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Apr 15, 2025 | The Scientist
A Vision of the Future: Restoring Eyesight via Transplantation
Magdalene Seiler, an ophthalmology researcher and neurobiologist at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), has spent over 30 years developing transplantation strategies to restore vision in patients affected by retinal degenerative diseases.
Apr 14, 2025 | Center for Translational Vision Research
Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk awarded BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research grant
Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk awarded a BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research grant.
Apr 09, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
Researchers “push the ENVLPE” with new virus-like particle to fix mutations causing blindness
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with a team from the Helmholtz Munich research institute in Germany, have developed a new virus-like particle (VLP) to enhance how specialists edit proteins causing inherited diseases.
Apr 08, 2025 | Center for Translational Vision Research
CTVR Researchers Receive Prestigious Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grants
Dr. Balasankara Kaipa, Dr. Rafal Holubowicz, Dr. Aleksander Tworak, and Dr. Dominik Lewandowski receive Knights Templar Eye Foundation research grants.
Jan 28, 2025 | GEG Tech
Retinal gene therapy: Visual cycle restored in blind mice
University of California, Irvine and GEG Tech announce results paving the way for high-precision gene therapy.
Jan 22, 2025 | Center for Translational Vision Research
Shaffer Grant Awarded to Dr. Kaipa
Congratulations to Dr. Balasankara Reddy Kaipa, at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine for receiving a Shaffer Grant Award from the Glaucoma Research Foundation.
Jan 14, 2025 | Center for Translational Vision Research
CTVR Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Award
Congratulations to Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine has been granted a Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) / International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) Catalyst Award for Innovative Research Approaches for AMD.
Dec 16, 2024 | Center for Translational Vision Research
Dr. Emma Lessieur - Tom Angell Fellowship Postdoctoral Scholar Award Winner
Dr. Emma Lessieur received an award for showing excellent mentorship of UC Irvine graduate students and fellow postdoctoral scholars. Congratulations!
Dec 03, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine-co-led study finds DNA damage is key factor in age-related macular degeneration
Dr. Skowronska-Krawczyk and her team's research shows that targeting specific retinal cell types could lead to treatments that slow or stop progression.
May 08, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Congratulations to our 2024 Awardees
David Salom, PhD is announced to be the winner of the 2024 UCI School of Medicine Outstanding Career Scientist Research Award! Emily Tom, MD, PhD student received the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award Honorable Mention! Congratulations, CTVR members, we are very proud!