Funding research on a prostaglandin pathway in retinal health and neurodegeneration.
Welcoming five undergraduate students who will work in a vision science lab with a faculty advisor on a research project.
New paper published in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research.
Breakthroughs in Optogenetic Vision Therapy.
A study published in OVS and led by Sunwoo Kwon, PhD, while a postdoc in the Levi lab.
Vision Science volunteers engage students through hands-on learning.
A social event organized by the Vision Science Social Committee and Vision Science Student Government.
A free one-day research conference on September 4, 2026 featuring exciting findings in the fields of ophthalmology, optometry, biology, neuroscience, visual psychophysics, and computer vision.
New study on amblyopia published in the special issue on Advances in Amblyopia Research in Vision Research.
On Wednesday, April 8, from 4–5 p.m. at the East Pauley Ballroom in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union.
Professor Gerald Westheimer is Berkeley’s charismatic centenarian vision scientist. “A one-of-a-kind, a giant in the field of optics and vision.”
Students and alumni connected for an evening of career insights and mentorship.
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.
Watch Professor Michael Silver describe your brain on psychedelics in 101 seconds.
An article from the latest See Magazine, by VS Student Paripoorna Sharma.
The 2026 Vision Science Symposium honored this year’s graduating students and their research.
The six PhDs and the 61 ODs that the class of 2026 have earned represent an extraordinary effort of industry, drive, and sacrifice!
The five-year appointment will support Teresa Puthussery’s groundbreaking retinal research.
Could lipoxins hold the key to halting the progression of glaucoma?
Lipidomic analysis reveals drug-induced lipoxin synthesis in glaucoma treatment.
The results of a new paper challenge prevailing views of oculomotor control and can inform therapeutic interventions for slowing the development and progression of myopia.
For a novel laser-based method that activates specific photoreceptor cells in the eye, allowing test subjects to temporarily perceive a previously unseen color: “Olo”
Support Bay Area Vision Research Day (BAVRD) during Big Give!
Investigating the regulation and role of Müller Glia in ocular hypertension induced retinal ganglion cell degeneration.
Published in Vision Research and Behavior Research Methods.
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.
