Activation of Survival Pathways In The Degenerating Retina of rd10 Mice
An interesting article was published in Experimental Eye Research by Marijana Samardzija, Hedwig Wariwoda, Cornelia Imsand, Philipp Huber, Severin R. Heynen, Andrea Gubler and Christian Grimm that examines survival pathways that are induced in the retinas of rd10 mice. Dynamics of retinal degeneration in the rd10 mouse was also examined including an analysis of retinal vasculature and …
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Interesting Article: Cellular Resolution Panretinal Imaging of Optogenetic Probes Using a Simple Funduscope
An interesting paper by Adi Schejter, Limor Tsur, Nairouz Farah, Inna Reutsky-Gefen, Yishay Falick, and Shy Shoham published an interesting paper that shows in vivo fluorescent images with cellular resolution using optogenetic probes expressed in retinal ganglion cells by adapting a simple endoscope as a low cost fundoscopic imaging system. The authors were able to …
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Congenital Iris Vessel Crossing The Pupil
Grand Rounds for today is an interesting finding of an anomalous congenital blood vessel that crosses the front of a pupil, relaxing when the pupil is small, and pulling taut when the pupil becomes is dilated. The image above is relaxed with a small pupil. This image shows a wider view with a constricted …
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Interesting Article: On the Perception, Production And Function Of Blue Colouration In Animals
Kate D. L. Umbers has published an interesting manuscript, titled “On the perception, production and function of blue colouration in animals”. Its available for free at the Journal of Zoology here and covers those studies that have proposed a function for blue coloration in the animal kingdom, taking a multi-disciplinary approach before taking you on a …
Who’s That? Wolfgang Baehr
This photograph of a young scientist in training is, a young Wolfgang Baehr seen in the Institute for Physical Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg in 1963. Incidentally, one of Wolfgang’s sons is studying at Heidelberg University and looks shockingly like him in this photo. Wolfgang was born in Mannheim, Germany and studied organic chemistry while …