Distinguished Speaker Series | Frans Vinberg, PhD

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The Center for Translational Vision Research Distinguished Speaker Series, also known as "Friday Seminars" showcases innovative research across the world. The seminar series has now been expanded to include lectures by experts on topics ranging from Ophthalmology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Neurobiology, Imaging, Computational Sciences to Novel Ophthalmic Treatments.

November 11, 2022 |  Frans Vinberg, PhD

Light signaling in the mouse and human eye in health and disease

 

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Frans Vinberg, PhD
Frans Vinberg, PhD
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

The Vinberg lab uses state-of-the-art electrophysiology (single cell and ex vivo/in vivo ERG) and Ca2+ imaging techniques together with basic pharmacology and molecular/cell biology tools to study fundamental molecular/cellular and disease mechanisms, mainly in the photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium cells from mice, primates and donor human eyes. The lab is currently looking for a dissertation student and rotation students for the following projects:

  • National Institutes of Health-funded project developing and using novel methods to assess the function of retinal neurons and glia from mouse to human in health and disease. See project description in Grantome.
  • Homeostatic plasticity in the mammalian retina: a virtue or a villain? This project aims to understand the mechanisms of homeostatic plasticity in the retina when sensory input is reduced due to slowly degenerating photoreceptors, and how this affects visually guided behavior.
  • The role of calcium extrusion mechanisms in the calcium homeostasis and physiology of retinal pigment epithelium cells.
  • Dark and light adaptation in macular and peripheral photoreceptors in healthy and AMD-affected eyes.
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