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Guest Lecturer Eric Pierce, MD/PhD Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Harvard School of Medicine “Genetics of Inherited Retinal Degenerations” Friday December 1, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ARB, R2-265 Dr. Pierce’s research program is dedicated to understanding the molecular mechanism of inherited…
Guest Lecturer Cuong Nguyen, PhD Associate Professor Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology College of Veterinary Medicine University of Florida “COVID-19 Triggers the long-term autoimmune process of Sjogren’s Disease” Wednesday May 17, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 pm Academic Research Building,…
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…
