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The Center for Visual Science (CVS) is an interdepartmental program that brings together vision scientists at the University of Rochester.
New review from Michael Telias in Frontiers in Ophthalmology shows that tiny RNAs in eye fluid can signal retinal disease. miR-142, miR-9, and miR-21 are strong biomarker candidates.
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Frontiers | Systematic review on biomarker potential of vitreous microRNA in retinal disease
The vitreous fluid, situated in the posterior chamber of the eye, holds a close relationship with the inner retina. Within this milieu, retinal cells secrete...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New review from Michael Telias in Frontiers in Ophthalmology shows that tiny RNAs in eye fluid can signal retinal disease. miR-142, miR-9, and miR-21 are strong biomarker candidates.
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New paper from Jannick Rolland in Optica: Design methods for imaging with freeform optics
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January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
New paper from Jannick Rolland in Optica: Design methods for imaging with freeform optics
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Well done, Renuka! 👏👏👏
Congratulations to Renuka Narajanan #RochesterOptics @cvsuor.bsky.social @marcoslabur.bsky.social #RollandLab AR/VR/MR Student Optical Design Challenge Award winning-2nd prize @spie.org #PhotonicsWest for “Binocular Simulator for human-centric VR experience” Very proud! @urochester.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Well done, Renuka! 👏👏👏
#cvstoday NSC Doty Lecture at 3:00 pm, Zoom
Elisabeth A. Murray, Chief, Section on the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
Prefrontal-amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making
Elisabeth A. Murray, Chief, Section on the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
Prefrontal-amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
#cvstoday NSC Doty Lecture at 3:00 pm, Zoom
Elisabeth A. Murray, Chief, Section on the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
Prefrontal-amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making
Elisabeth A. Murray, Chief, Section on the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
Prefrontal-amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making
OUT NOW from Marc Schieber in PNAS: Neural synchrony links sensorimotor cortices in a network for facial motor control.
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly…
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January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
OUT NOW from Marc Schieber in PNAS: Neural synchrony links sensorimotor cortices in a network for facial motor control.
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New paper from Edmund Lalor in J. Neuroscience: Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding.
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Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding
Pitch and time are the essential dimensions defining musical melody. Recent electrophysiological studies have explored the neural encoding of musical pitch and time by leveraging probabilistic models…
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January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
New paper from Edmund Lalor in J. Neuroscience: Chimeric music reveals an interaction of pitch and time in electrophysiological signatures of music encoding.
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Announcing the 2026 CVS Boynton Colloquium Series. The first talk will be Feb 24 at 3PM given by Weiji Ma from New York University. More info: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/boynt...
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Announcing the 2026 CVS Boynton Colloquium Series. The first talk will be Feb 24 at 3PM given by Weiji Ma from New York University. More info: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/boynt...
Seeking applicants for a full-time one-year funded research position within Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics at Flaum Eye Institute supervised by Alex Levin. More info: www.cvs.rochester.edu/positions/po... @flaumeye.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Jobs | Center for Visual Science
Postdocs & Research Associates
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January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Seeking applicants for a full-time one-year funded research position within Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics at Flaum Eye Institute supervised by Alex Levin. More info: www.cvs.rochester.edu/positions/po... @flaumeye.bsky.social
NEW research from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social shows that youth at risk for psychosis showed less head-movement synchrony in virtual interviews. Lower synchrony was linked to worse social symptoms and functioning, suggesting a useful social biomarker.
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Reduced interpersonal head synchrony in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Reduced interpersonal head synchrony in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis - Volume 55
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January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
NEW research from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social shows that youth at risk for psychosis showed less head-movement synchrony in virtual interviews. Lower synchrony was linked to worse social symptoms and functioning, suggesting a useful social biomarker.
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Welcome Aina!
We welcome Dr Ania Turull as a Postdoctoral Vision Scientist @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social Aina comes to us from @upc.edu Barcelona & is an expert in objective measurements of accommodation. Expect to find her busy in our #AdaptiveOptics Labs #Myopia #Presbyopia @flaumeye.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Welcome Aina!
