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Wiring Up the Retina
(VTC)
Joshua Sanes, PhD
Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Harvard Center for Brain Science
Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A seminar in the Research Institute Seminar Series
In the retina, visual information is passed from photoreceptors to interneurons to retinal ganglion cells and then on to the rest of the brain. Each of the approximately 30 types of ganglion cells responds to a specific visual feature, depending on which of the approximately 70 types of interneurons synapse on it. Dr. Sanes's laboratory has sought molecules that account for this specificity. Candidates include members of the immunoglobulin superfamilies. Dr. Sanes will describe a combined genetic, morphological, and physiological approach for analyzing their roles.
Live Webcast: http://research.vtc.vt.edu/live-webcast
Hosted by: Michael J. Friedlander, PhD, Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute More information...
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