# Neurogenetics of Vision

> **NIH NIH P30** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $252,502

## Abstract

NEUROGENETICS OF VISION 
PROJECT SUMMARY 
Genetics and in particular, genetic-based approaches such as transgenes and viruses that enable researchers 
to express proteins of interest in desired sets of neurons in the retina and brain, are pivotal to make significant 
progress in modern basic visual neuroscience and toward the treatment of visual disorders. The last decade 
has brought forth a wide and powerful arsenal of genetic tools for identifying the neurons that comprise the visual 
system of flies and rodents. Because they enable delivery of a wide range of gene cargo, such tools also allow 
for selective manipulation of cells of interest. Indeed, in comparison to just a decade ago, nowadays it is 
straightforward to label a given cell type in vivo, and thereby visualize its unique morphology, and then compare 
it to other cells of different types, selectivity target them for electrophysiology, calcium- or voltage-dye imaging, 
and then reversibly silence or activate them. Last but not least, genetic tools can be leveraged to explore the 
signature pattern of RNA expression present in different cell types in order to probe their homology across 
species and/or relevance to mutations associated with human diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10213734
- **Project number:** 5P30EY026877-05
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Yang Hu
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $252,502
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-30 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10213734

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10213734, Neurogenetics of Vision (5P30EY026877-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10213734. Licensed CC0.

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