Collaborators
We work with a variety of labs across disciplines to understand visual processing in health and disease.
Collaboration is central to our science. We believe that the most innovative approaches and definitive answers come when groups of scientists from diverse background and expertise work together to solve problems. This builds the social and scientific networks of trainees in the laboratory; and it's more fun than doing science alone!
We collaborate with many labs at UCLA and around North America.
The labs we collaborate with span many disciplines including computational and theoretical neuroscience, systems neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, vision science, animal behavior, gene therapy, biomedical engineering, optics, biostatistics and physics.
John Pearson, Ph.D.
Duke University
We work closely with the Pearson lab on several data-driven theoretical approaches to understand visual processing. We have worked on several projects to understand the extent to which efficient coding theory can explain the organization and diversity of cell types in the retina.
More information: John Pearson's lab
Alapakkam Sampath, Ph.D.
UCLA
We collaborate with the Sampath lab to understand the impact of photoreceptor degenerative diseases on retinal function. We have also collaborated to understand how photoreceptor noise limits the fidelity of retinal signals.
More information: A.P. Sampath's bio
Jeannie Chen, Ph.D.
USC
We collaborate with the Chen lab to understand how photoreceptor degenerative diseases and treatments for these diseases impact retinal function. In particular, we are investigating how to optimize gene therapies to better treat retinal degeneration.
More information: Jeannie Chen's bio
Tim Dunn, Ph.D.
Duke University
We collaborate with the Dunn lab to track and analyze mouse behavior. In particular, we are utilizing cricket hunting as a behavioral assay for mice to track the impact of retinal degenerative diseases on complex visually guided behaviors. We are also using this task to understand the efficacy of treatments for retinal degeneration.
More information: Tim Dunn's lab
Michael Tadross, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University
We collaborate with the Tadross lab to apply chemogenetic techniques to manipulate the function of retinal cell types. We also collaborate with the Tadross and Dunn labs to develop automated data collection and analysis for cricket hunting.
More information: Michael Tadross's lab
Michael Stryker, Ph.D.
UCSF
We are collaborating with the Stryker and Zucker labs to understand how visual signals are transformed from retina to primary visual cortex in the mouse visual system.
More information: Michael Stryker's lab
Steven Zucker, Ph.D.
Yale
We are collaborating with the Zucker and Stryker labs to understand how visual signals are transformed from retina to primary visual cortex in the mouse visual system.
More information: Steven Zucker's lab
Marc Sommer, Ph.D.
Duke University
We collaborate with the Sommer lab to understand the signals sent from the retina to the superior colliculus in rodents and primates.
More information: Marc Sommer's lab
Fred Rieke, Ph.D.
University of Washington
We work with the Rieke and Zylberberg labs to understand how adaptive mechanisms in the retina cope with the structure and statistics of natural environments.
More information: Fred Rieke's lab
Joel Zylberberg, Ph.D.
York University
We work with the Zylberberg and Rieke labs to understand how adaptive mechanisms in the retina cope with the structure and statistics of natural environments. We have also worked with the Zylberberg lab to understand how noise correlations in the retina impact the fidelity of visual signaling and decoding.
More information: Joel Zylberberg's lab
Alexander Sher, Ph.D.
UCSC
We collaborate with the Sher lab to develop next-generation multi-electrode array technologies for retinal experiments. We also collaborate on novel optical approaches such as light-sheet microscopy for measuring signals in the retina.
More information: Alexander Sher's bio
Additional collaborators
Gautam Awatramani, Ph.D. (University of Victoria)
Nicholas Brecha, Ph.D. (UCLA)
Steven Barnes, Ph.D. (UCLA)
EJ Chichilnisky, Ph.D. (Stanford)
Gordon Fain, Ph.D. (UCLA)
David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. (MPFI)
Jeremy Kay, Ph.D. (Duke)
Aaron McGee, Ph.D. (Louisville)
Jonathan Pillow, Ph.D. (Princeton)
David Williams, Ph.D. (UCLA)
Yiyang Gong, Ph.D. (Duke)