Genetically‑encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are essential for studying brain function, while voltage indicators (GEVIs) are slowly permeating neuroscience. Fundamentally, GECI and GEVI measure different things, but both are advertised as reporters of “neuronal activity”. Dr. Srdjan D. Antic, associate professor, recently published “Population imaging discrepancies between a genetically-encoded calcium indicator (GECI) versus a genetically-encoded voltage […]
Month: March 2021
Humza Zaidi from the Mohan lab wins a SURF award
UConn undergraduate student Humza Zaidi has been selected to receive a 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) award to conduct retinal research in the Mohan Lab. The SURF program is jointly sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Provost’s Office, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Honors Program, donors to the […]
Sarah Palko wins an ARVO Travel Award from RRF
Sarah Palko, PhD trainee in the neuroscience department has won the Retina Research Foundation/Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Travel Grant for her research project on age-related macular degeneration that she is pursuing in the Mohan lab (Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health). Her research presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) […]