Research pioneered by

Steven Bassnett, PhD

Steven Bassnett, PhD

Grace Nelson Lacy Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Refractive development, exfoliation glaucoma, establishment and loss of lens transparency, structural and functional characterization of fibrillin polymers in the eye

Bassnett Lab

Shiming Chen, PhD

Shiming Chen, PhD

Dr. Bernard and Janet R. Becker Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology

Molecular mechanisms regulating photoreceptor gene expression in healthy and diseased retinas

Chen Lab

Brian Clark, PhD

Brian Clark, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Analysis of the temporally regulated program of retinal cell type specification

Clark Lab

Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD

Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Immunology

(1) Transcriptional networks in the retina; (2) the mechanistic basis of color vision; (3) the cis-regulatory basis of human uniqueness and neuropsychiatric disease

Corbo Lab

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD

Janet & Bernard Becker Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration
Kerschensteiner Lab

Josh Morgan, PhD

Josh Morgan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Using advanced cellular imaging techniques to investigate how neurons organize themselves into image processing circuits

Morgan Lab

Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD

Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Pathogenic mechanisms in diabetic retinopathy and neuronal damage in diabetes mellitus