We are delighted to present a simple LED zapper that lets you used LEDs for visual stimulation and/or optogenetics during 2-photon imaging. Developed and written up by PhD student Maxime Zimmermann
Zimmermann MJY, Chagas AM, Bartel P, Pop S, Prieto Godino LL, Baden T. LED Zappelin’: An open source LED controller for arbitrary spectrum visual stimulation and optogenetics during 2-photon imaging. bioRxiv d
Seifert M, Baden T, Osorio D. The Retinal Basis of Vision in Chicken. preprints.org 2020030188. direct link. pdf.
We are delighted to see this one up on bioRxiv. Using 2p imaging and photolabelling we characterized RGCs in larval zebrafish. We find that RGCs across the eye are both structurally and functionally highly asymmetric, and capture plenty of interesting specializations that help the animal navigate it’s sensory ecological niche.
Zhou M*, Bear J*, Roberts PA, Janiak FK, Semmelhack J, Yoshimatsu T, Baden TWhat the Zebrafish’s Eye Tells the Zebrafish’s Brain: Retinal Ganglion Cells for Prey Capture and Colour Vision. bioRxiv doi: https/doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.31.927087. direct link. pdf.
We are delighted to present our musings on the retinal basis of vision across species. Punchline: Every retina is unique, and we need to study more diverse species at depth to build up a more general understanding of how vertebrates “see”.
Baden T, Euler T, Berens P. Understanding the retinal basis of vision across species. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, doi:10.1038/s41583-019-0242-1. direct link. pdf.
We are delighted to announce that Tom has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, in collaboration with Tencent. The award recognizes a combination of our work in vision neuroscience over the years as well as our engagement with promoting open source hardware for building low-cost lab equipment, in particular through our NGO TReND in Africa.
As part of the award, Tom gave a number of interviews and a popular-science presentation at Tencent’s 2019 WE-Summit in Bejing (a TED-like event) combining some of our neuroscience and open hardware work. To date, the summit has been viewed ~20 million times, mostly across China.
Coverage in Nature (including to a podcast interview)
Summary on Sussex Life Sciences site (including link to the talk at WE Summit)