Yirong Peng

Yirong Peng is an Assistant Professor-in-residence at the UCLA School of Medicine, with joint appointments in Ophthalmology and Neurobiology. Their research focuses on retinal cell-type specification and synaptic organization in the primary rod pathway, utilizing transcriptomic approaches to understand neuronal development.

• Key Research Areas
• Retinal biology and transcriptomics
• Synaptic organization in visual pathways
• Neuronal development in the retina

Collaborations & Networks: Co-authored work with Alapakkum Sampath in Neuron. Part of a network studying neurodegenerative diseases and retinal biology at UCLA.

Publications Trends: Recent work connects transcriptomic insights in retinal biology with synaptic organization mechanisms. Earlier studies focused on synaptic rules in visual pathways.