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March 8, 2023Celebrating International Women's Day
On March 8th, the Research Excellence Cluster in Vision celebrates International Women's Day 2023. This year's campaign theme is #EmbraceEquity. Women scientists in the Research Excellence Cluster in Vision range from faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students,…
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February 28, 2023New Paper from Dr. Matsubara's Research Group Finds Granzyme B's Contribution to Wet AMD
New paper from Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group, led by first author Dr. Gideon Obasanmi, revealed that the protease Granzyme B cleaves Thrombospondin-1, which is a protein that inhibits unwanted growth of blood vessel in the eye in the condition of wet age-related macular…
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January 3, 2023New Chair Appointed for UBC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Dr. Neeru Gupta has been appointed as Head, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, effective from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. Dr. Gupta joins UBC from the University of Toronto, where she is currently a professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences and…
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October 14, 2022New Paper from Dr. Simpson's Lab Explains the Importance of Retinoschisin Expressed by Retinal Bipolar Cells in Retinoschisis
New paper by Dr. Elizabeth Simpson's research group reveals that retinoschisin (RS1) gene expression primarily in bipolar cells of the x-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) mouse retina can reduce retinoschisis structural pathology. This result provides further evidence of RS1 role in cell…
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October 7, 2022New Publication from Dr. Matsubara's Lab Reveals that Müller Cells Degenerate in the Alzheimer's Diseased Retina
New paper by first author Dr. Alis Xu in Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group reveals that Müller cells--pivotal cells in the retina that support neurons--degenerate in the Alzheimer's diseased retina. This paper also shows that microglial cells, although more numerous,…
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September 29, 2022New Paper from Dr. Miriam Spering Sheds Light on "Tracking and Perceiving Diverse Motion Signals"
Congratulations to Vision Research Cluster's faculty member, Dr. Miriam Spering, for her new paper, "Tracking and perceiving diverse motion signals: Directional biases in human smooth pursuit and perception", published in PLoS ONE. Learn More