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A/PROF ULRIKE GRUNERT



Contact Details

Organization: Optometry and Vision Sciences
Position: PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: www.optometry.unimelb.edu.au/nvri
Work: 9349 7486
Fax: 9349 7484
Level: 01
Building: 374 Cardigan St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Mammalian Retina Synaptic Circuitries, Neuro Transmitters Germany

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Germany Max Planck Institut Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Frankfurt 31-Dec-1985
Diploma Biologist University of Frankfurt 01-May-1980
venia legendi University of Frankfurt 14-Jun-1994

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Neuroscience Society Member 01-Jan-1995
Member Association For Research In Vision & Ophthalmology Member 01-Jan-1988
Member Society For Neuroscience USA Member 01-Jan-1987

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 01-Jan-1994
Scholarship Lions Vision Research Fellowship 01-Jan-2003
Scholarship German Research Council 01-Jan-1986

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Origin and specificity of neuronal signals for colour vision in primates Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Synaptic connectivity of colourpathways in primate retina Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Network properties of colour pathways in primates. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2006
A study of visual pathways in the retina Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
Characterising an ancient subdivision of the visual pathway Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
Functional imaging of colour pathways in the living eye Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Relationship of the optical coherence tomography signal to underlying retinal histology in the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 414-423
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  • Synaptic inputs onto small bistratified (Blue-ON/Yellow-OFF) ganglion cells in marmoset retina.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 517
    Page numbers: 655-669
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Retinal ganglion cell inputs to the koniocellular pathway.


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 510
    Page numbers: 251-268
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  • Distribution of bipolar input to midget and parasol ganglion cells in marmoset retina
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Visual Neuroscience
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 67-76
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  • The midget-parvocellular pathway of Marmoset retina:  A quantitative light microscopic study.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 510
    Page numbers: 539-549
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Characterization and synaptic connectivity of melanopsin-containing ganglion cells in the primate retina
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 2906-21
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  • Connections of Diffuse Bipolar Cells in Primate Retina Are Biased Against S-cones
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 502
    Page numbers: 126-140
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  • OFF Midget Bipolar Cells in the Retina of the Marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, Express AMPA Receptors
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 502
    Page numbers: 442-454
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Random Wiring in the Midget Pathway of Primate Retina
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 15
    Page numbers: 3908-3917
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  • Synaptic Connectivity in the Midget-Parvocellular Pathway of Primate Central Retina
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 494
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 260-274
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Primate Retina
    Year: 2005
    Book: The Primate Visual System: A Comparative Approach
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Journal Articles

  • Localization of Glycine Receptor Alpha Subunits on Bipolar and Amacrine Cells in Primate Retina
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 488
    Page numbers: 113-128
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Mosaic properties of midget and parasol ganglion cells in the marmoset retina
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Visual Neuroscience
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 395-404
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • S-cones do not contribute to the OFF-midget pathway in the retina of the marmoset, Callithrix jacchus
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 437-447
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • S-Cone Connections of the Diffuse Bipolar Cell Type DB6 in Macaque Monkey Retina
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 474
    Page numbers: 353-363
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  • Synaptic Connectivity of the Diffuse Bipolar Cell Type DB6 in the Inner Plexiform Layer of Primate Retina
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 469
    Page numbers: 494-506
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Ganglion cells in mammalian retinae
    Year: 2003
    Book: The visual neurosciences
    Publisher: MIT Press(Cambridge)
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  • The Cone Pedicle, the First Synapse in the Retina
    Year: 2003
    Book: The Neural Basis of Early Vision
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Tokyo(Tokyo)
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Journal Articles

  • Glutamate receptors at bipolar synapses in the inner plexiform layer of primate retina: light microscopic analysis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 466
    Page numbers: 136-147
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Expression and distribution of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits on parasol ganglion cells in the primate retina


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Visual Neuroscience
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 453-465
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  • Synaptic distribution of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the inner plexiform layer of the primate retina
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 447
    Page numbers: 138-151
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Localization of Kainate Receptors at the Cone Pedicles of the Primate Retina


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 436
    Page numbers: 471-486
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  • The Synaptic Architecture of AMPA Receptors at the Cone Pedicle of the Primate Retina


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 2488-2500
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  • Bipolar Cell Diversity in the Primate Retina: Morphologic and Immunocytochemical Analysis of a New World Monkey, the Marmoset Callithrix jacchus
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 437
    Page numbers: 219-239
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  • Immunocytochemical identification and analysis of the diffuse bipolar cell type DB6 in macaque monkey retina
    Year: 2001
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 829-832
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  • Retinal Pathways for Colour Vision: Studies of Short-Wavelength Sensitive ("Blue") Cones and Their Connections in Primate Retina
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Colour research and Application
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: S112-S117
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