About
Dr Anna Wang
Research Fellow, Visual Neuroscience Research
Dr Anna Wang is a Visual Neuroscientist investigating unidentified cells in the eye and CERA’s first Equity Fellow for Excellence in Vision Research.
Dr Anna Wang
Research Fellow, Visual Neuroscience Research
BSc(Adv)(Hons), PhD
Dr Anna Wang is a Visual Neuroscientist investigating unidentified cells in the eye and CERA’s first Equity Fellow for Excellence in Vision Research.
She joined CERA from the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked in the lab of Assistant Professor Teresa Puthessery, leading projects investigating retinal ganglion cells which carry visual information from the eye to the brain.
In 2023, Dr Wang was first author of research published in the prestigious journal Nature, that for the first time demonstrated a specific type of retinal ganglion cell was present in primates, including humans.
She is now using the same technique to learn more about retinal ganglion cells.
Key research questions
- Can we identify new types of retinal ganglion cells in the human eye?
- Can we find new ways to diagnose and treat glaucoma by looking at retinal ganglion cells in the eye?
- Can we test new treatments on living cells before a clinical trial?
Key publications
Key collaborators
Key publications
Wang, A.Y.M., et. al. (2023). An ON-type direction-selective ganglion cell in primate retina. Nature 623, 381–386 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06659-4
Anna YM Wang , Pei Ying Lee , Bang V Bui , Andrew I Jobling , Ursula Greferath , Alice Brandli , Michael A Dixon , Quan Findlay , Erica L Fletcher & Kirstan A Vessey (2020) Potential mechanisms of retinal ganglion cell type‐specific vulnerability in glaucoma, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 103:5, 562-571, https://doi.org/10.1111/cxo.13031
Wang, A.Y.M., Wong, V.H.Y., Lee, P.Y. et al. Retinal ganglion cell dysfunction in mice following acute intraocular pressure is exacerbated by P2X7 receptor knockout. Sci Rep 11, 4184 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83669-0
Key collaborators
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Email: awang1@cera.org.au
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