UR Center for Visual Science
@cvsuor.bsky.social
The Center for Visual Science (CVS) is an interdepartmental program that brings together vision scientists at the University of Rochester.
NEW research from Alex Levin: Noonan syndrome, often caused by pathogenic variants in the PTPN11 gene, may be associated with anomalous large optic nerve cups that may be mistaken for glaucoma. doi.org/10.4103/ojo.... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW research from Alex Levin: Noonan syndrome, often caused by pathogenic variants in the PTPN11 gene, may be associated with anomalous large optic nerve cups that may be mistaken for glaucoma. doi.org/10.4103/ojo.... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
#cvstoday November 13, 10:00-11:15 am
CVS Core Open House
You are invited to meet the CVS engineering team, tour the workshop, and see some examples of what the CVS core engineers could create for you! RSVP required, see: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
CVS Core Open House
You are invited to meet the CVS engineering team, tour the workshop, and see some examples of what the CVS core engineers could create for you! RSVP required, see: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#cvstoday November 13, 10:00-11:15 am
CVS Core Open House
You are invited to meet the CVS engineering team, tour the workshop, and see some examples of what the CVS core engineers could create for you! RSVP required, see: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
CVS Core Open House
You are invited to meet the CVS engineering team, tour the workshop, and see some examples of what the CVS core engineers could create for you! RSVP required, see: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
#cvstoday November 12 at 12pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
BCS Thesis Defense: Shizhao Liu, Graduate Student (Advisors: Adam Snyder and Ralf Haefner)
Task-relevant feedback modulation on sensory neural response in macaque V4
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BCS Thesis Defense: Shizhao Liu, Graduate Student (Advisors: Adam Snyder and Ralf Haefner)
Task-relevant feedback modulation on sensory neural response in macaque V4
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Upcoming Events | Center for Visual Science
November 12, 2025
12:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
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November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#cvstoday November 12 at 12pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
BCS Thesis Defense: Shizhao Liu, Graduate Student (Advisors: Adam Snyder and Ralf Haefner)
Task-relevant feedback modulation on sensory neural response in macaque V4
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social
BCS Thesis Defense: Shizhao Liu, Graduate Student (Advisors: Adam Snyder and Ralf Haefner)
Task-relevant feedback modulation on sensory neural response in macaque V4
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Using EEG #URochesterResearch discovered male mice with Batten disease showed early auditory problems that improved with age, while female mice had persistent difficulties #IDDRC #RareDisease #neuroscience
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s116...
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Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s116...
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Sex and Age Shape Progression of Batten Disease, Brainwave Study Finds
Researchers from the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester have found that male and female brains show different responses as Batten disease progresses and have found a m...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Using EEG #URochesterResearch discovered male mice with Batten disease showed early auditory problems that improved with age, while female mice had persistent difficulties #IDDRC #RareDisease #neuroscience
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s116...
@johnfoxe.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s116...
@johnfoxe.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
#cvstoday Nov 10 at 12pm, 1400 Wegmans Hall/Zoom (See Slack for link)
CS Seminar Series: Praneeth Chakravarthula, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rethinking visual computing systems in the age of AI: From computational optics to intelligent displays
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CS Seminar Series: Praneeth Chakravarthula, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rethinking visual computing systems in the age of AI: From computational optics to intelligent displays
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Upcoming Events | Center for Visual Science
November 10, 2025
12:00 pm, 1400 Wegmans Hall/Zoom (See Slack Events for link)
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November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#cvstoday Nov 10 at 12pm, 1400 Wegmans Hall/Zoom (See Slack for link)
CS Seminar Series: Praneeth Chakravarthula, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rethinking visual computing systems in the age of AI: From computational optics to intelligent displays
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CS Seminar Series: Praneeth Chakravarthula, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rethinking visual computing systems in the age of AI: From computational optics to intelligent displays
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
OUT NOW from Ben Suarez-Jimenez in NeuroImage: Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA): A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #URochesterResearch @zvrlab.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #URochesterResearch @zvrlab.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Image-based meta- and mega-analysis (IBMMA): A unified framework for large-scale, multi-site, neuroimaging data analysis
The increasing scale and complexity of neuroimaging datasets aggregated from multiple study sites present substantial analytic challenges, as existing…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
OUT NOW from Ben Suarez-Jimenez in NeuroImage: Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA): A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #URochesterResearch @zvrlab.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #URochesterResearch @zvrlab.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Position open at RIT for a tenure-track assistant professor in Neuroscience with expertise in visual neuroscience, computational neuroscience, or neurobiology. More: tinyurl.com/RITNeuroFacu...
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Neuroscience - Rochester Institute of Technology - Job Details
Job Details: The Integrated Sciences Academy in the College of Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology invites app
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November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Position open at RIT for a tenure-track assistant professor in Neuroscience with expertise in visual neuroscience, computational neuroscience, or neurobiology. More: tinyurl.com/RITNeuroFacu...
