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Articles by Ubadah Sabbagh
Retinal input is required for the maintenance of neuronal laminae in the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus
Abstract Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons provide direct input into several nuclei of the mouse visual thalamus, including the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN), which is important for classical image-forming vision, and the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN), which is associated with non-image-forming vision.
Advocating for Social Change as a Neuroscientist on Social Media
It should be clear to us by now that science is done by actual people whose intersectional identities, and the social challenges and trauma that come with them, don’t disappear when they enter the lab. Regardless of where they are, Black scholars and those belonging to other marginalized groups face overt, implicit, and systemic racism on a daily basis.
Opinion | Science is better when we open our doors to immigrants
Ubadah Sabbagh is a neuroscientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, and an Early Career Policy Ambassador at the Society for Neuroscience. I took a stroll the other day through my research institute, passing by six labs in one hallway. Of course, we aren’t operating at full capacity — most people are home because of covid-19 restrictions. But I did a mental tally of my colleagues working in each lab.
Diverse GABAergic neurons organize into subtype‐specific sublaminae in the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus
Abstract In the visual system, retinal axons convey visual information from the outside world to dozens of distinct retinorecipient brain regions and organize that information at several levels, including either at the level of retinal afferents, cytoarchitecture of intrinsic retinorecipient neurons, or a combination of the two.
Distribution and development of molecularly distinct perineuronal nets in visual thalamus
Visual information is detected by the retina and transmitted into the brain by retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). In rodents, the visual thalamus is a major recipient of RGC axons and is divided into three functionally distinct nuclei: the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN), ventral LGN (vLGN), and intergeniculate leaflet (IGL).
Science Has Always Been Inseparable from Politics
Even now, on the heels of the March for Science, we see some scientists hesitate to acknowledge the fact that science is political. Why wouldn’t they? We hold it up as the golden standard of objectivity, and synonymize it with words like ‘unbiased’ and ‘rational’, divorcing it from our human capriciousness. It’s quite natural to associate those notions with science.
Post-Science March, We Must Stay Engaged
Late last year I looked down as they placed my newborn son into my arms and marveled at the brand-newness of this tiny person gazing back at me. And watching him open his little eyes, I wondered what this world would be like when he’s my age. Will he be protected from lead and mercury to stay healthy into adulthood? Will he become increasingly accustomed to conflict as we fight over limited resources in the face of climate change?
Why Psychiatry Needs Neuroscience
In April, JAMA Psychiatry published a groundbreaking addition to its lineup: an educational review intended to educate psychiatrists about neuroscience. A group of psychiatrists led by David Ross of Yale University described how and why post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should be clinically evaluated from a neuroscience framework. The fact that this editorial was published in one of psychiatry’s leading journals is no small feat.
Immigration Bans Handicap Science Globally | The Evolution Institute
In the lab, I’ve never had my experiment fail because I’m an immigrant. It usually just happens because I screwed up. All science cares about is what kind of questions I ask, my creativity, and how hard I work. Disease doesn’t recognize international boundaries, and no lab rat has ever asked to see my passport.
The Inner Lives of "Food Animals"
Groupers, a warm-water fish in the sea bass family, hunt for food together with wrasse and giant moray eels. If during a chase, the intended prey slips away into a hidden crevice, the grouper sometimes assumes a vertical position directly above the hiding place, then shakes his or her head repeatedly. Groupers do this, University of Cambridge zoologist Alexander Vail and his colleagues discovered, when their hunting partners are positioned in such a way as to notice the signal.
Don't Demonize Trump Voters
Is it acceptable for parents to choose their child’s skin and eye color by genetic modifications? Should transgendered children be forced to use the sex-appropriate bathroom until they reach the age of 18? If only to keep us healthy, should government have the power to decide what foods we can buy? You may have cringed while reading those three questions. I would. Since his taking office, President Trump has managed to make two months feel like two years.
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