Prof @ Washington University in St. Louis. To understand, preserve, and restore vision. https://kerschensteinerlab.wustl.edu/
Daniel Kerschensteiner
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To bridge the gap to translation, we developed an RP model in adult human retinal explants and show that both gene therapies protect photoreceptors, highlighting their therapeutic promise as mutation-agnostic strategies against proteotoxicity. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mvXe3BtfH...
Studying vision across light levels? Interested in rod photoreceptors and related (patho)physiology? Matteo Rizzi, Kate Powell and I wrote a review on rod photoreceptor activity at daylight doi.org/10.1016/j.vi... . Free access link here kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
New paper out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social 🎉
What determines contextual modulation in V1? Why does the visual surround sometimes facilitate and sometimes suppress a neuron's response to its preferred stimulus?
Posting on behalf of (soon-to-be) Dr. Samira Monshietehadi (not on Bluesky) -- "I’m very excited to announce that my PhD thesis project is now a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We show how Müller glia engage with growing retina vasculature in an activity-independent manner."(1/11)
We received the sad news that my emeritus colleague Peter Detwiler passed away at his home in Prague last week.
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Peter was an amazing scientist, builder, and artist, who was always very modest about his accomplishments. And he was very kind. A quick example...
Daniel Kerschensteiner
I’m very excited to announce that a part of my PhD thesis project is now a preprint! In this paper, we show how spontaneous activity prior to visual experience shapes neural circuits in the retina. (1/11)
Katja Reinhard
New preprint from the lab!
Most mammals have a secondary olfactory system (accessory olfactory system, a.k.a. vomeronasal system) that provides extra information about social cues that aren't airborne.
This system is especially sensitive to "messy things" (saliva🤤, tears😿, urine🚾, feces💩) (1/n)
New study led by Ning Shen w/ @phruzycki.bsky.social: a genome-wide in vivo CRISPR screen in a retinitis pigmentosa mouse model identifies genes whose loss accelerates photoreceptor death. Overexpressing two, UFD1 and UXT, preserves photoreceptors, retinal function, and vision. 🧵
Katrin Franke
Miah Pitcher
The Vlasits Lab is hiring a technician because our current technician was accepted into a PhD program!
This position combines lab management and experiments. If you are interested in gaining experience with #retina research in Chicago, please apply.
vlasitslab.org
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