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Sara S. Patterson, Ph.D.

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Ophthalmology (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Rochester with Dr. David Williams 2020 - 2024

Education

PhD | University of Washington. Neuroscience. 2020

BS | Dickinson College. Neuroscience. 2014

Awards

Young Investigator Award. 2022

Steadman Family Postdoctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research. 2021

Patmalnieks Award for Best Student Talk. 2019

Postbaccalaureate Poster Award. 2015

Exceptional Summer Intern Award. 2013

Research

Publications

Journal Articles

Inner limiting Membrane Peel Extends Calcium Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cell Activity Beyond the Fovea in Non-Human Primate.

Baez HC, LaPorta JM, Walker AD, Fischer WS, Hollar R, Patterson S, DiLoreto DA, Gullapalli V, McGregor JE

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.. 2024 June 2 Epub 06/02/2024.

Cone-Opponent Ganglion Cells in the Primate Fovea Tuned to Noncardinal Color Directions.

Godat T, Kohout K, Parkins K, Yang Q, McGregor JE, Merigan WH, Williams DR, Patterson SS

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2024 May 144 (18)Epub 05/01/2024.

Synaptic Origins of the Complex Receptive Field Structure in Primate Smooth Monostratified Retinal Ganglion Cells.

Patterson SS, Girresch RJ, Mazzaferri MA, Bordt AS, Piñon-Teal WL, Jesse BD, Perera DW, Schlepphorst MA, Kuchenbecker JA, Chuang AZ, Neitz J, Marshak DW, Ogilvie JM

eNeuro.. 2024 January 11 (1)Epub 01/30/2024.

Synaptic inputs to displaced intrinsically-photosensitive ganglion cells in macaque retina.

Bordt AS, Patterson SS, Kuchenbecker JA, Mazzaferri MA, Yearick JN, Yang ER, Ogilvie JM, Neitz J, Marshak DW

Scientific reports.. 2022 September 712 (1):15160. Epub 09/07/2022.

Conserved circuits for direction selectivity in the primate retina.

Patterson SS, Bembry BN, Mazzaferri MA, Neitz M, Rieke F, Soetedjo R, Neitz J

Current biology : CB.. 2022 June 632 (11):2529-2538.e4. Epub 05/18/2022.

S-cone circuits in the primate retina for non-image-forming vision.

Patterson SS, Neitz M, Neitz J

Seminars in cell & developmental biology.. 2022 June 126 :66-70. Epub 05/14/2021.

The Developmental Progression of Eight Opsin Spectral Signals Recorded from the Zebrafish Retinal Cone Layer Is Altered by the Timing and Cell Type Expression of Thyroxin Receptor ?2 (tr?2) Gain-Of-Function Transgenes.

Nelson RF, Balraj A, Suresh T, Elias LJ, Yoshimatsu T, Patterson SS

eNeuro.. 2022 9 (6)Epub 11/29/2022.

In vivo chromatic and spatial tuning of foveolar retinal ganglion cells in Macaca fascicularis.

Godat T, Cottaris NP, Patterson S, Kohout K, Parkins K, Yang Q, Strazzeri JM, McGregor JE, Brainard DH, Merigan WH, Williams DR

PloS one.. 2022 17 (11):e0278261. Epub 11/29/2022.

Synaptic inputs to broad thorny ganglion cells in macaque retina.

Bordt AS, Patterson SS, Girresch RJ, Perez D, Tseng L, Anderson JR, Mazzaferri MA, Kuchenbecker JA, Gonzales-Rojas R, Roland A, Tang C, Puller C, Chuang AZ, Ogilvie JM, Neitz J, Marshak DW

The Journal of comparative neurology.. 2021 August 1529 (11):3098-3111. Epub 04/29/2021.

Another Blue-ON ganglion cell in the primate retina.

Patterson SS, Mazzaferri MA, Bordt AS, Chang J, Neitz M, Neitz J

Current biology : CB.. 2020 December 730 (23):R1409-R1410. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wide-field amacrine cell inputs to ON parasol ganglion cells in macaque retina.

Patterson SS, Bordt AS, Girresch RJ, Linehan CM, Bauss J, Yeo E, Perez D, Tseng L, Navuluri S, Harris NB, Matthews C, Anderson JR, Kuchenbecker JA, Manookin MB, Ogilvie JM, Neitz J, Marshak DW

The Journal of comparative neurology.. 2020 June 15528 (9):1588-1598. Epub 12/27/2019.

A Color Vision Circuit for Non-Image-Forming Vision in the Primate Retina.

Patterson SS, Kuchenbecker JA, Anderson JR, Neitz M, Neitz J

Current biology : CB.. 2020 April 630 (7):1269-1274.e2. Epub 02/20/2020.

Photopigment genes, cones, and color update: disrupting the splicing code causes a diverse array of vision disorders.

Neitz M, Patterson SS, Neitz J

Current opinion in behavioral sciences.. 2019 December 30 :60-66. Epub 07/19/2019.

An S-cone circuit for edge detection in the primate retina.

Patterson SS, Kuchenbecker JA, Anderson JR, Bordt AS, Marshak DW, Neitz M, Neitz J

Scientific reports.. 2019 August 159 (1):11913. Epub 08/15/2019.

Strain variations in cone wavelength peaks during zebrafish development.

Nelson RF, Balraj A, Suresh T, Torvund M, Patterson SS

Visual neuroscience.. 2019 July 3036 :E010. Epub 07/30/2019.

Synaptic inputs from identified bipolar and amacrine cells to a sparsely branched ganglion cell in rabbit retina.

Bordt AS, Perez D, Tseng L, Liu WS, Neitz J, Patterson SS, Famiglietti EV, Marshak DW

Visual neuroscience.. 2019 January 36 :E004. Epub 1900 01 01.

Reconciling Color Vision Models With Midget Ganglion Cell Receptive Fields.

Patterson SS, Neitz M, Neitz J

Frontiers in neuroscience.. 2019 13 :865. Epub 08/16/2019.

Neural Mechanisms Mediating Motion Sensitivity in Parasol Ganglion Cells of the Primate Retina.

Manookin MB, Patterson SS, Linehan CM

Neuron.. 2018 March 2197 (6):1327-1340.e4. Epub 03/01/2018.

Books

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (2020)

Chapter: The genetics of cone opsin based vision disorders