enTRAIN Vision is an Innovative Training Network (ITN) aiming to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit.
» European Network for integrated TRAINing on Innovation Therapies for VISion RestoratION
This year's silver medal is awarded to a researcher from the Institut de la Vision for the originality, quality and importance of her work, which has been recognised both nationally and internationally.
» Dr. Valentina Emiliani awarded the CNRS Silver Medal 2021
How do hawkmoths use visual patterns in different parts of their visual field? While researching this question, a team from the Würzburg Biocentre experienced a surprise.
» A Divided Visual Field
The frequent appearance of sleep disorders in retinal degeneration patients with a functioning circadian clock support the assumption that vigilance states are directly regulated by retinal input.
» Velux Stiftung grant: «Deciphering the non-circadian effects of light on sleep»
A computational model gives insights into how spontaneous neural activity shapes connectivity in the developing visual system
» How the brain teaches itself to see
New key publication: Emmetropic, But Not Myopic Human Eyes Distinguish Positive Defocus From Calculated Blur
» Why does myopia develop in the first place?
The British Medical Association’s Women in Academic Medicine Group has published a book of inspirational women to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021.
» Prof Jugnoo Rahi selected as one of 15 role models of women in academic medicine
A new study reveals regions in the human genome that predispose an individual to developing keratoconus.
» World's largest genome-wide association study for keratoconus uncovers risk factors
Judith's topic: Early detection of keratoconus: individualized care with new methods and technology
"My research aims to develop a tool for the early detection of keratoconus, an eye disease of the cornea that affects 1 in 2,000 people and usually appears between the ages of 16 and 25."
» Judith Birkenfeld was awarded the Spanish L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Award
The Vision Research community has made its decision to choose the best publications of the year 2020.
» The best Publications of the Year 2020
