📣Calling early career vision researchers: we're excited to announce the launch of two competitions! 1️⃣Early Career Research Grant Competition 2️⃣Clinician Scientist Emerging Leader Award ➡️Learn more + apply bit.ly/3Suuz28 #grantcompetition #visionresearch #visionscience

We had the pleasure of hosting UBC President Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon(Benoit-Antoine Bacon) for a lab tour yesterday! His genuine enthusiasm for our #bioproducts research, crucial for a #sustainable future, was truly inspiring. Immense thanks to our outstanding researchers for their

My first panelist talk. Thank you Alzheimer Society Canada & Brain Canada youtu.be/CM1mADSa7IE

Corin Parsons and I have a chapter coming out! Promoting Justice for Disabled Graduate Students UBC OSOT UBC Graduate School #DisInHigherEd PhDisabled #AcademicAbleism Chronically Academic The CJDS

On Feb 7 from 12-1pm PT, learn how eye movements can be a window into #cognition and an indicator of #sensorimotor integration from Dr. Miriam Spering (@speringlab) and Philipp Kreyenmeier (Philipp Kreyenmeier). Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health UBC Medicine #Psychology Register: tinyurl.com/24j9keb5

New Study: When given advice by virtual physicians, B.C. callers of HEiDi emergency medical care's subsequent health service use diverge. Congrats to 1st author Dr. Duncan & Vision Cluster faculty Dr. Kendall Ho (UBC digem) for their contributions. More: tinyurl.com/mphvp3km

In Winter 2023, UBC's Research Excellence Cluster in Vision was awarded with 2 Partnership Recognition Exploration Funds, which will help to strengthen our ties with the communities. Photo by Anita Bonnarens Photography More: tinyurl.com/2f7znb89

February is AMD Awareness Month! Did you know age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in people over the age of 55, affecting approximately 2.5 million Canadians. ➡️ Learn about risk factors and causes: bit.ly/35Ao1sV #AMD #visionloss

The VHRN Summer School is back this year, July 8-11 !!! Click on the web site for more info. Submission deadline: March 15 visionnetwork.ca/ecole-dete/eco… Aaron Johnson McGill University

From understanding how vision affects hummingbird flight to eye movement patterns in Parkinson's disease, check out the diverse research discoveries recently published in peer-reviewed academic journals by Vision Cluster members. #VisionResearch More: tinyurl.com/zpwn27tm

A/Prof A/Prof Lauren Ayton's lifelong passion for vision research led to her co-leading our Retinal Gene Therapy Unit. They aim to better understand inherited retinal diseases to involve more people in clinical trials for potentially sight-saving gene therapies. #WomenInScience Feb 11

Register now for #WOC2024! Join us in Vancouver, Canada from August 16-19, 2024. Explore cutting-edge #EyeCare developments and shape the #FutureOfSight with global #ophthalmology leaders. Register early and save: icowoc.org/registration/ #Ophthalmologists #EyeSight

Join View Point Vancouver online or in person for a keynote presentation on gene therapy with Dr. Paul Yang, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine and Chief, Paul H. Casey Ophthalmic Genetics Division, Casey Eye Institute fightingblindness.ca/viewpoint/

Congratulations to Vision Cluster member Dr. Ipek Oruç (Ipek Oruc)! Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health UBC Medicine #AI #VisionResearch

Join us at the MEDG Clinical-Academic Research Rounds on May 3 at 12pm PT. Learn about "Emerging therapies for inherited retinal dystrophies" from Dr. Kevin Gregory-Evans. For Zoom Link and More Info: tinyurl.com/4vvzn5cr

Researchers at Dr. Joanne Matsubara (Joanne Matsubara, PhD)'s lab are investigating treatments to halt the progression of wet age-related macular degeneration. Read stories from the team: Yoo, Chakravarthy, Printha, Uppal. Featured news from VCH Research Institute: tinyurl.com/8jhrutbr

Join our Vision Research Seminar on Wed June 5 at 12pm PT to learn about the latest research on wet age-related macular degeneration and using the eye as a window to study #Alzheimers disease. Joanne Matsubara, PhD Printha #wetAMD #VisionResearch Register: tinyurl.com/4vwzjphz

Dr. Joanne Matsubara, PhD is a team member of the Sensory/Motor Systems and Movement Disorders Integrated Research Program at Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, aimed to better understand the brain's sensorimotor functions and develop therapies for people with disorders. youtu.be/WBo9BPlEJbE?si…

Congratulations to Vision Cluster trainee, Khola Bilal, for winning the Excellence Award obtained during the Vision Sciences Research Network 2024 Summer School! #VisionResearch

Reserve your free spot at Women Leaders in Eye Health Coffee Hour Session on Aug 17 at 7 am PT at the Fairmount Pacific Rim. #WomenInSTEM The World Ophthalmology Congress 2024® More: tinyurl.com/3v4csebc