Month: March 2021

Genetically-encoded calcium indicators -Scientific Reports, Antic

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 […]

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) […]