Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LIIT-ChR2 (Structural and mechanistic study of ion transport in Channelrhodopsin-2)

Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) is a light sensitive ion channel found in green algae. ChR2 is now widely used in optogenetics. Neurons expressing ChR2 can be depolarized rapidly and reversibly by illumination, hence allowing control of the activation/inactivation of neurons in...