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Interdisciplinary Training in Vision Science

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      • Project Building (BIOL 5513)
      • Biology of the Visual System (BIOL 5501)
      • Advanced Methods in Vision Science (BIOL 5508)
      • Translation in Vision Science (BIOL 5623)
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    • Human Eye
    • Optic Nerve Degeneration and Regeneration
    • Photoreceptor Development, Degeneration and Regeneration
    • Anterior Segment Biology and Disease
    • Visual System Circuit Development and Function
    • Aging and Age-Related Diseases of the Retina
    • Metabolic Diseases of the Visual System
    • Light and Circadian Rhythms in Physiology and Disease
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Research

Vision science research spans 8 areas and is led by 32 faculty members from 14 departments.

Human eye

Optic nerve degeneration and regeneration

Photoreceptor development, degeneration and regeneration

Anterior segment biology and diseases

Visual system circuit development and function

Aging and age-related diseases of the retina

Metabolic diseases of the visual system

Light and circadian rhythms in physiology and disease

  • Research
    • Human Eye
    • Optic Nerve Degeneration and Regeneration
    • Photoreceptor Development, Degeneration and Regeneration
    • Anterior Segment Biology and Disease
    • Visual System Circuit Development and Function
    • Aging and Age-Related Diseases of the Retina
    • Metabolic Diseases of the Visual System
    • Light and Circadian Rhythms in Physiology and Disease
    • Image Credits

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