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 […]
Vision Research Seminar Series 4:10 PM, Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 1220 Medical Research Building III Dennis Levi, Ph.D. Professor of Optometry & Vision Science University of California, Berkeley Title: Recovering Stereovision Abstract: Stereopsis is the impression of three-dimensionality—of objects “popping out in depth”—that most humans get when they view real-world objects with both eyes, based […]
A Little Spark for Sharper Sight Test Stimulating the visual cortex of the brain for 20 minutes with a mild electrical current can improve vision for about two hours, and those with worse vision see the most improvement, according to a Vanderbilt University study published this week in Current Biology. “It’s actually a very simple […]
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced that Centennial Professor of Psychology Gordon D. Logan has been elected as one of its new members, along with 212 other individuals including some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers and artists, as well as civic, business and philanthropic leaders. Logan has made profound […]
