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5 Mar 2021

Journal Club: Measuring Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity by Optomotor Reflex in Rodents

In vision research, observing the optomotor reflex (OMR) is an important and widely established method for assessing visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in rodents. In this event, we will hear about several applications of OMR measurements, ranging from quantification of retinal degeneration to characterization of night vision.

Journal Club: Restoring vision – Optogenetic gene therapy targeted at human ON-bipolar cells

Optogenetic gene therapy holds great promise for healing blindness. Hulliger et al have developed a new promoter that effectively targets human ON bipolar cells. This is an important step towards clinical applications of optogenetic gene therapy for restoring vision.

Expert to Expert Interview with Prof. Botond Roska (IOB)

Watch Striatech’s Expert to Expert Interview with Prof. Botond Roska from the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB).