Left: This image visualizes the precise retinal mosaic formed by ultraviolet-sensitive cone (red) cells in zebrafish, highlighting the organized cellular landscape that underlies this research. Right: This image highlights the abundant cone population in the adult zebrafish retina, with UV-sensitive cones distributed throughout the tissue. The visualization, achieved using the Tg(sws1:GFP) transgene to label UV cone cell bodies. Creator: Jingjin Xu.

#Photoreceptor cells vary in the morphology of the light-absorbing outer segment, but why? This study in #zebrafish shows that the wavelength sensitivity of the expressed #opsin and the intensity of light exposure determine outer segment morphology @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4aKJi15

Left: This image visualizes the precise retinal mosaic formed by ultraviolet-sensitive cone (red) cells in zebrafish, highlighting the organized cellular landscape that underlies this research. Right: This image highlights the abundant cone population in the adult zebrafish retina, with UV-sensitive cones distributed throughout the tissue. The visualization, achieved using the Tg(sws1:GFP) transgene to label UV cone cell bodies. Creator: Jingjin Xu.

#Photoreceptor cells vary in the morphology of the light-absorbing outer segment, but why? This study in #zebrafish shows that the wavelength sensitivity of the expressed #opsin and the intensity of light exposure determine outer segment morphology @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4aKJi15

Left: This image visualizes the precise retinal mosaic formed by ultraviolet-sensitive cone (red) cells in zebrafish, highlighting the organized cellular landscape that underlies this research. Right: This image highlights the abundant cone population in the adult zebrafish retina, with UV-sensitive cones distributed throughout the tissue. The visualization, achieved using the Tg(sws1:GFP) transgene to label UV cone cell bodies. Creator: Jingjin Xu.

#Photoreceptor cells vary in the morphology of the light-absorbing outer segment, but why? This study in #zebrafish shows that the wavelength sensitivity of the expressed #opsin and the intensity of light exposure determine outer segment morphology @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4aKJi15

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Through The Wall LP

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Zhongmou Wins U.S. FDA Clearance for China’s First Optogenetic Human Trials ZM-02 becomes the first China-origin optogenetic therapy authorized for U.S.

#Zhongmou wins U.S. #FDA clearance for China's first optogenetic human trials www.linkedin.com/pulse/zhongmou-wins-us-f... using ZM-02 for treating advanced retinitis pigmentosa; #RP #blindness #opsin #optogenetics #PRISM

Zhongmou Wins U.S. FDA Clearance for China’s First Optogenetic Human Trials ZM-02 becomes the first China-origin optogenetic therapy authorized for U.S.

#Zhongmou wins U.S. #FDA clearance for China's first optogenetic human trials www.linkedin.com/pulse/zhongm... using ZM-02 for treating advanced retinitis pigmentosa; #RP #blindness #opsin #optogenetics #PRISM

A major surprise was Nadja’s observation that early stages of the worm eye’s #photoreceptor cells expressed a ciliary #opsin gene known from #vertebrate visual photoreceptors. We hypothesized that this opsin might mediate an effect of light on proper development of worm eye photoreceptors… [4/7]

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Coral Opsins Use Chloride Ions to Switch Between UV and Visible Light

Researchers found the ASO‑II opsin in coral Acropora tenuis uses chloride ions and pH to switch between UV and visible light sensitivity, linking detection to pH shifts. Read more: getnews.me/coral-opsins-use-chlorid... #coral #opsin

Hypothalamic opsin 3 suppresses MC4R signaling and potentiates Kir7.1 to promote food consumption | PNAS Mammalian opsin 3 (OPN3) is a member of the opsin family of G-protein-coupled receptors with ambiguous light sensitivity. OPN3 was first identified...

Very excited to share my PhD work now out @pnas.org! We discovered the cellular mechanism and function of Opsin 3, a light sensing GPCR, in the hypothalamus.

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Opsin gene duplication in Lepidoptera: retrotransposition, sex linkage, and gene expression Abstract. Colour vision in insects is determined by signalling cascades, central to which are opsin proteins, resulting in sensitivity to light at different wav

Our paper on the evolution of #opsin genes in #Lepidoptera is out in early access in MolBioEvol #evobio 👀🦋

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Restoring vision in mice with retinal degeneration using multicharacteristic #opsin...