Welcome to the Retinal Circuitry and Vision Lab! We are a small but energetic group of investigators with the goal of uncovering the neural circuits and mechanisms that initiate the human visual process.  We are pursuing this goal along two tracks. The first is centered around an in vitro preparation of the non-human primate retina where we can apply an array of physiological tools to target discrete functional components of the retinal circuitry and utilize complex visual stimuli to advance understanding of how these circuits contribute to the visual process. Currently our efforts are focused on discovering the cell types and circuits that signal the direction of visual motion. In a second track we are using new methods of advanced electron microscopy – connectomics – to reconstruct the synaptic organization and parallel visual pathways that originate from the human fovea, the central locus for the initiation of visual processing. We hope you will explore our site to learn more about our lab, our collaborators and the research we are engaged in. Opportunities for pre- and postdoctoral fellows include training in the fundamentals of visual physiology and biophysics, synaptic pharmacology, human and non-human primate retinal structure and function.