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About W. Clay Smith
Dr. Smith received his BS and MS in entomology from the University of Florida in 1986, intrigued by visual function of insects. He continued this interest in graduate school at Yale University, studying retinoid metabolism in the visual process with Prof. Timothy Goldsmith, and earning his PhD in neurobiology in 1990. After a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. Doug Kankel at Yale University studying Drosophila genetics, he moved to the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience for a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Barbara Battelle where he studied the molecular biology of the horseshoe crab eye. He joined UF’s Department of Ophthalmology in 1993, working with Dr. Paul Hargrave on the biochemistry of photortransduction, and then developing his own program on the molecular and cellular biology of photoreceptors. He serves as the Director of Research for the Department of Ophthalmology, Director of the Ocular Gene Therapy Core for production of AAV to treat blinding diseases, and as Director for the Center for Vision Research.
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
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GMS6070 – Sensory and Motor Systems
College of Medicine
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GMS7980 – Research for Doctoral Dissertation
College of Medicine
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GMS7979 – Advanced Research
College of Medicine
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GMS6709 – Current Topics in Vision
College of Medicine
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GMS6791 – Visual Neuroscience Journal Club
College of Medicine
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IDH4917 – Undergrad Research
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Contact Details
- Business:
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- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100284
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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D4-32, DENTAL SCIENCES BUILDING
GAINESVILLE FL 32611