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  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Samer Hattar is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses on areas such as the endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and neurology.

The scientist's main research topics include circadian rhythm and melatonin, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal development and disorders, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, sleep and wakefulness research, olfactory and sensory function studies, and single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Association of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night With Mental Disorders and Sleep Patterns Among US Adolescents, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Diversity of satellite glia in sympathetic and sensory ganglia, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Melanopsin modulates refractive development and myopia, 2021, Experimental Eye Research
  • The retinal ipRGC-preoptic circuit mediates the acute effect of light on sleep, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Atoh7-independent specification of retinal ganglion cell identity, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Haiqing Zhao
  • Rejji Kuruvilla
  • Michael B Thomsen
  • Ruchi Komal
  • Corinne Beier

Publication venues where Samer Hattar has most frequently published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • Cell Reports
  • Biophysical Journal

Their contributions to science have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity

    S. Hattar;H.-W. Liao;M. Takao;D. M. Berson

  • Melanopsin and rod/cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice.

    S. Hattar;R. J. Lucas;N. Mrosovsky;S. Thompson

  • Central projections of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells in the mouse

    Samer Hattar;Monica Kumar;Alexander Park;Patrick Tong

  • Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice

    R. J. Lucas;S. Hattar;M. Takao;D. M. Berson

  • Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision

    Ali D. Güler;Jennifer L. Ecker;Gurprit S. Lall;Shafiqul Haq

  • Light as a central modulator of circadian rhythms, sleep and affect

    Tara A. LeGates;Diego C. Fernandez;Samer Hattar

  • Melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion-cell photoreceptors: cellular diversity and role in pattern vision

    Jennifer L. Ecker;Olivia N. Dumitrescu;Kwoon Y. Wong;Nazia M. Alam

  • Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells: many subtypes, diverse functions

    Tiffany M. Schmidt;Shih Kuo Chen;Samer Hattar;Samer Hattar

  • Aberrant light directly impairs mood and learning through melanopsin-expressing neurons

    Tara A. Legates;Cara M. Altimus;Hui Wang;Hey Kyoung Lee

  • Photoentrainment and pupillary light reflex are mediated by distinct populations of ipRGCs

    S.-K. Chen;T. C. Badea;S. Hattar;S. Hattar

  • Light Affects Mood and Learning through Distinct Retina-Brain Pathways

    Diego Carlos Fernandez;P. Michelle Fogerson;Lorenzo Lazzerini Ospri;Michael B. Thomsen

  • Rods-cones and melanopsin detect light and dark to modulate sleep independent of image formation

    C. M. Altimus;A. D. Güler;K. L. Villa;D. S. McNeill

  • Distinct roles of transcription factors Brn3a and Brn3b in controlling the development, morphology, and function of retinal ganglion cells

    Tudor C. Badea;Hugh Cahill;Jen Ecker;Samer Hattar

  • Melanopsin-Positive Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells: From Form to Function

    Tiffany M. Schmidt;Michael Tri H. Do;Dennis Dacey;Robert Lucas

  • Rod photoreceptors drive circadian photoentrainment across a wide range of light intensities

    Cara M Altimus;Ali D Güler;Nazia M Alam;A Cyrus Arman

  • A Role for Melanopsin in Alpha Retinal Ganglion Cells and Contrast Detection

    Tiffany M. Schmidt;Nazia M. Alam;Shan Chen;Paulo Kofuji

  • Thyroid hormone signaling specifies cone subtypes in human retinal organoids.

    Kiara C. Eldred;Sarah E. Hadyniak;Katarzyna A. Hussey;Boris Brenerman

  • Impaired masking responses to light in melanopsin-knockout mice.

    N. Mrosovsky;S. Hattar

  • Melanopsin-Dependent Photoreception Provides Earliest Light Detection in the Mammalian Retina

    S. Sekaran;D. Lupi;S.L. Jones;C.J. Sheely

  • Lhx6-positive GABA-releasing neurons of the zona incerta promote sleep

    Kai Liu;Juhyun Kim;Dong Won Kim;Yi Stephanie Zhang

  • Melanopsin-dependent nonvisual responses: evidence for photopigment bistability in vivo.

    Ludovic S. Mure;Camille Rieux;Samer Hattar;Howard M. Cooper;Howard M. Cooper;Howard M. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Berson
David M. Berson Brown University
Robert J. Lucas
Robert J. Lucas University of Manchester
Glen T. Prusky
Glen T. Prusky Cornell University
Seth Blackshaw
Seth Blackshaw Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alfredo Kirkwood
Alfredo Kirkwood Johns Hopkins University
Dennis M. Dacey
Dennis M. Dacey University of Washington
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Russell G. Foster
Russell G. Foster University of Oxford
William Guido
William Guido University of Louisville
Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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