Welcome to the Tuten Lab
Welcome to the Tuten Lab
We use adaptive optics to study vision. We are located at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry and affiliated with the Vision Science Graduate Group. To learn more, visit our Projects page.
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Recent Publications
Recent Publications
(Full list available here.)
2025
2025
Greene MJ, Pandiyan VP, Sabesan R, Tuten WS. (2025). Local variations in L/M ratio influence the detection and color naming of small spots. Journal of Vision, 25(12), 13-13. PMID: 41055417 (link)
Fong J, Doyle HK, Wang C, Boehm AE, Herbeck SR, Pandiyan VP, Schmidt BP, Tiruveedhula P, Vanston JE, Tuten WS, Sabesan R, Roorda A, Ng R. (2025). Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale. Science Advances, 11(16), eadu1052. PMID: 40249825 (link)
2024
2024
Wendel BJ, Pandiyan VP, Liu T, Jiang X, Lassoued A, Slezak E, Schleufer S, Bharadwaj P, Tuten WS, Mustafi D, Chao JR, Sabesan R. (2024). Multimodal High-Resolution Imaging in Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Comparison Between Optoretinography, Cone Density, and Visual Sensitivity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science, 65(10):45-45. PMID: 39207297 (link)
Greene MJ, Boehm AE, Vanston JE, Pandiyan VP, Sabesan R, Tuten WS. (2024). Unique yellow shifts for small and brief stimuli in the central retina. Journal of Vision, 24(6), 2-2. (link)
2023
2023
Doyle HK, Herbeck SR, Boehm AE, Vanston JE, Ng R, Tuten WS, Roorda A (2023). Boosting 2-photon vision with adaptive optics. Journal of Vision, 23(12):1-16. (link)
Wang Y, Wong J, Duncan JL, Roorda A, Tuten WS (2023). Enhanced S-Cone Syndrome: Elevated Cone Counts Confer Supernomal Visual Acuity in the S-Cone Pathway. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 64(10): 1-13. (pdf)
Vanston JE, Boehm AE, Tuten WS, Roorda A (2023). It's not easy seeing green: The veridical perception of small spots. Journal of Vision, 23(5): 1-15. (pdf)
Wang Y, La T T, Mason M, Tuten WS, Roorda A (2023). Case Report: Multimodal, Longitudinal Assessment of Retinal Structure and Function following Laser Retinal Injury. Optometry and Vision Science, 10-1097. (pdf)
2021
2021
News
News
October, 2025: Max Greene's paper showing the detectability and color appearance of small flashes depends on local variations in L/M cone ratio is out in Journal of Vision! (pdf)
August, 2025: Welcome to new post-doc Christopher Wu, OD PhD!
August, 2025: Tuten lab is awarded funding from the Weill Neurohub Next Great Ideas Program along with the Rieke and Sabesan labs at the University of Washington!
May, 2025: Congratulations to Max Greene and JT Pirog for completing their PhDs in Vision Science at UC Berkeley!
April, 2025: Collaboration with Ng, Roorda, and Sabesan labs showing color percepts with supernormal saturation is now out in Science Advances! Congrats to co-first authors James Fong, Hannah Doyle, and Congli Wang! (pdf)
June, 2024: Max Greene's paper on unique yellow in the human fovea is out in Journal of Vision! (pdf)
May, 2024: Congratulations to Charlotte Wang and Alisa Braun for completing their PhDs in Vision Science at UC Berkeley!
November, 2023: Welcome to new post-doc Jingyi He, PhD!
July, 2023: Charlotte Wang's paper on supernormal S-cone-mediate visual acuity ESCS is out in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science! (pdf)
January, 2023: Charlotte Wang's manuscript on laser-induced retinal injury (co-authored with Austin Roorda) has been accepted as a case report in Optometry and Vision Science! Well done, Charlotte! (pdf)
March, 2022: Farewell to Ally Boehm, PhD, who has accepted a new position at Google! Good luck, Ally!
June, 2021: Our commentary on foveal vision (co-authored with Wolf Harmening) is now out in Current Biology! (link)
February, 2021: Our project "Probing, Modeling & Reprogramming Visual Perception at the Level of Individual Photoreceptors" was selected for a $7.5M MURI Award sponsored by the Department of Defense. Grant PI: Ren Ng (UCB EECS); Co-PIs: Will Tuten, Austin Roorda, and Bruno Olshausen (UCBSO), Ram Sabesan and Fred Rieke (Univ. of Washington), and Lawrence Sincich (UAB). (press release)
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