Neural Activity In The Retina

Light that enters the eye activates rod and cone photoreceptors, which in turn activate retinal ganglion cells.

An Audacious Goal

A collaboration to cure blindness with retinal cell transplants.

Dr. Michael Silver

Michael Silver, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science and Neuroscience, in his lab on the Berkeley campus. The brains behind Dr. Silver are those of his two sons, Talyn and Gryphon. The artwork was made by his wife Jenny as lab warming gift.

All the Eyes

The beauty—and the benefits—of comparative ophthalmology. Story by Zac Unger.

Adaptive Optics

Swati Bhargava from the Roorda lab. The question that motivates the research in the Roorda lab is, "how do humans convert the two-dimensional images that land on the retina into such a rich perceptual experience?"

Eye Tech

A growing number of Vision Science PhDs are finding scientific satisfaction in a demanding and rewarding new industry environment

Smartglasses for All

Berkeley Optometry and Vision Science professor Dr. Emily Cooper has received a five-year NSF Faculty Early Career Development Grant for her project, Smartglasses for All.

Perception and Visual Cognition

Dr. Agostino Gibaldi of the Banks Lab is interested in extending models of sensory processing and oculo-motor behavior from laboratory settings to complex stimuli that more closely resemble real world conditions.

Dr. Roorda's Fovea

New paper from the Roorda Lab: Human foveal cone photoreceptor topography and its dependence on eye length.

Focusing Response

Post-doctoral researchers in the Banks Lab are studying optical and image-based depth cues in current and emerging display technologies. Their research could lead to more comfortable and immersive head mounted display (HMD) technologies and has implications on myopia (nearsightedness) development.

Neural Activity In The Retina

Light that enters the eye activates rod and cone photoreceptors, which in turn activate retinal ganglion cells.

An Audacious Goal

A collaboration to cure blindness with retinal cell transplants.

Dr. Michael Silver

All the Eyes

The beauty—and the benefits—of comparative ophthalmology. Story by Zac Unger.

Adaptive Optics

Eye Tech

A growing number of Vision Science PhDs are finding scientific satisfaction in a demanding and rewarding new industry environment

Smartglasses for All

Berkeley Optometry and Vision Science professor Dr. Emily Cooper has received a five-year NSF Faculty Early Career Development Grant for her project, Smartglasses for All.

Perception and Visual Cognition

Dr. Roorda's Fovea

New paper from the Roorda Lab: Human foveal cone photoreceptor topography and its dependence on eye length.

Focusing Response

Neural Activity In The Retina

Light that enters the eye activates rod and cone photoreceptors, which in turn activate retinal ganglion cells.

Applications

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News

Congrats To Our New Graduates!May 26th, 2023

We wish you happiness, success, and all the the best!

Grant and Patent for Gronert/Flanagan CollabMay 5th, 2023

Professor Karsten Gronert has been awarded one of eight 2023 Shaffer Research Grants from the Glaucoma Research Foundation.

Top 10 EyesMay 10th, 2023

As told by Billie Beckwith-Cohen (PhD ’21), comparative ophthalmology resident at Michigan State.

The Influence of Scene Tilt on Saccade Directions is Amplitude DependentApril 5th, 2023

Understanding the strategies we use to move our eyes.

How Visual Impairment Can Impact the Ways People Correct Movement ErrorMarch 17th, 2023

New Paper: Low Vision Impairs Implicit Sensorimotor Adaptation in Response to Small Errors, But Not Large Errors.

Celebrating 100 Years of Optometry and Vision ScienceFebruary 1st, 2023

The Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science is celebrating its 100th year! Click for a message from Dean John Flanagan.

Fields of Research

Faculty

The Vision Science faculty constitute a prestigious group of educators and researchers. Click the arrow to learn more about them, including research interests, contact information and links to lab websites.

Students

About 40 graduate students are currently enrolled in the Vision Science program. Their backgrounds include degrees in psychology, biology, engineering, computer science, or optometry.

Admissions

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