Sinha lab receives a career advancement award from the Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation !
Jan, 2025
A collaborative paper on structural and functional interactions between neurons, glia and vasculature out in Current Biology !
Jan, 2025
Andrew receives the Fall 2024 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award from the McPherson Eye Research Institute !
Nov, 2024
Congratulations Andrew !
Sinha lab receives a Translational Basic & Clinical Pilot Award !
Nov, 2024
Our paper on regional differences in primate photoreceptor function is out in Nat Comm !
Oct, 2024
Congratulations to Aindrila, Theo and Jacob !
A collaborative paper on a computational model to study sensory adaptation out in eLife !
July, 2024
Abhilash successfully defends his PhD thesis !
April, 2024
Congratulations Dr. Sawant !
Raunak is tenured (officially from June 30, 2024) !
March, 2024
Congratulations Sinha lab !
Theo receives the Fall 2023 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award from the
McPherson Eye Research Institute
Dec, 2023
Congratulations Theo !
Our first connectomics paper mapping synapses and circuits in the primate retina now out !
Nov, 2023
Congratulations Aindrila, Juan, Kainat, Haoshen, PJ and our collaborator Dr. Hoon for this awesome effort !
Please click on the link below to learn more about how the first synapse in the night vision pathway changes its organization across regions in the primate retina.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223021909
Collaborative paper with Hoon lab out in Current Biology !
Sept, 2023
Congratulations Aindrila!
Please click on the link below to learn more about this exciting collaborative study spearheaded by Mrinalini Hoon’s lab, on how sensory deprivation impacts synapse and circuit maturation in the retina
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01167-3
Aindrila wins the best poster prize at the FASEB photoreceptor conference !
June, 2023
Congratulations Aindrila for receiving the best poster prize at the FASEB Biology and Chemistry of Vision conference !
Haoshen awarded the Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship
April, 2023
Theo joins the lab for PhD !
Jan, 2023
Theodore Bucci, a student in the biophysics graduate program joins the lab for PhD thesis research. Welcome Theo!
Aindrila awarded the inaugural Distinguished Paper Award !
Dec, 2022
Congratulations Aindrila for being the recipient of the McPherson Eye Research Institute’s distinguished paper award !
Jenna awarded the vision research training grant !
Dec, 2022
Congratulations Jenna for being awarded a pre-doctoral spot in the T32 Vision Research Training Program!
Sinha lab at SFN 2022 in San Diego
June, 2022
Aindrila, Kainat and Juan present posters. Raunak chaired a minisymposium.
Aayush joins the lab !
Oct, 2022
Aayush Goud is a freshman undergrad majoring in Neurobiology at UW Madison. He is interested in neural circuits. Welcome Aayush!
Haoshen joins the lab !
Aug, 2022
Haoshen Zhai is an undergrad majoring in Neurobiology at UW Madison. He is interested in synapse function. Welcome Haoshen!
Sinha lab at the Faseb retinal neurobiology conference
June, 2022
Jenna’s poster abstract selected for short talk. Abhilash and Jenna present posters.
Preview of our recent study in Cell Stem Cell !
March, 2022
https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(22)00056-X
UW Madison press release on our recent study in Cell Stem Cell !
Feb, 2022
Aindrila’s first author paper on human stem cell derived retinal organoids is out in Cell Stem Cell !
Feb, 2022
Congratulations!! Please click on the link below to learn more about this exciting collaborative study with David Gamm’s lab, where we show how closely photoreceptors in retinal organoids mimic the physiology and function of primate photoreceptors in vivo.
https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(22)00002-9
Sinha Lab awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program !
Feb, 2022
https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2022/february/wpp-new-investigator-program-awards-2022/
Andrew joins the lab for PhD !
Jan, 2022
Andrew Schultz, a student in molecular and cellular pharmacology graduate program joins the lab for PhD thesis research.
Jenna receives the Fall 2021 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award from the
McPherson Eye Research Institute
Dec, 2021
Kamila joins the lab !
Nov, 2021
Kamila Mizerska joins the Sinha and Hoon labs for post-doc. Welcome Kamila!
Andy joins the lab !
September, 2021
Andrew Miller recently completed his PhD in Neuroscience at UW Madison. He joins our lab for post-doc and is interested in studying circuit computations in the retina. Welcome Andy!
Collaborative study on GABA receptor switch during retinal development out in Current Biology !
August, 2021
Please click on the link below to learn more about this exciting collaborative study between the Hoon and Sinha Labs!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221010496
Connor joins the lab !
August, 2021
Connor Lafeber is an undergrad double majoring in Neurobiology and Computer Science at UW Madison. He is interested in photoreceptor signaling. Welcome Connor!
Juan joins the lab !
July, 2021
Juan Zuniga recently completed his undergraduate studies in UChicago with a major in neurobiology. He joins our lab as a research intern. Welcome Juan!
Kainat joins the lab !
May, 2021
Kainat Mian is an undergrad double majoring in Neurobiology and Life Science Communications at UW Madison. She joins our lab to explore her research interests in retinal signaling. Welcome Kainat!
