Karthik Shekhar

Vision Science Faculty at UCLA Stein Eye Institute University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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.
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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 !

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...

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...

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!