Professor Rachel Wong, PhD, received the Joram Piatigorsky Basic Science Award on September 11, 2024. Dr. Joram Piatigorsky and his wife Mrs. Lona Piatigorsky have established a fund to award annually eye and vision scientists doing basic research exploring little-studied species and imaginative ideas. Managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), and bestowed at the National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Joram Piatigorsky Basic Science Lecture and Award aims to bring attention to notable basic science advancements by researchers in vision and the eye that will help accelerate downstream research by scientists in such fields as genetics, developmental biology, and computer science.
The newly formed Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics is honored to have Dr. Rachel Wong give the inaugural seminar of the 2024-25 Seminar Series.
Circuit assembly and reassembly of the vertebrate retina
Vision relies on the output of the many functionally distinct and precisely wired circuits of the retina. Using transgenic techniques, imaging methods and electrophysiology, we seek to uncover the developmental mechanisms that help establish the wiring specificity of retinal circuits in vertebrates. Moreover, because injury or disease can cause rewiring after maturation, we are also reconstructing retinal circuits impacted by the loss of input in order to identify the challenges to circuit repair.
September 26, 2024 | Health Sciences Bldg G-328 | 9:30 – 10:30 am