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Ultrafast imaging sheds light on the earliest stages of vision

19 May 2023 Rojin Jafari 
PSI's Gebhard Schertler
Ultrafast transition Gebhard Schertler, head of PSI’s Biology and Chemistry Research Division, and colleagues are investigating how the retinal chromophore (shown above) changes its shape after a photon is absorbed. (Courtesy: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography)
Rhodopsin, the protein that enables humans and other vertebrates to sense light, belongs to the fami

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