Event type:

In person

Date & time:

08 Jan 2025, 14:00 – 15:00

IoO Seminar Series with Greg Field

Title: How much cell type diversity can efficient coding theory explain in the retina?

Picture of Greg Field
Greg Field

Associate Professor-in-residence, Ophthalmology

University of California, Los Angeles

Greg Field, whose lab uses MEA and genetic approaches to study functions and treatment of retinal degenerative diseases like glaucoma and AMD etc.

  • Roy S, Yao X, Rathinavelu J, Field GD. GABAergic Inhibition Controls Receptive Field Size, Sensitivity, and Contrast Preference of Direction Selective Retinal Ganglion Cells Near the Threshold of Vision. J Neurosci. 2024.
  • Scalabrino ML, Thapa M, Wang T, Sampath AP, Chen J, Field GD. Late gene therapy limits the restoration of retinal function in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa. Nat Commun. 2023.
  • Scalabrino ML, Thapa M, Chew LA, Zhang E, Xu J, Sampath AP, Chen J, Field GD. Robust cone-mediated signaling persists late into rod photoreceptor degeneration. Elife. 2022.

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

IoO Events

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

ioo.events@ucl.ac.uk