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“High Resolution Transcriptomics: Dissecting the Molecular Program Underlying Retinal Development”- Rahul Kanadia…

DECEMBER 5th!!! Here we come Denver!…

Presented by the Center for Vision Research and Institute on Aging “Mitochondrial Function and Metabolism in Aging and Vision” McKnight Brain Institute DeWeese Auditorium (LG-101A) December 8, 2014, 8:00-5:00  …

On October 23rd, Miranda White passed her qualifying exam and officially became a ‘doctoral candidate’. Congratulations!…

Boye lab research was featured in a recent FFB video.

We were so happy to host Janice, Hugh, and Robert in our lab this month. They came all the way from Australia to learn more about our work on GUCY2D-LCA1. Despite their intense jet lag, mom and dad soaked up our description of phototransduction and Robert got to enjoy the ‘spinny…

The team is happy to welcome its two newest members. In August, postdoctoral associate Shreyasi Choudhury, Ph.D. and laboratory assistant Tyler McCullough, M.S. joined the group. They bring with them valuable experience in vision research and have already proven to be integral parts of our operation. Welcome Shreyasi and Tyler!…

Congratulations Dr. Miranda Scalabrino for successfully completing your dissertation research on developing gene therapies for ON bipolar- mediated disease. You were a joy to have in the lab and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. May this be the first of many fun graduation ceremonies!…

Much work is being done with Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for application in retinal gene therapy, with modifications being made to the capsid and genome of the vector to generate novel variants with unique transduction profiles, according to Shannon Boye, PhD…

Dr. Boye and her research team received a $900,000 grant for a gene therapy project targeting Leber congenital amaurosis.