Module 2B: Selection of Opsins
In this presentation, Vikaas Sohal will provide an overview of the “basic operating parameters” for optogenetic tools. Specifically, Sohal will:
- Describe how to consider opsin kinetics when designing light trains for stimulation.
- Describe how to validate the expression of optogenetic tools.
- Identify important considerations when combining optogenetic tools with each other or other optical methods.
After watching this presentation, you should be able to understand the critical considerations when selecting optogenetic tools.
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Speaker
Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD
Vikaas Sohal is an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. His lab studies circuits in the prefrontal cortex to understand how they generate emergent patterns of circuit activity, and how these patterns of activity contribute to normal cognition and the pathological behaviors associated with neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism. Sohal earned his AB in applied mathematics from Harvard University, MA in mathematics from Cambridge University, and MD/PhD from Stanford University. He did his residency in psychiatry and a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Karl Deisseroth.
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