Guest Lecturer Cuong Nguyen, PhD Associate Professor Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology College of Veterinary Medicine “COVID-19 Triggers the long-term autoimmune process of Sjogren’s Disease.” Wednesday, May 17th 12:00 – 1:00 pm R2-265, Academic Research…
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…
Rinki Ratnapriya, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine “Integrative genomic approaches to uncover causal variants, genes, and molecular mechanisms in Age-related Macular Degeneration” November 16, 2022 1:30 – 2:30 pm R2-265, Academic Research Building In contrast to the unprecedented success in identifying disease risk variants in Age-related…
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 the Center for Vision Research seminar tomorrow, September 21st at noon (ARB R2-265) as Dr. Andrew Taylor presents his work “The Role of Melanocortins in the Uniqueness of Ocular Immunobiology”. Light lunch will be provided. If you would like to meet with Dr. Taylor during his visit,…
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: Claudio Punzo, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Massachusetts Medical School “Aerobic Glycolysis in Retinal Diseases” Wednesday, October 16th 12:00 – 1:00 pm LG-101A, McKnight Brain Institute About the Punzo lab: The research focus…
