Guilherme Testa Silva
@gtsnexp.bsky.social
Erkennen was die Welt Im Innersten zusammenhält.
Work by Morgan Chevalier, Firas Fadel, Timea Majer, Daniel Magda, Ferenc Kilin, Lili Gerendás, and in collaboration with the labs of Zoltan Z Nagy, Szabo Arnold, and Botond Roska.
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Work by Morgan Chevalier, Firas Fadel, Timea Majer, Daniel Magda, Ferenc Kilin, Lili Gerendás, and in collaboration with the labs of Zoltan Z Nagy, Szabo Arnold, and Botond Roska.
tl;dr: We trimmed human TRPV1 so it wakes up at ~41°C. Brief near‑IR “warm‑pulses” made ganglion cells in blind human retina explants fire graded spikes—no opsins, no nanoparticles, just AAV + human protein. Early‑stage, clean thermal control.
August 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
tl;dr: We trimmed human TRPV1 so it wakes up at ~41°C. Brief near‑IR “warm‑pulses” made ganglion cells in blind human retina explants fire graded spikes—no opsins, no nanoparticles, just AAV + human protein. Early‑stage, clean thermal control.