We hosted the 36th annual Bay Area Vision Research Day (BAVRD)!
Next Upcoming Lecture: September 23rd – Brian Leonard, Associate Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
In the photo: Vision Science PhD students, entering Fall 2024.
Apply for the Data Analyst-Bioinformatics Specialist position.
Learn more about third-year VS student, Sonali Singh!
Sharon A. Bentley has been selected as the 9th dean of the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science.
Stereoscopic video games may have therapeutic applications for the recovery of stereo vision in the disordered visual system.
Congratulations, Shruthi Karnam!
Congratulations to the brilliant minds of the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science graduating class of 2024!
Dr. Gerald Westheimer turns 100 years old on May 13th, 2024. In April, we held a special event to celebrate this major milestone with him. Click here to see a video of Dr. Westheimer’s birthday event!
Meet third-year VS student Pabita Dhungel and learn about her life as a Vision Science PhD student at Berkeley!
Vision Science PhD students teach science lessons to Bay Area kids.
On May 24, featuring Giessen University’s Dr. Karl R. Gegenfurtner.
Welcoming prospective Vision Science PhD students!
Congratulations Emily Ward, MSc and Shruthi Karnam, PhD from the Flanagan Lab (in conjunction with the Gronert Lab).
Representing Berkeley on Capitol Hill.
Inside the Lab of Dr. Jorge Otero-Millan.
On emerging treatments for amblyopia.
A 100-year-old theory has led to a path of discovery that continues to engage and challenge the school’s research community.
Apply to the Vision Science Undergraduate Research (ViSUR) program by February 1st, 2024!
The discovery will enable researchers to better understand eye movement disorders that cause significant visual impairment.
Congratulations to everyone for your hard work!
Congrats to our research presentation competition winners!
Story written by Vision Science Student Sonali Singh, BS.
We are happy to announce that the application for our Vision Science PhD program is officially open as of September 13th, 2023!
We are delighted to welcome five new PhD students to the Vision Science program at Berkeley! Click to read more about them.
Inspiring high school and undergraduate students.
An intensive 8-week summer research program for undergraduates.
BAVRD 2024 will take place at International House on September 13th, 2024!
On new technology developed to combat deepfakes.
Congratulations, Pabita and Vivien!
For the discovery of a highly localized and specialized system for representation of faces in human and non-human primate neocortex.
By amplifying the lipoxin pathway, it may be possible to disrupt or prevent astrocyte reactivity, providing a new therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative conditions.
Graduating Vision Science PhD students met with classmates and faculty to celebrate and to present their research.
Held at Stanford, the Bay Area Young Investigators Research Conference featured 16 UC Berkeley presenters, including undergraduates, PhD students, postdocs, and visiting scholars.
How small changes to one eye’s retinal image can transform the perceived shape of a very familiar object.
Maggie completed her Honors Thesis on Morphological Characterization of Microglia During Ocular Hypertension Insult, with a BS in Molecular & Cell Biology as well as Computer Science.
Join us as we come together with the Cal community for this online fundraising tradition.
Lawrence will receive a cash prize of $500 and will be nominated for a campus-wide Outstanding GSI Award. Congrats Lawrence!
A look into how the eye and visual pathway have been illustrated throughout history.
Oxyopia is a seminar series featuring lectures on basic, clinical, and applied research in vision.
Read what past participants had to say about the ViSUR program.
A campaign initiated by the transformational $50 million gift from the Wertheim Family Foundation.
An evening of nostalgia, commemoration, and reflection on the legacy of Berkeley Optometry & Vision Science!
For the development of instruments that use adaptive optics to capture high-resolution images of the living human retina.
To participate in this study, please contact Izdihar Salman.
Congrats, Dr. Wildsoet!
Announcing the awardees for our inaugural 40 Under 40 Award – congratulations, everyone! Click here to see the list of awardees.
Thanks for coming to BAVRD! Click to see the photos.
Oxyopia is a seminar series featuring lectures on basic, clinical, and applied research in vision. Click for Fall dates.