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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Marla B. Feller is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States and has focused their research primarily on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several subfields, notably cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, ophthalmology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The core topics of Marla B. Feller's research include retinal development and disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neural dynamics and brain function, connexins and lens biology, circadian rhythm and melatonin, and axon guidance and neuronal signaling.

Feller has published extensively, with several recent papers demonstrating their ongoing involvement in the study of retinal circuitry and neurodevelopmental processes. Key recent publications include:

  • Müller Glia in Retinal Development: From Specification to Circuit Integration, 2022, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Circuit mechanisms underlying embryonic retinal waves, 2023, eLife
  • Distinct inhibitory pathways control velocity and directional tuning in the mouse retina, 2022, Current Biology
  • Excitatory neurotransmission activates compartmentalized calcium transients in Müller glia without affecting lateral process motility, 2021, eLife
  • Visual Experience Influences Dendritic Orientation but Is Not Required for Asymmetric Wiring of the Retinal Direction Selective Circuit, 2020, Cell Reports

Marla B. Feller frequently collaborates with several researchers, reflecting a networked approach to neuroscience research. Notable coauthors include Alexandre Tiriac, Benjamin E. Smith, Joshua Tworig, Andy Quaen Chen, and Franklin Caval-Holme.

The venues where these studies are often published highlight areas of interest and influence. Frequent publication venues for Feller include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, eLife, Current Biology, and eNeuro.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Marla B. Feller was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms underlying spontaneous patterned activity in developing neural circuits

    Aaron G. Blankenship;Marla B. Feller

  • Mechanisms Underlying Development of Visual Maps and Receptive Fields

    Andrew D. Huberman;Marla B. Feller;Barbara Chapman

  • Requirement for cholinergic synaptic transmission in the propagation of spontaneous retinal waves.

    Marla B. Feller;David P. Wellis;David Stellwagen;Frank S. Werblin

  • Competition in Retinogeniculate Patterning Driven by Spontaneous Activity

    Anna A. Penn;Patricio A. Riquelme;Marla B. Feller;Carla J. Shatz

  • Spontaneous Correlated Activity in Developing Neural Circuits

    Marla B. Feller

  • Mice lacking specific nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits exhibit dramatically altered spontaneous activity patterns and reveal a limited role for retinal waves in forming ON and OFF circuits in the inner retina.

    Anu Bansal;Joshua H. Singer;Bryan J. Hwang;Bryan J. Hwang;Wei Xu

  • Retinotopic map refinement requires spontaneous retinal waves during a brief critical period of development.

    Todd McLaughlin;Christine L. Torborg;Marla B. Feller;Dennis D.M. O'Leary

  • A Role for Correlated Spontaneous Activity in the Assembly of Neural Circuits

    Lowry A. Kirkby;Georgeann S. Sack;Alana Firl;Marla B. Feller;Marla B. Feller

  • Genetic Identification of an On-Off Direction-Selective Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtype Reveals a Layer-Specific Subcortical Map of Posterior Motion

    Andrew D. Huberman;Wei Wei;Justin Elstrott;Ben K. Stafford

  • Investigation of surface-induced alignment of liquid-crystal molecules by optical second-harmonic generation

    M. B. Feller;W. Chen;Y. R. Shen

  • Spontaneous patterned retinal activity and the refinement of retinal projections

    Christine L. Torborg;Marla B. Feller

  • DSCAM and DSCAML1 Function in Self-Avoidance in Multiple Cell Types in the Developing Mouse Retina

    Peter G. Fuerst;Freyja Bruce;Miao Tian;Wei Wei

  • Synapse elimination and learning rules co-regulated by MHC class I H2-Db

    Hanmi Lee;Barbara K. Brott;Lowry A. Kirkby;Jaimie D. Adelson

  • Retinogeniculate axons undergo eye-specific segregation in the absence of eye-specific layers.

    Gianna Muir-Robinson;Bryan J. Hwang;Marla B. Feller

  • Development of asymmetric inhibition underlying direction selectivity in the retina

    Wei Wei;Aaron M. Hamby;Kaili Zhou;Marla B. Feller

  • Transgenic Mice Reveal Unexpected Diversity of On-Off Direction-Selective Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtypes and Brain Structures Involved in Motion Processing

    Michal Rivlin-Etzion;Kaili Zhou;Wei Wei;Justin Elstrott

  • Dynamic Processes Shape Spatiotemporal Properties of Retinal Waves

    Marla B. Feller;Daniel A. Butts;Holly L. Aaron;Daniel S. Rokhsar

  • Investigation of anisotropic molecular orientational distributions of liquid-crystal monolayers by optical second-harmonic generation.

    W. Chen;M. B. Feller;Y. R. Shen

  • On and Off Retinal Circuit Assembly by Divergent Molecular Mechanisms

    Lu O. Sun;Lu O. Sun;Zheng Jiang;Michal Rivlin-Etzion;Randal Hand;Randal Hand

  • Dynamics of Retinal Waves Are Controlled by Cyclic AMP

    David Stellwagen;Carla J. Shatz;Marla B. Feller

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla J. Shatz
Carla J. Shatz Stanford University
Andrew D. Huberman
Andrew D. Huberman Stanford University
Alexander Sher
Alexander Sher University of California, Santa Cruz
Ben A. Barres
Ben A. Barres Stanford University
E. J. Chichilnisky
E. J. Chichilnisky Stanford University
Dwight E. Bergles
Dwight E. Bergles Johns Hopkins University
Leo M. Chalupa
Leo M. Chalupa University of California, Davis
Robert W. Burgess
Robert W. Burgess The Jackson Laboratory
Monica L. Vetter
Monica L. Vetter University of Utah
Claude Desplan
Claude Desplan New York University

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