Light-gated Ion Channels with Fast Kinetics and High Sensitivity

Exclusively Licensed

The invention, in some aspects relates to light-activated ion channel polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids and also relates in part to compositions comprising light-activated ion channel polypeptides and methods using light-activated ion channel polypeptides to alter cell activity and function.

Researchers

Gane Wong / Adam Cohen / Daniel Hochbaum / Yongku Cho / Nathan Klapoetke / Edward Stuart Boyden / Brian Chow

Departments: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Synthetic Biology / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Genomics & Proteomics / Sensing & Imaging: Chemical & Radiation Sensing / Therapeutics: Nucleic Acids
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • blue light-activated ion channel molecules and uses thereof
    United States of America | Granted | 10,392,426

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