Press release
- "'Primitive' brain recognises edges" - Science Alert, 28 Oct 2013. http://www.sciencealert.com/news/20132810-24944.html
Education
- Stanford University, USA - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2019
- University of Rochester, USA - Postdoctoral Associate, 2017
- The University of Sydney, Australia - Doctor of Philosophy, Neuroscience, 2012
- The University of Melbourne, Australia - Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Honours (High Distinction), 2007
Funding
- Travel Fellowship, XVIIth International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Kyoto, Japan, 2016
- The University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Support Scheme competitive funding, 2010
- Australian Postgraduate Award PhD scholarship, Australian Government, 2008-2011
- Dean’s Honours List award, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, 2007
- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences Honours Scholarship, The University of Melbourne 2007
- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences Summer Research Scholarship, 2007
Publications
- Schwarz C, Sharma R, Cheong SK, Keller M, Williams DR, & Hunter JJ. (2018). Selective S cone damage and retinal remodeling following intense ultrashort pulse laser exposures in the near-infrared. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 59, 5973-5984. PMID: 30556839
- Steven S, Sulai YN, Cheong SK, Bentley J & Dubra A. (2018). Long eye relief fundus camera and fixation target with partial correction of ocular longitudinal chromatic aberration. Biomedical Optics Express 12 6017-6037.
- Cheong SK, Xiong W, Strazzeri JM, Cepko CL, Williams DR & Merigan WH. (2018). In Vivo Functional Imaging of Retinal Neurons Using Red and Green Fluorescent Calcium Indicators. Adv Exp Med Biol 1074, 135-144. PMID: 29721937
- Cheong SK, Strazzeri JM, Williams DR & Merigan WH. (2018). All-optical recording and stimulation of retinal neurons in vivo in retinal degeneration mice. PLoS One 13, e0194947.
- Pietersen ANJ, Cheong SK, Munn B, Gong P, Martin PR, Solomon SG. (2017). Relationship between cortical state and spiking activity in lateral geniculate nucleus of marmosets. The Journal of Physiology. PMID: 28116750
- Cheong SK, Xiong W, Strazzeri JM, Cepko CL, Williams DR & Merigan WH. (2016). In vivo functional imaging of retinal neurons using red and green fluorescent calcium indicators. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, (in press)
- Zeater N, Cheong SK, Solomon SG, Dreher B & Martin PR. (2015). Binocular visual responses in the primate lateral geniculate nucleus. Current Biology, 25, 1-6. PMID: 26778654
- Pietersen ANJ, Cheong SK, Solomon SG, Tailby C & Martin PR. (2014). Temporal response properties of koniocellular (blue-on and blue-off) cells in marmoset lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology, 122(6), 1421-1438. PMID: 24920024
- Cheong SK & Pietersen ANJ. (2014). Antidromic latency of magnocellular, parvocellular, and koniocellular (blue-on) geniculocortical relay cells in marmosets. Visual Neuroscience 31, 263-273. PMID: 24703370
- Cheong SK, Tailby C, Solomon SG & Martin PR. (2013). Cortical-Like Receptive Fields in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of Marmoset Monkeys. The Journal of Neuroscience 33, 6864-6876. PMID: 23595745
- Tailby C, Cheong SK, Pietersen AN, Solomon SG & Martin PR. (2012). Colour and pattern selectivity of receptive fields in superior colliculus of marmoset monkeys. Journal of Physiology 590, 4061-4077. PMID: 22687612
- Cheong SK, Tailby C, Martin PR, Levitt JB & Solomon SG. (2011). Slow intrinsic rhythm in the koniocellular visual pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108, 14659-14663. PMID: 21844334
- Camp AJ, Cheong SK, Tailby C & Solomon SG. (2011). The impact of brief exposure to high contrast on the contrast response of neurons in primate lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology 106, 1310-1321. PMID: 21653705
- Solomon SG, Tailby C, Cheong SK & Camp AJ. (2010). Linear and nonlinear contributions to the visual sensitivity of neurons in primate lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology 104, 1884-1898. PMID: 20685925
Awards
- Young Investigator Award for best presentation, The Optical Society (OSA) Fall Vision Meeting, 2016
- Young Investigator Award Honourable Mention, The Optical Society (OSA) Fall Vision Meeting, 2014
- Paxinos-Watson Prize, Australian Neuroscience Society, 2013
(for the most significant neuroscience paper published by a full member of the society in 2011)
- Dean’s prize for student research publications, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, 2012
- Dean’s Honours List award, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, 2007
Invited Talks
- “Vision restoration - Calcium imaging of red-shifted channelrhodopsin responses in the living eye”. (3-Jul-2017). Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
- "Vision restoration - Functional imaging of neuronal responses in the living eye". (24-Jan-2017). Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, USA.
- “The koniocellular visual pathway”. (17-Oct-2013). Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, USA.
- “Slow intrinsic rhythm in the koniocellular visual pathway”. (26-Oct-2012) . Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA