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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
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September 23, 2022Congrats to Dr. Leonard Foster's New Publication, "Fertility Costs of Cryptic Viral Infections in a Model Social Insect"
Congratulations to Vision Research Cluster's faculty member and technical expert, Dr. Leonard Foster for his new paper, "Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect" in Scientific Reports. The mass spectrometry technology in this paper for proteomic analyses…
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September 20, 2022
Dr. Matsubara's New Review Paper Sheds Light on the Potential Role of Extracellular Granzyme B in Wet AMD and FECD
Dr. Joanne Matsubara and Dr. Sonia Yeung's new review paper sheds light on the "Potential role of extracellular granzyme B in wet age-related macular degeneration and fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy". Read More