James Reynolds, MD, professor and chair of ophthalmology, dispels a group’s claim to have induced night vision using a substance found in the eyeballs of many deep sea fish.
“Everyone sees the world differently,” says James J. Reidy, MD, professor of ophthalmology, explaining why people saw varying colors in an online photo of a dress.
UB ophthalmology resident Jiaxi Ding, MD, led research demonstrating the benefits of a new Smartphone-based app that allows doctors to see the back of a patient’s eye without necessarily using dilating drops.
James J. Reidy, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology,says green laser pointers — like the ones football fans used to try to distract players on the field — can cause permanent eye damage.
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology, was elected to a five-year term on the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s board of trustees.
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology, has received the highest honor bestowed by the Association for Research in Vision Ophthalmology.
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology, has been named a 2014 Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision Ophthalmology — an honor reserved for the top 1 percent of its nearly 13,000 members.
The first proteomic analysis of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, conducted by Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology, and colleagues, could pave the way for studying many common disease processes.
Along with their colleagues, UB scientists, including Xiuqian Mu, PhD, of the Department of Ophthalmology, are developing a clearer picture of how visual systems develop in mammals. The findings offer important clues to the origin of retinal disorders later in life.
Xiuqian Mu, PhD, assistant professor of opthalmology, and collaborators are studying the role of onecut transcription factors in retinal development and vision.