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Why might reading make myopic?
Read moreAbout half of the students finishing high school in Germany are myopic. In myopia, the eye grows too long, and the focus of the image is in front of…
Milestone - 30,000 DNA samples from families with rare hereditary eye diseases
Read moreThe Molecular Genetics Laboratory at the Department for Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Tübingen was founded 1992 and since then has…
The international symposium "New Horizons in Vision and Hearing Research 2018" - A great success!
Read moreThe international symposium "New Horizons in Vision and Hearing Research" provided an intensive, interdisciplinary and internationally oriented…
New Horizons in Vision and Hearing Research
Read moreThe international symposium “New Horizons in Vision and Hearing Research” is organized by the Centre for Neurosensory Systems at the University…
Prof. Frank Schaeffel to receive Honorary Degree from SUNY
Read moreThe State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry will recognize a distinguished scholar who have made lasting contributions to eye and…
We will all be blind tomorrow?
Read moreMore of us are becoming short-sighted with myopia affecting nearly 50% of young Europeans. But what is the cause of this epidemic? And what can be…
transMed - New project on translational ophthalmic research
Read moretransMed is a Innovative Training Network funded by the EU under GA 765441
Teaching computers to see ... sharp!
Read moreA deep neural network for single image autofocus and artificial accommodation - an project supported by the Volkswagen Stiftung under the initiative…
Not Blinded by the Light: Rods in the Retina Contribute to Daylight Vision
Read moreFindings of international research team may be beneficial for new treatments for patients suffering from loss of vision in bright light