NEW from Alex Levin: This study of children under 8 years old found COVID-19 did not cause retinal bleeding within 28 days after infection. Retinal hemorrhage appears to be very unlikely secondary to COVID-19.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
NEW from Alex Levin: This study of children under 8 years old found COVID-19 did not cause retinal bleeding within 28 days after infection. Retinal hemorrhage appears to be very unlikely secondary to COVID-19.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
#cvstoday October 31, 2025
9:00 am, CVS Large Conference Room, MC G-4104
CVS Research Talk: Pablo Artal, Laboratorio de Óptica de la Universidad de Murcia
Two-Photon Infrared Vision
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9:00 am, CVS Large Conference Room, MC G-4104
CVS Research Talk: Pablo Artal, Laboratorio de Óptica de la Universidad de Murcia
Two-Photon Infrared Vision
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October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#cvstoday October 31, 2025
9:00 am, CVS Large Conference Room, MC G-4104
CVS Research Talk: Pablo Artal, Laboratorio de Óptica de la Universidad de Murcia
Two-Photon Infrared Vision
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9:00 am, CVS Large Conference Room, MC G-4104
CVS Research Talk: Pablo Artal, Laboratorio de Óptica de la Universidad de Murcia
Two-Photon Infrared Vision
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
NEW from Alex Levin: The study showed 2 siblings with Cousin syndrome who have the new finding of a congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) presenting with eyes in the turned out sand down fixed position with ptosis (droopy eyelids).
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch
Ophthalmic manifestations of Cousin syndrome
We describe the ophthalmic features in 2 siblings with genetically confirmed Cousin syndrome. Each sibling had a very large–angle exotropia with minim…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW from Alex Levin: The study showed 2 siblings with Cousin syndrome who have the new finding of a congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) presenting with eyes in the turned out sand down fixed position with ptosis (droopy eyelids).
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch
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Congratulations to Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the @cvsuor.bsky.social and Nicholas George Professor in Optics, on this tremendous accomplishment! #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social
Deeply honored to receive the Edgar D Tillyer Award from @optica.org. My remarks last night at the Awards Ceremony in Denver 📹👇. Heartfelt thanks to nominations, collaborators, research teams & family for their support & inspiration #Optics #VisionResearch
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Congratulations to Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the @cvsuor.bsky.social and Nicholas George Professor in Optics, on this tremendous accomplishment! #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social
#cvstoday Oct 29 at Noon
269 Meliora Hall/Zoom (check Slack for link)
BCS Lunch Talk: Yelin Dong, Graduate Student (Advisor: Greg DeAngelis)
A biologically constrained model of area MT neurons performs joint inference of object motion in the world and depth
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269 Meliora Hall/Zoom (check Slack for link)
BCS Lunch Talk: Yelin Dong, Graduate Student (Advisor: Greg DeAngelis)
A biologically constrained model of area MT neurons performs joint inference of object motion in the world and depth
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Upcoming Events | Center for Visual Science
October 24, 2025
8:30 am-4:45 pm, Feldman Ballroom, Frederick Douglass Commons, River Campus
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#cvstoday Oct 29 at Noon
269 Meliora Hall/Zoom (check Slack for link)
BCS Lunch Talk: Yelin Dong, Graduate Student (Advisor: Greg DeAngelis)
A biologically constrained model of area MT neurons performs joint inference of object motion in the world and depth
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
269 Meliora Hall/Zoom (check Slack for link)
BCS Lunch Talk: Yelin Dong, Graduate Student (Advisor: Greg DeAngelis)
A biologically constrained model of area MT neurons performs joint inference of object motion in the world and depth
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...
Talk this evening: ROC Optica Speaker Series - Rushnan Islam, The Institute of Optics
When: Oct 28 at 7:00 PM
Where: Goergen 101
Ultrafast Laser Micromachining in Dry Contact Lenses and Silk Fibroin Hydrogels: Exploring Mass Production of Vision Correctors and Biocompatible Custom Corneal Implants
When: Oct 28 at 7:00 PM
Where: Goergen 101
Ultrafast Laser Micromachining in Dry Contact Lenses and Silk Fibroin Hydrogels: Exploring Mass Production of Vision Correctors and Biocompatible Custom Corneal Implants
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk this evening: ROC Optica Speaker Series - Rushnan Islam, The Institute of Optics
When: Oct 28 at 7:00 PM
Where: Goergen 101
Ultrafast Laser Micromachining in Dry Contact Lenses and Silk Fibroin Hydrogels: Exploring Mass Production of Vision Correctors and Biocompatible Custom Corneal Implants
When: Oct 28 at 7:00 PM
Where: Goergen 101
Ultrafast Laser Micromachining in Dry Contact Lenses and Silk Fibroin Hydrogels: Exploring Mass Production of Vision Correctors and Biocompatible Custom Corneal Implants
1of2) New from the ARIA lab in eLife: This article shows that it is possible to optogenetically activate single retinal ganglion cells in vivo in monkeys. This is an important step toward causal tests of the role of specific ganglion cell types in visual perception...