Jenna featured as the young researcher in focus !
April, 2021
Jenna featured as the young researcher in focus by the European ‘Gateway for Vision Research’.
Congrats Jenna!!
Jenna’s first author paper in eLife is out !
April, 2021
Congratulations!! Please click on the link below to learn about the role of presynaptic inhibition in synapse and circuit function in the retina.
Aindrila receives the 2021 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award from the
McPherson Eye Research Institute
March, 2021
Abhilash’s first author paper in Cell Reports is out !
Feb, 2021
Congratulations!! Please click on the link below to know more about novel mixed GABA-Glycine synapses in the retina.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)00172-8
Sapan joins the lab !
Nov, 2020
Sapan Gupta is a recent UW Madison graduate in computer science. He joins our lab to help us with our software needs for electrophysiology and two-photon imaging.
Serial block face SEM installation in progress at WIMR!
July, 2020
Abhilash receives the 2020 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award from the
McPherson Eye Research Institute
May, 2020
Paul awarded a Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship
May, 2020
Aindrila joins the lab for PhD !
Feb, 2020
Aindrila Saha, a student in cellular and molecular biology graduate program joins the lab for PhD thesis research.
Preview by A. Sampath and Y.R. Peng of our Neuron paper !
Jan, 2020
LRRing the Rules: Synapse Organization in the Primary Rod Pathway.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627320301501
Paper out in Neuron !
Jan, 2020
Role of a synaptic adhesion molecular, LRRTM4, in retinal synapse function and assembly.
Jenna joins the lab for PhD !
Jan, 2020
Jenna Nagy, a student in cellular and molecular pathology graduate program joins the lab for PhD thesis research.
A Preview by Raunak in Biophysical Journal
Dec, 2019
Shining light on the mode and mechanism of vesicular release at rod photoreceptor synapse
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.12.009
Raunak receives endowed professorship
Nov, 2019
Raunak appointed the first David and Nancy Walsh Family Professor in Vision Science at UW Madison
https://vision.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/233/2019/11/Oct-2019-newsletter-email-version.pdf
Abhilash receives poster prize
Oct, 2019
Abhilash receives runner-up prize in the poster competition at the annual MERI vision science poster session
Sinha Lab is awarded a research grant from The Alcon Research Institute!
July, 2019
Paul receives a Sophomore Research Fellowship
May, 2019
Paul’s application was selected to receive a 2019-2020 Sophomore Research Fellowship at UW Madison. Paul receives his award from the UW Madison Chancellor Dr. Rebecca Blank.
A multi-PI effort led by Mrinalini Hoon receives a
UW2020 award for a serial block face SEM
May, 2019
A collaborative effort (including Raunak as a Co-PI) led by Mrinalini Hoon (Dept. of Ophthalmology) receives funding from the UW2020 WARF Discovery Initiative for acquiring a serial block face scanning electron microscope.
Xiao graduates !
May, 2019
Xiao graduates with a degree in Computer Science from UW Madison. He will soon be moving to Japan to pursue a career in software development. Thanks Xiao for all your contributions.
Sinha Lab is awarded a research grant from The BrightFocus Foundation!
April, 2019
Sinha Lab is awarded a research grant from
The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc.!
Jan, 2019
Paul joins the Lab !
Jan, 2019
Paul J Derr is currently an undergraduate student majoring in Neurobiology and Psychology. He is interested in understanding how biophysical mechanisms in the retina ultimately result in a holistic perception.
Blue cone signaling paper out in eLife !
Jan, 2019
Study illustrating how blue cone photoreceptors differ from red and green cones in their response
properties out in eLife (link)
Abhilash wins Poster Prize !
Oct 16, 2018
Abhilash is the runner up in Poster Presentation Competition at the 10th annual McPherson Eye Research Institute Vision Science poster session.
Xiao joins the Lab !
Sept, 2018
Xiao Zhang is doing his undergraduate studies at UW Madison and majoring in Computer Science. He will help us with our software needs for electrophysiology and two-photon imaging.
Vrushali leaves for post-doc at NIH !
Aug, 2018
Thank you Vrushali for all your help in setting up Sinha and Hoon Lab. She joins the NIH/NEI for a post-doctoral position.
Our first electrophysiology rig takes shape !
Aug, 2018
Two-photon laser and the microscope get installed. Now the work begins.
Austin joins the Lab !
Aug, 2018
Austin joins us from Colorada as a Research Specialist who will help us with both lab and research work
Yash joins the Lab !
May, 2018
Yash Gokhale is doing his undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering and is interested in studying signal processing.
Vrushali joins the Lab !
May, 2018
Vrushali Agashe recently completed her PhD thesis at UW Madison in Immunology and joins our lab as a Research Specialist.
Abhilash joins the Lab !
April, 2018
Abhilash Sawant, a PhD student in the Physiology training program joins the Sinha Lab for his thesis work on understanding the role of synaptic inhibtion in retinal function. He will be co-mentored by Mrinalini Hoon in the Dept. of Ophthalmology at UW Madison.