Teresa Puthussery | Research UC Berkeley

Teresa Puthussery in lab setting with pink filtered lighting and machinery in background.

Research Expertise and Interest

retinal neurobiology, retinal neurophysiology, ion channels, glutamate receptor, glaucoma, retinal degeneration, cell biology of photoreceptors, retinitis pigmentosa

Research Description

Teresa Puthussery is an associate professor in the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry. Her lab combines functional imaging, electrophysiology and anatomical methods to study the structure and function of retinal circuits and to understand how these circuits are altered by neurodegenerative diseases.

Professor Puthussery serves as Faculty Advisor for Graduate Student Instructors for Vision Science and is a recipient of the 2019 Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of Graduate Student Instructors

In the News

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Cell Types in the Eye Have Ancient Evolutionary Origins

UC Berkeley study finds that vertebrates vary widely in the number of retinal cell types in the eye, but most cell types seem to have a common origin.

Berkeley Scientists Discover Retinal Cells that Help Stabilize Our World View

Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science researchers have discovered rare neurons in the eye that are crucial for our visual system to maintain a sharp, steady image of the world.

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Cell Types in the Eye Have Ancient Evolutionary Origins

Berkeley Scientists Discover Retinal Cells that Help Stabilize Our World View

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