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Rescuing The Common Deep Intronic USH2A Variant c.7595- 2144A>G by innovative EDCas9 Genome Editing

Usher syndrome is characterized by hereditary hearing loss and subsequent blindness. Different forms of Usher syndrome are caused by different...

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Katrin Franke selected as EMBO Young Investigator

Tübingen vision scientist joins Europe's top young researcher network

Katrin Franke, research group leader at the Werner Reichardt Centre for...

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Research Award "For Women in Science" for Dr. Anna Vlasits

We congratulate Dr. Anna Vlasits to the award "For Women in Science" by Nobel price winner Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard in cooperation with UNESCO and...

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Controlled release of a VCP inhibitor from self-assembled nanoparticles leads to retinal neuroprotection

Prof. Marius Ueffing's research group investigates mechanisms promoting development and progression of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a group of...

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Complement Factor H Loss in RPE Cells Causes Retinal Degeneration in a Human RPE-Porcine Retinal Explant Co-Culture Model

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects the macula, the part of the retina that controls sharp, straight-ahead vision, making it harder to...

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Tübingen as a Hotspot in Eye and Vision Research

In the latest issue of the “Laborjournal” from September 2021, the recent publication analysis of the years 2010-2019 in eye and vision research in...

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Breakthrough in research on age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries affecting seven million in total in Germany, from...

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Natural environment statistics in the upper and lower visual field are reflected in mouse retinal specializations

The senses of an animal are shaped by the ecological niche it inhabits. This poses challenges but also opportunities for neuroscientific studies of an...

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Highlight Seminar Series with Dr. Silvia Spadacenta

The Centre for Neurosensory Systems at the University Hospital Tuebingen invited Dr. Silvia Spadacenta from the Cognitive Neurology Research Group,...

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Interview with Prof. Marius Ueffing

On the occasion of Europe Day, the Medical Student Association Tübingen spoke with Prof. Ueffing from the Department of Ophthalmology about the role...

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