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OGI iPS Special Seminar
May 31, 20233D Human organoids are a major technological breakthrough that has shaped the landscape of disease modeling, gene, and cell therapies in recent years. The Ocular Genomics Institute of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear of Harvard Medical School is thrilled to organize a special seminar with this exceptional panel of experts on human tissue models for... Read More
EAP Proctor Lecture ARVO 2023
May 31, 2023Eric Pierce, MD, PhD received the Proctor Medal at the recent Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting in New Orleans. Dr. Pierce is the Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Harvard Medical School and Mass Eye and Ear. The Proctor Medal is one of the most prestigous... Read More
ICYMI: Genetics of glaucoma
May 31, 2023Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD, associate chief of Ophthalmology Clinical Research at Massachusetts Eye & Ear discusses genetics of glaucoma, providing an overview of what is known about genes and gene mutations that can cause or contribute to glaucoma.PauseUnmute Note: This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. David Hutton,... Read More
ARVO 2023
May 31, 2023The Ocular Genomics Institute was well represented at the 2023 ARVO meeting in New Orleans LA. More than 30 presentations, posters and lectures allowed us to share our research with the larger Ophthalmology Research Community
Lucia Sobrin Recognized by ASRS
March 7, 2023Lucia Sobrin (Mass Eye and Ear) received an HonorAward from the American Society of Retina Specialists(ASRS) for her many contributions to the Society'sscientific programs at its past annual meetings. Luciawas formally recognized at the ASRS 2022 AnnualMeeting in New York.
Zhigang He Receives Vision Restoration Initiative Award
March 7, 2023Zhigang He (Boston Children’s Hospital) received a2022 Vision Restoration Initiative Award from the GilbertFamily Foundation. These awards support thedevelopment of therapies to restore vision loss causedby neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic conditionthat causes tumors to grow along the nerves.Zhigang will receive $1,204,897 over the... Read More
Cherrell Price Receives Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship
March 7, 2023Cherrell Price, a third-year medical student atMorehouse School of Medicine and a 2021 alumna ofHarvard Ophthalmology's Research Scholars Program,is the recipient of the Research to Prevent Blindness(RPB) Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship. Thisfellowship allows gifted students to take a year off frommedical school and devote time to the... Read More
2023 ARVO Achievement Award recipients
February 28, 2023Proctor Medal: Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD, FARVO (BI) Eric Pierce is the Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Mass Eye and Ear. Pierce’s research program is focused on improving our understanding of the genetic causality of inherited retinal degenerations... Read More
Dr. Marcela Garita-Hernandez from Harvard Medical School awarded $70,000 Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Research
February 28, 2023Dr. Marcela Garita-Hernandez from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts was awarded a $70,000 grant entitled: Modeling NMNAT1-Associated Early Onset Retinal Degeneration Using hiPSC-Derived Retinal Organoids Blindness can be caused by mutations affecting the different cells of the retina. One of these... Read More
Precision Medicine at Work
June 18, 2021Precision Medicine at work for patients with Inherited Retinal Disorders https://youtu.be/FXdHVi9szb8 Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD of the Inherited Retinal Disorders (IRD) Service and the Ocular Genomics Institute, speaks about the important collaborations between... Read More