Excited to share our new paper on the evolution of inhibitory neurons in the retina 👀 now out in Science Advances! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Please see my previous post for a brief summary: bsky.app/profile/dari...

The extreme diversity of retinal amacrine cells has deep evolutionary roots

Amacrine cells (ACs) comprise a heterogeneous class of inhibitory neurons in the vertebrate retina, exhibiting morphological and functional complexity rivaling that of cortical interneurons. Here, we ...

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Dario Tommasini@dariotommasini.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Inhibitory neurons are among the most transcriptomically diverse class of neurons in the CNS, with some brain regions having 60+ distinct cell types. Do humans share the same repertoire as rodents? Birds? Fish? 1/13

Thank you Philomathia foundation for supporting this work with my colleague and collaborator Kranthi Mandadapu!

UC Berkeley College of Chemistry@berkeleychemistry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@karthikshekhar.bsky.social's research explores how biological electricity works in the body at the microscopic scale. He recently received the Philomathia Prize to advance this groundbreaking research into the bioelectric basis of neural activity. https://bit.ly/3SsflgK

New preprint from the group on the evolution of retinal cell types. Check the summary by Dario @dariotommasini.bsky.social !

Dario Tommasini@dariotommasini.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Inhibitory neurons are among the most transcriptomically diverse class of neurons in the CNS, with some brain regions having 60+ distinct cell types. Do humans share the same repertoire as rodents? Birds? Fish? 1/13

Vision Science makes the front page of NYT!! featuring work from @neurofishh.bsky.social and @denilsson.bsky.social with comments from Berkeley's own @karthikshekhar.bsky.social #visionscience www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s...

The Rise of Eyes Began With Just One

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Honored to receive the Faculty Award for excellence in Postdoctoral mentoring from UC Berkeley, and share it with my friend and colleague Kranthi Mandadapu

A new study, led by Kushal (Berkeley), Nicole&Victoria (UCSF) in full collaboration with @karthikshekhar.bsky.social, "Molecular and spatial analysis of ganglion cells on retinal flatmounts identifies perivascular neurons resilient to glaucoma" sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #retina #MERFISH

Neuron@cp-neuron.bsky.social · last yr.

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My first Bluesky post is to announce a Tenure-Track Faculty Search at the Jules Stein Eye Institute of UCLA. We are considering applications at the Assistant and Associate professor levels. Apply here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10092. DM or email me with any questions. Please distribute!

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This was a fun project led by the hugely talented postdoc Rachana Somaiya and graduate student Matthew Po together in collaboration with @mfeller.bsky.social !

Marla Feller@mfeller.bsky.social · 2y ago

New preprint! A wonderful collaboration of our @FellerMarla lab with Matthew Po, and @shekharlab. Here, we dive into the impact of spontaneous activity on the transcriptome of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the sole output neurons of the retina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New preprint! A wonderful collaboration of our @FellerMarla lab with Matthew Po, and @shekharlab. Here, we dive into the impact of spontaneous activity on the transcriptome of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the sole output neurons of the retina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Transcriptomic changes in retinal ganglion cell types associated with the disruption of cholinergic retinal waves

In the early stages of retinal development, a form of correlated activity known as retinal waves causes periodic depolarizations of immature retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Retinal waves are crucial fo...

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As my first post here, I am really excited to share a new manuscript with @ralitsamadsen.bsky.social on this platform. We looked how non-equilibrium thermodynamics helps ligand discrimination in signaling networks: t.co/ZA6NteUmaS

Beautiful work. Congrats @michelcayouette.bsky.social and team!

Michel Cayouette@michelcayouette.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our latest work is out!! Short thread below. www.cell.com/developmenta...