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The Center for Vision Research is hosting a seminar this Friday (December 1st) by Eric Pierce from Harvard University at 2:00 pm in ARB R2-265.

Guest Lecturer Cuong Nguyen, PhD Dr. Cuong Nguyen, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine. His talk “COVID-19 Triggers the long-term autoimmune process of Sjogren’s Disease,” will take place on Wednesday May 17th from…

A University of Florida ophthalmology professor emeritus who has led a decades-long effort to reverse genetic forms of vision loss and an engineering alumna who is a pioneer in the semiconductor polishing industry are among 10 new members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today. William Hauswirth is…

For patients diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, the way they see the world can start to change early in life, starting with a decline in night and peripheral vision that ultimately leaves them blind. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine hope to develop a solution: A…

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Ratnapriva will present “Integrative genomic approaches to uncover causal variants, genes, and molecular mechanisms in Age-related Macular Degeneration,” on November 16, 2022, in R2-265 in the Academic Research Building In contrast to the unprecedented success in identifying disease risk variants in…

David M. Gamm, MD, PhD RRF Emmett Director of McPherson Eye Research Institute Sandra Lemke Trout Chair in Eye Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Stem cell-derived photoreceptors: Do they have the right stuff?” October 26th,12:00 – 1:00 pm R2-265, Academic Research Building Functional replacement…

Please join us for “Infant Visual Attention and Perceptual Learning: Insights from Measures of Brain and Behavior.”  On Tuesday January 28th, from 12:00 – 1:00pm in R5-265, Academic Research Building with Guest Speaker Lisa Scott, PhD., Professor of Psychology.

Join us for: Kari Basso, Ph.D. Director and Scientist Mass Spectrometry Research and Education Center University of Florida “Quantitative Lipidomics and Proteomics- A Systems Biology Approach to Understanding the Tear Film” Wednesday, December 11th 12:00 –…

Free Symposium on Bioengineering and Machine Learning in the Eye, Wednesday November 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the McKnight Brain Institute Auditorium (LG-101A).

Join us for a talk by Patsy Nishina, PhD Professor Jackson Laboratories “Genetic Approaches to Understanding Ocular Diseases” Wednesday, May 22nd 12:00 – 1:00 pm C1-4, Communicore About the Nishina Lab Approximately 50 million people worldwide are blind and ~ 150 million are significantly…