Teresa Puthussery
Teresa Puthussery | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 or 1979 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Melbourne, Australia (B.S.) (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Neurobiology, optometry |
Sub-discipline | Vision science |
| Institutions | Oregon Health and Science University University of California, Berkeley |
Teresa Puthussery (born 1978 or 1979) is an Australian-born vision scientist and an associate professor in the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] Much of her work concerns retinal ganglion cells in primates.[3] In 2025, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.[4]
Biography
Puthussery was raised in Warragul, Victoria Australia. Her mother was a math teacher and her father was a science teacher.[2]
Puthussery studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, graduating with a B.S. in 2000, a PhD in 2005, and a postgraduate degree in 2006. Before becoming a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, she was a postdoctoral research fellow and later an assistant professor at Oregon Health and Science University.[3]
Selected publications
- Puthussery, T., Gayet‐Primo, J., Taylor, W. R., & Haverkamp, S. (2011). Immunohistochemical identification and synaptic inputs to the diffuse bipolar cell type DB1 in macaque retina. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 519(18), 3640–3656. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22756
- Puthussery, T., Venkataramani, S., Gayet-Primo, J., Smith, R. G., & Taylor, W. R. (2013). NaV1.1 channels in axon initial segments of bipolar cells augment input to magnocellular visual pathways in the primate retina. The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(41), 16045–16059. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1249-13.2013
- Puthussery, T., Percival, K. A., Venkataramani, S., Gayet-Primo, J., Grünert, U., & Taylor, W. R. (2014). Kainate Receptors Mediate Synaptic Input to Transient and Sustained OFF Visual Pathways in Primate Retina. The Journal of Neuroscience, 34(22), 7611–7621. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4855-13.2014
- Wang, A. Y. M., Kulkarni, M. M., McLaughlin, A. J., Gayet, J., Smith, B. E., Hauptschein, M., McHugh, C. F., Yao, Y. Y., & Puthussery, T. (2023). An ON-type direction-selective ganglion cell in primate retina. Nature, 623(7986), 381–386. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06659-4
References
- ↑ "Teresa Puthussery, OD, PhD". UC Berkeley School of Optometry. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- 1 2 Manke, Kara (8 October 2025). "Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur 'genius' award". Berkeley News. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Teresa Puthussery". MacArthur Foundation. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Blair, Elizabeth (8 October 2025). "Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list". NPR. Retrieved 25 April 2026.