Research Areas @ JSEI
Interdiciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research
Advancing vision research, eduation and training with diverse perspectives
Therapeutics and Regeneration
Curing blindness and vision loss requires halting the disease and regenerating or repairing the damaged tissues. These labs pursue innovative approaches from gene therapies to pharmaceutical treatments for vision loss.
- Gene therapies
- Transplantation
- Stem Cells
Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology
A long-standing area of excellence at JSEI is understanding the fundamental retinal biology that makes vision possible. These labs reveal the highly specialized molecular and cellular interactions that occur in the retina.
- Photoreceptor biology
- The retinal pigment epithelium
- Molecular signaling and receptors
Visual Neuroscience
Much of the human brain is devoted to vision and the retina is part of the brain. These labs aim to understand how the operation of the neurons that comprise the visual system produce our ability to see.
- Circuit mapping in the retina and brain
- Visual information processing
- Synaptic transmission
Ocular Imaging
Imaging is central to the diagnosis of many eye diseases as well as understanding biological processes. These labs use diverse imaging techniques to understand eye disease and eye biology with ever greater resolution and precision.
- Fundus imaging
- Optical coherence tomography
- Advanced microscopy
Eye Surface and Lens
Without a clear and healthy window from the front of the eye to the retina at the back, vision is not possible. These labs aim to understand the maintanence, deterioration and repair of the eye surface and lens.
- Tear films
- Cornea
- Ocular transparency
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics are rapidly changing the world around us, including science and medine. These laboratories utilizes these technologies to better understand biological systems and improve the surgical and other clinical practices.
- Neural network models
- Machine learning
- Surgical Innovation
Bioinformatics and Population Health
Twenty-first century science may ultimately be known as the age of big data. Using large genetic, clinical, and health datasets, these labs seek to understand how to better target diagnostics and treatments to individuals and communities
- Disease Genetics
- Epidemiology
- Improving Outcomes
Rehabilitation and Eye Motility
How we look at the world shapes what we see. From magnifiers to augmented reality to eye movements, these labs aim to understand how the processes controlling what image lands on the retina from moment to moment impacts our long-term ability to see.
- Ocular muscles and biomechanics
- Amblyopia
- Low vision