Retinal Electrophysiology

Always wanting to be as close to the phenomenon under study as possible, during Carver's study of the vertebrate retina and his development of the silicon retina, he would visit the lab of Frank Werblin at UC Berkeley. Here, in my lab, as I used whole cell patch clamp techniques in the retinal slice preparation to measure light-driven synaptic currents and voltage responses of single, identified neurons, Carver's presence, penetrating mind, and his ability to conceptualize have been a powerful motivation ever since. I learned much from him in our short time together.