Vanderbilt University School of Medicine moves to eighth in NIH research funding and Vanderbilt Eye Institute ranks 9th. by John Howser | Thursday, Apr. 13, 2017, 11:37 AM Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) now ranks No. 8 in the nation among U.S. medical schools in total grant support provided through the National Institutes of […]
Fish eyes may hold key to regenerating human retinas by David Salisbury If you were a fish and your retina was damaged, it could repair itself and your vision would be restored in a few weeks. Vanderbilt biologists James Patton, left, Mahesh Rao and Dominic Didiano in the zebrafish facility. (The Patton Lab/Vanderbilt) Sadly, human […]
In MemoryVivien Alice Casagrande 1942 – 2017
Vanderbilt Eye Institute and Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science Present “Oxidative Stress and its Functional Consequences Measured In Vivo by MRI” Bruce Berkowitz, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Small Animal MRI Facility Wayne State University School of Medicine 12:00 PM, Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Elliott Conference Room at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute In 1992, […]
Grant strengthens Brantley’s vision research efforts Milam Brantley Jr., M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, recently received a $500,000 grant from the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Macular Degeneration Research to further his work on age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Milam Brantley […]
Symposium honors Casagrande’s career Colleagues of Vivien Casagrande, Ph.D., celebrated her distinguished career in the visual sciences with a “Lifetime of Vision” symposium Nov. 18 in Biological Sciences/Medical Research Building III. Casagrande, who joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in 1975, is professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Psychology and a […]
Friday November 18th 1220 MRB III Friday November 18th 1:30 pm Arrivals – coffee and conversations in the lobby 2:00 pm Welcome: Ian Macara, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Louise McGavock Chair, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. 2:05 pm “Molecular Mechanisms of Visual Cortical Plasticity” Xiangmin Xu, […]
The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research honors two from Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) Two Vanderbilt Eye Institute physicians have been selected as Emerging Vision Scientists by the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR). Anthony Daniels, M.D., assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Cancer Biology and Radiation Oncology, and Dolly Ann Padovani-Claudio, M.D., […]
Six Teams Seek to Identify Biological Factors That Influence Neural Regeneration The National Institutes of Health will fund six projects to identify biological factors that affect neural regeneration in the retina. The projects are part of the National Eye Institute (NEI) Audacious Goals Initiative (AGI), a targeted effort to restore vision by regenerating neurons and […]
Sohee Park and Geoff Woodman Receive Chancellors Research Award Park and Woodman were honored for their two papers “Synchronizing theta oscillations with direct-current stimulation strengthens adaptive control in the human brain” and “Medial–Frontal Stimulation Enhances Learning in Schizophrenia by Restoring Prediction Error Signaling.” Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in Journal […]
