In collaboration with Levi Lab and the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Dr. Alexander Huth has joined the Vision Science Graduate Group as an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Statistics.
Research, team-building, and celebration in Saratoga Springs.
Congratulations, Leah Johnston!
Honored for excellence in science communication.
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss.
$750,000 in funding will support research on primate retinal circuits through 2028.
Dr. Vivien Tse receives 2025 Stan Yamane Family Contact Lens Ezell Fellowship.
“TRPV1 Defends the Healthy Murine Cornea Against Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion Independently of Sensory Nerve Firing”
Jason Wong and Jacob Luo published a study on using adaptive optics and real-time eye tracking to measure activity in single retinal cells.
The Singh Lab explores eye growth in young children.
Meet this year’s student researchers!
In an article on optical illusions.
On May 23, we celebrated the Optometry & Vision Science Class of 2025 at their commencement ceremony.
Bay Area Vision Research Day is on September 12th, register by September 5th!
Emily served as the GSI for VS206B (Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye & Visual System), co-taught by Teresa Puthussery and Sarah Singh.
Prospective students visited our campus March 3 – 4.
The first event of its kind at our school!
New tool for comprehensive structure-function assessment of the macula across various eye disorders.
Sharon A. Bentley has been selected as the 9th dean of the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science.
Upcoming Lecture: Student Seminar: Pabita Dhungel (Wildsoet Lab), Emily Ward (Flanagan and Gronert Labs) Host: Xiaohua Gong
Recognizing her outstanding work in vision science.
Not exactly a dance party, but a CIVO-sponsored demo day!
A new paper published in PNAS by the Roorda Lab.
Election Day is November 5th, 2024.
Oxyopia is a seminar series featuring lectures on basic, clinical, and applied research in vision.
Recent Vision Science PhD graduate publishes paper in Journal of Vision.
A yoga session for vision science students.
PhD student Emily Ward leads new Molecular Neurodegeneration review on retinal models and therapies.
Congratulations to Beatrice Le, Laura Patak, and Sonali Singh!
Led by Vision Science Student Dorothy Ma.
The 37th annual Bay Area Vision Research Day Conference.
Introducing five new vision science PhD students.
This prestigious award supports graduate-level research focused on improving vision and coping with visual impairment. Congrats, Pabita!
An 8-week intensive summer program where undergraduate students work in a vision science lab.
A Q&A with T. Rowan Candy (PhD ’97), Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at Indiana University School of Optometry.
The VS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Project to receive continued funding for initiatives, including the Unlearn Book Club.
Berkeley scientists created a platform that directly controls up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the eye at once, providing insight into the nature of human sight.
A visual psychophysics paradigm that could serve as a biomarker to improve ADHD evaluation and classification.
From the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Support the Vision Science program this Big Give!
Highlighting research on how psilocybin shapes human perception.
John Flanagan is stepping down as dean after an exceptionally successful ten years leading the school.
For her research project: “Targeting Lipoxin B4 for Reversing Astrocyte-Mediated Neuroinflammation in Glaucoma.”
Apply by February 2, 2025 for the chance to participate in the Vision Science Undergraduate Research Program!
Welcome Dr. Emily Cooper, and thank you Dr. Rowland Taylor!
Regulation of Disease-Associated Microglia in the Optic Nerve by Lipoxin B4 and Ocular Hypertensionar Neurodegeneration.
Paving the way for continued advancements in evidence-based vision care.
Events led by Morgan and Alex from the Admissions and Student Affairs Office (ASAO).
