...
@umassboston.bsky.social
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www.umb.edu/news/recent-...
In Fruit Fly Eyes, UMass Boston Researcher Sees Potential Medical Discoveries
Jens Rister, an associate professor in UMass Boston’s biology department, has just been awarded more than $1,700,000 in funding from the National Eye Institute of the NIH to research a protein that gu...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A new article on our National Eye Institute (NEI) - funded project on the mechanisms underlying color vision!
@umassboston.bsky.social
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www.umb.edu/news/recent-...
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www.umb.edu/news/recent-...
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🚨 New preprint out from our lab!
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes To Surround Responses In OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
Sensory neurons can be influenced by stimuli beyond their receptive field center, yet the mechanisms underlying this surround modulation remain poorly understood. In the retina, many OFF ganglion cell...
www.biorxiv.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 New preprint out from our lab!
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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In the retina, amacrine cells boost contrast by silencing nearby signals, helping your brain detect edges and details. Retinal ganglion cells then send that refined picture to your brain through the optic nerve.
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In the retina, amacrine cells boost contrast by silencing nearby signals, helping your brain detect edges and details. Retinal ganglion cells then send that refined picture to your brain through the optic nerve.
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
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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...
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
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...
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...
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Anna Franziska Köller, Frank Schmitz et al. from Saarland University investigate alterations of photoreceptor synaptic ribbons in the retina of a human patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 1 (OCA1).
doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.13.14
doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.13.14
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Anna Franziska Köller, Frank Schmitz et al. from Saarland University investigate alterations of photoreceptor synaptic ribbons in the retina of a human patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 1 (OCA1).
doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.13.14
doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.13.14
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#ARVO2026 registration is open! Join @arvoinfo.bsky.social in Denver (May 3-7) for an immersion of cutting-edge new eye/#VisionScience under the theme, Achieving precision ophthalmology through innovative #VisionResearch. Sign up early and save: https://youtu.be/OSpr4hlp1OM
ARVO 2026 Annual Meeting
YouTube video by arvoinfo
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October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#ARVO2026 registration is open! Join @arvoinfo.bsky.social in Denver (May 3-7) for an immersion of cutting-edge new eye/#VisionScience under the theme, Achieving precision ophthalmology through innovative #VisionResearch. Sign up early and save: https://youtu.be/OSpr4hlp1OM
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I'm so excited to be hiring my first postdoc! If you love retinal biology and developing new therapeutics to cure blindness, please apply! Thank you to the @brightfocus.bsky.social for supporting my research and enabling me to grow my research team! external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
September 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I'm so excited to be hiring my first postdoc! If you love retinal biology and developing new therapeutics to cure blindness, please apply! Thank you to the @brightfocus.bsky.social for supporting my research and enabling me to grow my research team! external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
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Attention @arvoinfo.bsky.social members: Showcase the hidden beauty of #VisionResearch by entering your most captivating lab image for the 2025 ARVO Scientific Image Contest! Winning entry will be displayed at #ARVO2026 and receive a $300 gift card! Enter today: https://bit.ly/4mNNbq8
September 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Attention @arvoinfo.bsky.social members: Showcase the hidden beauty of #VisionResearch by entering your most captivating lab image for the 2025 ARVO Scientific Image Contest! Winning entry will be displayed at #ARVO2026 and receive a $300 gift card! Enter today: https://bit.ly/4mNNbq8
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Austin Roorda @roordalab.bsky.social delivering the richly deserved Boynton Lecture @optica-fvm.bsky.social
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Austin Roorda @roordalab.bsky.social delivering the richly deserved Boynton Lecture @optica-fvm.bsky.social
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
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YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH, Teresa!!!
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH, Teresa!!!
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Our work is finally out! Learning from mechanism of #aging to presenting potential therapeutic strategy to slow down #age-related #vision loss! Very proud of my team including several undergrads and thankful for fantastic collaborations across the world! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Retinal polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reverses aging-related vision decline in mice
Intravitreal delivery of an ELOVL2 product reduces age-related molecular changes in the retina and restores visual function.
www.science.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Our work is finally out! Learning from mechanism of #aging to presenting potential therapeutic strategy to slow down #age-related #vision loss! Very proud of my team including several undergrads and thankful for fantastic collaborations across the world! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...