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D-Index
61
Citations
15014
World Ranking
3651
National Ranking
97

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Botond Roska is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple specialized subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and biophysics.

Their main research topics cover retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, as well as RNA regulation and disease.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Roska include Cameron S. Cowan, Simone Picelli, José-Alain Sahel, Arnold Szabó, and Magdalena Renner. The scientist has regularly published in several notable venues, notably bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, Nature Medicine, Cell, and Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine.

Representative recent publications include:

  • Partial recovery of visual function in a blind patient after optogenetic therapy (2021, Nature Medicine)
  • Cell Types of the Human Retina and Its Organoids at Single-Cell Resolution (2020, Cell)
  • Restoring light sensitivity using tunable near-infrared sensors (2020, Science)
  • Whole-brain functional ultrasound imaging in awake head-fixed mice (2021, Nature Protocols)
  • General anesthesia globally synchronizes activity selectively in layer 5 cortical pyramidal neurons (2022, Neuron)

Roska's work has received recognition in the form of memberships in prominent scientific organizations such as the Academia Europaea since 2020 and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Genetic Reactivation of Cone Photoreceptors Restores Visual Responses in Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Volker Busskamp;Jens Duebel;David Balya;Mathias Fradot;Mathias Fradot;Mathias Fradot

  • Light-activated channels targeted to ON bipolar cells restore visual function in retinal degeneration.

    Pamela S Lagali;David Balya;Gautam B Awatramani;Gautam B Awatramani;Thomas A Münch

  • Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin

    Amy S. Chuong;Mitra L. Miri;Volker Busskamp;Gillian A.C. Matthews

  • Partial recovery of visual function in a blind patient after optogenetic therapy

    José-Alain Sahel;Elise Boulanger-Scemama;Chloé Pagot;Angelo Arleo

  • Cell Types of the Human Retina and Its Organoids at Single-Cell Resolution.

    Cameron S. Cowan;Magdalena Renner;Magdalena Renner;Martina De Gennaro;Brigitte Gross-Scherf

  • Characterizing Light-Regulated Retinal MicroRNAs Reveals Rapid Turnover as a Common Property of Neuronal MicroRNAs

    Jacek Krol;Volker Busskamp;Ilona Markiewicz;Michael B. Stadler

  • Vertical interactions across ten parallel, stacked representations in the mammalian retina

    Botond Roska;Frank Werblin

  • The transcriptome of retinal Müller glial cells

    Karin Roesch;Ashutosh Prabhakar Jadhav;Jeffrey M Trimarchi;Michael B Stadler

  • Targeting neurons and photons for optogenetics

    Adam M Packer;Botond Roska;Michael Häusser

  • Fast two-photon in vivo imaging with three-dimensional random-access scanning in large tissue volumes

    Gergely Katona;Gergely Szalay;Pál Maák;Attila Kaszás;Attila Kaszás

  • Approach sensitivity in the retina processed by a multifunctional neural circuit.

    Thomas A Münch;Thomas A Münch;Rava Azeredo da Silveira;Sandra Siegert;Tim James Viney

  • The mesoSPIM initiative: open-source light-sheet microscopes for imaging cleared tissue

    Fabian F Voigt;Daniel Kirschenbaum;Evgenia Platonova;Stéphane Pagès

  • Retinal stimulation strategies to restore vision: Fundamentals and systems

    Lan Yue;James D. Weiland;Botond Roska;Mark S. Humayun

  • Transcriptional code and disease map for adult retinal cell types

    Sandra Siegert;Erik Cabuy;Brigitte Gross Scherf;Hubertus Kohler

  • Optogenetic therapy for retinitis pigmentosa.

    V Busskamp;S Picaud;J A Sahel;B Roska

  • Single-cell–initiated monosynaptic tracing reveals layer-specific cortical network modules

    Adrian Wertz;Stuart Trenholm;Keisuke Yonehara;Daniel Hillier

  • Emerging therapies for inherited retinal degeneration

    Hendrik P.N. Scholl;Hendrik P.N. Scholl;Rupert W. Strauss;Mandeep S. Singh;Deniz Dalkara;Deniz Dalkara;Deniz Dalkara

  • Local Retinal Circuits of Melanopsin-Containing Ganglion Cells Identified by Transsynaptic Viral Tracing

    Tim James Viney;Kamill Balint;Daniel Hillier;Sandra Siegert

  • Targeting neuronal and glial cell types with synthetic promoter AAVs in mice, non-human primates and humans.

    Josephine Jüttner;Arnold Szabo;Brigitte Gross-Scherf;Rei K Morikawa

  • Nanomechanical mapping of first binding steps of a virus to animal cells.

    David Alsteens;Richard Newton;Rajib Schubert;David Martinez-Martin

  • Genetic address book for retinal cell types.

    Sandra Siegert;Brigitte Gross Scherf;Karina Del Punta;Nick Didkovsky

  • Cell types of the human retina and its organoids at single-cell resolution: developmental convergence, transcriptomic identity, and disease map

    Cameron Cowan;Magdalena Renner;Magdalena Renner;Martina De Gennaro;Brigitte Gross-Scherf

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank S. Werblin
Frank S. Werblin University of California, Berkeley
Michael B. Stadler
Michael B. Stadler Friedrich Miescher Institute
Witold Filipowicz
Witold Filipowicz Friedrich Miescher Institute
Constance L. Cepko
Constance L. Cepko Harvard University
Dirk Schübeler
Dirk Schübeler Friedrich Miescher Institute
Christian Lüscher
Christian Lüscher University of Geneva
Nathaniel Heintz
Nathaniel Heintz Rockefeller University
Karl-Klaus Conzelmann
Karl-Klaus Conzelmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Antoine H.F.M. Peters
Antoine H.F.M. Peters Friedrich Miescher Institute

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