Dr. Anderson is a neuroscience researcher specializing in connectomics — the comprehensive mapping of neural networks at synaptic resolution using automated transmission electron microscopy. His work has focused on retinal connectomics as a model system for understanding neural computation and its relevance to blinding diseases. He developed key computational infrastructure that accelerated connectome assembly and led the assembly of the first mammalian retinal connectome (RC1), enabling the discovery of novel network motifs that have refactored understanding of retinal circuitry. Dr. Anderson continues to work on improving the throughput and sophistication of connectome acquisition and analysis.
- 2005-2010 PhD Neuroscience University of Utah – Marc Lab
- 1996-1999 BS Computer Science Western Washington University
Education & Training
Farzad S, Kosta P, Iseri E, Walston ST, Bouteiller JC, Pfeiffer RL, Sigulinsky CL, Yang JH, Garcia JC, Anderson JR, Jones BW, Lazzi G. Impact of Retinal Degeneration on Response of ON and OFF Cone Bipolar Cells to Electrical Stimulation. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2023;31:2424-2437. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3276431. Epub 2023 May 26. PubMed PMID: 37186528; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10324560.
Bordt AS, Patterson SS, Girresch RJ, Perez D, Tseng L, Anderson JR, Mazzaferri MA, Kuchenbecker JA, Gonzales-Rojas R, Roland A, Tang C, Puller C, Chuang AZ, Ogilvie JM, Neitz J, Marshak DW. Synaptic inputs to broad thorny ganglion cells in macaque retina. J Comp Neurol. 2021 Aug 1;529(11):3098-3111. doi: 10.1002/cne.25156. Epub 2021 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 33843050; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8193796.
Kosta P, Iseri E, Loizos K, Paknahad J, Pfeiffer RL, Sigulinsky CL, Anderson JR, Jones BW, Lazzi G. Model-based comparison of current flow in rod bipolar cells of healthy and early-stage degenerated retina. Exp Eye Res. 2021 Jun;207:108554. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108554. Epub 2021 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 33794197; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8187309.
Pfeiffer RL, Anderson JR, Dahal J, Garcia JC, Yang JH, Sigulinsky CL, Rapp K, Emrich DP, Watt CB, Johnstun HA, Houser AR, Marc RE, Jones BW. A pathoconnectome of early neurodegeneration: Network changes in retinal degeneration. Exp Eye Res. 2020 Oct;199:108196. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2020.108196. Epub 2020 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 32810483; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7554222.
Sigulinsky CL, Anderson JR, Kerzner E, Rapp CN, Pfeiffer RL, Rodman TM, Emrich DP, Rapp KD, Nelson NT, Lauritzen JS, Meyer M, Marc RE, Jones BW. Network Architecture of Gap Junctional Coupling among Parallel Processing Channels in the Mammalian Retina. J Neurosci. 2020 Jun 3;40(23):4483-4511. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1810-19.2020. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 32332119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7275861.
Retinal Circuitry