Short CV
- MD: Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest
- PhD: University of California Berkeley Harvard Society Fellow,
- Harvard University and Harvard Medical School
- Group leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel
To understand the structure and function of retinal circuits. Restore photosensitivity to retinas in retinal degeneration using cell type specific targeting of optogenetic tools.
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Key Publications
- Lagali PS, Balya D, Awatramani GB, Münch TA, Kim DS, Busskamp V, Cepko CL, Roska B.
Light-activated channels targeted to ON bipolar cells restore visual function in retinal degeneration.
Nat Neurosci. 2008 Jun;11(6):667-75. Epub 2008 Apr 27. - Viney TJ, Balint K, Hillier D, Siegert S, Boldogkoi Z, Enquist LW, Meister M, Cepko CL, Roska B.
Local retinal circuits of melanopsin-containing ganglion cells identified by transsynaptic viral tracing.
Curr Biol. 2007 Jun 5;17(11):981-8. Epub 2007 May 24. - Werblin F, Roska B.
The movies in our eyes.
Sci Am. 2007 Apr;296(4):72-9. - Roska B, Werblin F.
Rapid global shifts in natural scenes block spiking in specific ganglion cell types.
Nat Neurosci. 2003 Jun;6(6):600-8. - Roska B, Werblin F.
Vertical interactions across ten parallel, stacked representations in the mammalian retina.
Nature. 2001 Mar 29;410(6828):583-7.
- Roska B, Nemeth E, Orzo L, Werblin FS.
Three levels of lateral inhibition: A space-time study of the retina of the tiger salamander.
J Neurosci. 2000 Mar 1;20(5):1941-51. - Roska B, Nemeth E, Werblin FS.
Response to change is facilitated by a three-neuron disinhibitory pathway in the tiger salamander retina.
J Neurosci. 1998 May 1;18(9):3451-9.
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Friedrich Miescher Institute
Neurobiology
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