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Mitochondria as microlenses in the eye – the evolution of an improved camera sensor

The back of the eye is lined with a layer of specialized light-sensitive neurons in the retina, arranged in a mosaic, called photoreceptors. Each photoreceptor has a tapered elongated shape—like a bottle—oriented perpendicular to the retina and pointing toward the pupil of the eye. The... click to read more

John M. Ball | Staff Scientist at Retinal Neurophysiology Section, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Wei Li | Senior Investigator at Retinal Neurophysiology Section, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

mitochondria

optics

retina

microscopy

microlens

Reading time 4 min

published on Oct 21, 2022

Growing human retinal organoids to understand development of the human eye

Our laboratory is interested in how the cells that "see" color are made. There are three types of color-detecting cells that sense red, green, or blue light. We cannot study how these cells are made in developing human babies, so we take human stem cells... click to read more

Robert Johnston | Professor at Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA

retina

organoid

cone cell

macular degeneration

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Apr 26, 2019