Summer 2015- The Big Move
In case you’re looking for the Boye lab, we are currently housed in M-119 of the Medical Sciences Building. We brought our capsids with us!…
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Shannon and Sanford Boye receive 2014 Technology Innovator Awards
Dr. Shannon Boye and Sanford Boye were honored this year at the University of Florida’s Celebration of Innovation for successfully transferring their world-class research to a commercial partner. The University of Florida ranks among the nation’s leaders at transferring technology to partners who turn these discoveries into commercial products that make…
VISIONS 2015 — Dr. Shannon Boye Receives FFB Award for Excellence in Gene-Therapy Research
Dr. Boye received the Foundation’s Board of Director’s Award, which was presented at VISIONS 2015, FFB’s annual conference, for achievements in retinal research.
ARVO 2015 Highlights
The Boye lab had many firsts at this year’s ARVO conference in Denver. Miranda White gave her first platform presentation. Sadly it was concurrent with mine and I missed it, but several little birdies tell me she did a great job! Dr. Shreyasi…
Congratulations to Dr. Shreyasi Choudhury
Shreyasi was recently recognized with an “Outstanding Graduate Student in Visual Sciences” award from North Texas Eye Research Institute. Even though she’s already been in the lab for 9 months, we are very proud that Shreyasi was recognized in this way by her former University. Congrats Dr. Choudhury!!…
Gene therapy: Hope for the blind?
In medicine, doctors often talk about treatments, but rarely about cures. Now, gene therapy is offering the potential to actually cure certain diseases and an experimental breakthrough could one day help blind patients see.
Congratulations to Miranda White for receiving a travel award to the 2015 ASGCT meeting
Miranda White received a competitive oral presentation slot and a travel award to attend this year’s American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) meeting. Nice job! Her talk, “Optimization of rAAV Targets ON Bipolar Cells and Rescues the Nyxnob Mouse MOdel of X-linked Congenital Stationary Night Blindness” will be…
Boye lab research being presented at ARVO 2015
Please stop by the following talks or posters being presented by members of the Boye lab: “AAV-mediated rescue of a mouse model of X-linked Congenital Stationary Night Blindness” Miranda White Talk, 4:00-4:15, 1EF Mile High Ballroom “Gene Therapy restores useful vision to a model of the LCA1 patient…
Creed’s Cause 5K- May 2nd, 2015
Please come out to support LCA research by registering for Creed’s Cause 5K at the following link: https://4thannualcreedscause5k.itsyourrace.com/register/default.aspx…