University of Wisconsin–Madison
Close up of purple and blue cells on a black background

HOON LAB

Exploring the “wires” that let us see the world

panel of images of bipolar retinal cells

The Hoon lab studies mammalian retinal development, maturation, disease and degeneration

Electron microscopic reconstruction of a mouse retinal bipolar cell (grey) with annotated ribbon release sites (cyan), and sites of inhibitory input (red). Reconstructions of GABAergic A17 terminals contacting this bipolar cell have been colored in magenta.