Frans Vinberg
Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Dr. Frans Vinberg received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Aalto University School of Science in Finland. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis in Dr. Kefalov’s laboratory. He recently received an NIH/NEI Pathway to Independence K99 award. Dr. Vinberg is interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that could explain the differences in the physiology of rod and cone photoreceptors mediating our nighttime and daytime vision, respectively. Furthermore, he wants to understand how defects in the function of retinal cells lead to blinding diseases. Specifically, Dr. Vinberg is focused on determining how Ca2+ feedback and regulation mechanisms contribute to the biology and pathobiology of mammalian photoreceptors