Michal Rivlin

Two-photon microscope image of a direction-selective cell in a mouse retina (the cell and its dendritic tree are in red) and the starburst (green) cells surrounding that mediate the computation of motion direction

Changing Direction

18.08.2020

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Direction-selection cells in the retina can flip their orientations

Dr. Michal Rivlin

Dr. Michal Rivlin

04.02.2019

Dr. Michal Rivlin is the recipient of the 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Life Sciences

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A Decade of Advancing Women in Science

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Ten years on, an innovative postdoc program for women is proving its worth

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