Amartya Tashi MitraUniversity of Cincinnati | UC · Department of Biology
Amartya Tashi Mitra
MRes
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Introduction
I study animal eyes and lenses in terms of their development and function.
Additional affiliations
January 2020 - April 2020
Natural History Museum London
Position
- Masters Student
Description
- Studied the ecological correlates of lens shape in frogs and toads
September 2019 - September 2020
April 2018 - June 2018
Position
- Intern
Description
- Worked with molecular techniques and the construction of phylogenetic trees. Assisted in field work involving bird captures, blood sampling for genetic samples and smears along with morphometric measurements.
Education
September 2019 - September 2020
July 2016 - April 2019
Publications
Publications (4)
Lenses are vital components of eyes, crafted through the precise arrangement of proteins to achieve transparency and focusing power, and placed appropriately within the eye for the retina to receive sharp, focused images. Maintaining these states is challenging due to substantial post-embryonic eye and lens growth. Here, we gain insights into requi...
The shape and relative size of an ocular lens affect the focal length of the eye, with consequences for visual acuity and sensitivity. Lenses are typically spherical in aquatic animals with camera-type eyes and axially flattened in terrestrial species to facilitate vision in optical media with different refractive indices. Frogs and toads (Amphibia...
Sudden disease outbreaks may not necessarily reflect a recent pathogen introduction but may instead arise from the disruption of a host-pathogen equilibrium. Together with invasive species, emerging pathogens pose significant threats to biodiversity. The dynamics of each stressor have been studied separately, yet rarely when interacting. Using a 40...
