Greg D. Field
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Salk Institute in La Jolla California. My primary interest is in how the external world is encoded by our sensory systems. In particular, I study the retina, the light sensitive neural tissue at the back of the eye. I am working to understand how elements of the visual world, such as color and motion, are encoded by the electrical impulses produced by retinal ganglion cells, the carriers of signals from the retina to the brain. I am also interested in how these coding properties change as our visual system adapts from bright to dim conditions such as daytime and nighttime.
Education:
Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, 2004
B.S. Physics Honors, University of Puget Sound 1999.
Publications:
Field GD, Sher A, Gauthier J, Greschner M, Shlens J, Litke AM, Chichilnisky EJ. (2007) Spatial properties and functional organization of small bistratified ganglion cells in primate retina. J. Neurosci. 27(48):13261-13272.
Petrusca D, Grivich M, Sher A, Field GD, Gauthier J, Greschner M, Shlens J, Chichilnisky EJ, Litke AM. (2007) Identification and characterization of a Y-like primate retinal ganglion cell type. J. Neurosci. 27(41):11019-11027.
Field GD, Chichilnisky EJ (2007). Information processing in the primate retina: circuitry and coding. Annu Rev Neurosci. 30:1-30. reprint
Shlens J, Field GD, Gauthier JL, Grivich MI, Petrusca D, Sher A, Litke AM, Chichilnisky EJ (2006). The structure of multi-neuron firing patterns in primate retina. J Neurosci. 26(32):8254-8266. reprint
Field GD, Sampath AP, Rieke F (2005). Retinal processing near absolute threshold. Ann Rev Physiol. 67;492-514.
Field GD, Rieke F (2002). Mechanisms regulating variability of the single photon response in mammalian rod photoreceptors. Neuron. Aug 15;35(4):733-47. reprint
Field GD, RiekeF (2002). Nonlinear signal transfer from mouse rods to bipolar cells and implications for visual sensitivity. Neuron. May 30;34(5):773-85. reprint