Optogenetic stimulation of single ganglion cells in the living primate fovea
Individual retinal ganglion cells are singularly activated in the living primate retina via an adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscope.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1of2) New from the ARIA lab in eLife: This article shows that it is possible to optogenetically activate single retinal ganglion cells in vivo in monkeys. This is an important step toward causal tests of the role of specific ganglion cell types in visual perception...
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Congrats to @cvsuor.bsky.social PhD students Rushnan Islam #KnoxLab #RochesterOptics & Krishnaveni Nagarayan @aplabur.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social, Winners of Best Pitch & Best Poster cash Award at #CVSRetreat2025 🏆🏅💵. Well done!!
October 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Congrats to @cvsuor.bsky.social PhD students Rushnan Islam #KnoxLab #RochesterOptics & Krishnaveni Nagarayan @aplabur.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social, Winners of Best Pitch & Best Poster cash Award at #CVSRetreat2025 🏆🏅💵. Well done!!
Afternoon poster session at the #cvsretreat2025
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Afternoon poster session at the #cvsretreat2025
The #cvsretreat2025 is underway! The morning session begins with an introductory presentation by our director, Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The #cvsretreat2025 is underway! The morning session begins with an introductory presentation by our director, Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social
#cvstoday October 24, 8:30 am-4:45 pm, Feldman Ballroom, Frederick Douglass Commons
CVS Retreat: See full agenda on our website
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@uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
CVS Retreat: See full agenda on our website
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@uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#cvstoday October 24, 8:30 am-4:45 pm, Feldman Ballroom, Frederick Douglass Commons
CVS Retreat: See full agenda on our website
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/cvs_r...
@uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
CVS Retreat: See full agenda on our website
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@uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
📢❗🚨 CVS Members: don't miss the CVS Retreat TOMORROW at 8:30AM held in the Feldman Ballroom. See agenda and more details: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/cvs_r... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📢❗🚨 CVS Members: don't miss the CVS Retreat TOMORROW at 8:30AM held in the Feldman Ballroom. See agenda and more details: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/cvs_r... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social
Please join us in welcoming 3 new faculty members to CVS: Benjamin Chin from RIT, Alex Kotelsky from Bausch + Lomb, and Raja Narayanan from @flaumeye.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Please join us in welcoming 3 new faculty members to CVS: Benjamin Chin from RIT, Alex Kotelsky from Bausch + Lomb, and Raja Narayanan from @flaumeye.bsky.social
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🎉 CVS grad student Claire Sun was awarded a Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA). Recipients receive a travel stipend to offset the costs of attending the SfN Neuroscience 2025 meeting. @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @coralineiordan.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🎉 CVS grad student Claire Sun was awarded a Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA). Recipients receive a travel stipend to offset the costs of attending the SfN Neuroscience 2025 meeting. @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @coralineiordan.bsky.social
OUT NOW from CVS faculty Sara Patterson, David DiLoreto, & Juliette McGregor: Inner Limiting Membrane Peel Extends In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cell Activity Beyond the Fovea in Non-Human Primate in IOVS.
doi.org/10.1167/iovs... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1167/iovs... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
Inner Limiting Membrane Peel Extends In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cell Activity Beyond the Fovea in Non-Human Primate | IOVS | ARVO Journals
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October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
OUT NOW from CVS faculty Sara Patterson, David DiLoreto, & Juliette McGregor: Inner Limiting Membrane Peel Extends In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cell Activity Beyond the Fovea in Non-Human Primate in IOVS.
doi.org/10.1167/iovs... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1167/iovs... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
NEW editorial from Steven Feldon in Ophthalmology: A Call to Action and Roadmap for Improving Emergency Treatment of Ophthalmic Trauma in the United States.
#URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
#URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW editorial from Steven Feldon in Ophthalmology: A Call to Action and Roadmap for Improving Emergency Treatment of Ophthalmic Trauma in the United States.
#URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
#URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
New article from @johnfoxe.bsky.social in Autism Research: A Comparative Trial of Occupational Therapy Using Ayres Sensory Integration and Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autistic Children
doi.org/10.1002/aur.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/aur.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New article from @johnfoxe.bsky.social in Autism Research: A Comparative Trial of Occupational Therapy Using Ayres Sensory Integration and Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autistic Children
doi.org/10.1002/aur.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/aur.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Silverstein, who was awarded the Joseph Zubin Award for lifetime contributions to psychopathology research from the Society for Research in Psychopathology. He received the award at the annual meeting on September 27 in Los Angeles.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Silverstein, who was awarded the Joseph Zubin Award for lifetime contributions to psychopathology research from the Society for Research in Psychopathology. He received the award at the annual meeting on September 27 in Los Angeles.
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