OUT NOW from @johnfoxe.bsky.social Neural Signature of Complex Daily Function in Early Dementia Risk: Brain Region and Spectral-Specific Insights during Dual-Task Walking, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. doi.org/10.1002/alz7... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
OUT NOW from @johnfoxe.bsky.social Neural Signature of Complex Daily Function in Early Dementia Risk: Brain Region and Spectral-Specific Insights during Dual-Task Walking, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. doi.org/10.1002/alz7... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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Our 1st paper of the year: #Photobonding of #silk hydrogels to #cornea, for corneal bandage applications, in #FrontBioeng; @erc.europa.eu #SilkEye; @marcoslabur.bsky.social #VioBioLab @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @cvsuor.bsky.social #UValladolid #MassGeneral @harvard.edu @urochester.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Our 1st paper of the year: #Photobonding of #silk hydrogels to #cornea, for corneal bandage applications, in #FrontBioeng; @erc.europa.eu #SilkEye; @marcoslabur.bsky.social #VioBioLab @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @cvsuor.bsky.social #UValladolid #MassGeneral @harvard.edu @urochester.bsky.social
New publication from Rick Libby: MKK4 and MKK7 control degeneration of retinal ganglion cell somas and axons after glaucoma-relevant injury. doi.org/10.1038/s414... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
MKK4 and MKK7 control degeneration of retinal ganglion cell somas and axons after glaucoma-relevant injury - Cell Death Discovery
Cell Death Discovery - MKK4 and MKK7 control degeneration of retinal ganglion cell somas and axons after glaucoma-relevant injury
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January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
New publication from Rick Libby: MKK4 and MKK7 control degeneration of retinal ganglion cell somas and axons after glaucoma-relevant injury. doi.org/10.1038/s414... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
OUT NOW from Yuhao Zhu: Modeling and Exploiting the Time Course of Chromatic Adaptation for Display Power Optimizations in Virtual Reality. doi.org/10.1145/3763... #URochesterResearch
Modeling and Exploiting the Time Course of Chromatic Adaptation for Display Power Optimizations in Virtual Reality | ACM Transactions on Graphics
We introduce a gaze-tracking-free method to reduce OLED display power consumption in VR with minimal perceptual impact. This technique exploits the time course of chromatic adaptation, the human…
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December 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
OUT NOW from Yuhao Zhu: Modeling and Exploiting the Time Course of Chromatic Adaptation for Display Power Optimizations in Virtual Reality. doi.org/10.1145/3763... #URochesterResearch
NEW from Jannick Rolland: Design and experimental validation of a high-efficiency multi-zone metasurface waveguide in-coupler in Optical Materials Express. doi.org/10.1364/OME.... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW from Jannick Rolland: Design and experimental validation of a high-efficiency multi-zone metasurface waveguide in-coupler in Optical Materials Express. doi.org/10.1364/OME.... #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social
OUT NOW in Current Biology: Non-uniform signal pooling across the foveola. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #URochesterResearch @aplabur.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social
Non-uniform signal pooling across the foveola
Object recognition is impacted by visual crowding. This phenomenon, attributed to cortical pooling, is generally studied in the periphery. Crowding me…
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December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
OUT NOW in Current Biology: Non-uniform signal pooling across the foveola. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #URochesterResearch @aplabur.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social
New research from @fiebelkornian.bsky.social shows that brief high-frequency brain bursts help distant areas communicate during attention. Their strength predicts accuracy, forming cue and target networks that guide fast, flexible behavior.
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High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention - Nature Neuroscience
Using intracranial electroencephalography from patients with epilepsy during spatial attention tasks, this study shows that high-frequency bursts facilitate fast communications in brain networks and…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New research from @fiebelkornian.bsky.social shows that brief high-frequency brain bursts help distant areas communicate during attention. Their strength predicts accuracy, forming cue and target networks that guide fast, flexible behavior.
doi.org/10.1038/s415... #URochesterResearch
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New paper from Alex Levin: Glaucoma Management in Sturge-Weber Syndrome Using the Delphi Process, published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma.
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Glaucoma Management in Sturge-Weber Syndrome Using the Delphi Process
We sought to identify areas of consensus and non-consensus in the ophthalmic screening, diagnosis and management of SWS.Modified Delphi methodology.No…
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December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New paper from Alex Levin: Glaucoma Management in Sturge-Weber Syndrome Using the Delphi Process, published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma.
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1of2) New research from Krystel Huxlin in J. Physiology shows that TMS to early visual cortex and area MT increased BOLD signal strength in these regions and disrupted motion direction judgments...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1of2) New research from Krystel Huxlin in J. Physiology shows that TMS to early visual cortex and area MT increased BOLD signal strength in these regions and disrupted motion direction judgments...
Leveraging neuroscience, optics, and healthcare, URochester researchers are at the forefront of understanding vision loss and restoring eyesight. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/e... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
Can lost vision be restored?
URochester researchers are at the forefront of addressing vision loss while discovering how our visual system works.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Leveraging neuroscience, optics, and healthcare, URochester researchers are at the forefront of understanding vision loss and restoring eyesight. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/e... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social
NEW from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social Complex PTSD among persons with serious mental illness receiving community mental health services.
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Complex PTSD among persons with serious mental illness receiving community mental health services
Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is often associated with prolonged or repeated trauma exposure and the experience of intimate partner and childhood abuse. CPTSD includes the criteria for PTSD (re-experiencing...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NEW from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social Complex PTSD among persons with serious mental illness receiving community mental health services.
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OUT NOW from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social
Changes in the visual system can help detect and treat psychosis earlier. Eye and brain vision tests are low-cost tools that may guide diagnosis, track treatment, and improve care.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #URochesterResearch
Changes in the visual system can help detect and treat psychosis earlier. Eye and brain vision tests are low-cost tools that may guide diagnosis, track treatment, and improve care.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #URochesterResearch
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
OUT NOW from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social
Changes in the visual system can help detect and treat psychosis earlier. Eye and brain vision tests are low-cost tools that may guide diagnosis, track treatment, and improve care.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #URochesterResearch
Changes in the visual system can help detect and treat psychosis earlier. Eye and brain vision tests are low-cost tools that may guide diagnosis, track treatment, and improve care.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #URochesterResearch
#cvstoday December 3 at 1:30pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
BCS Thesis Defense: Howard Li, Graduate Student (Advisor: Michele Rucci)
Encoding of visual space via eye movements
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BCS Thesis Defense: Howard Li, Graduate Student (Advisor: Michele Rucci)
Encoding of visual space via eye movements
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December 3, 2025
1:30pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
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December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#cvstoday December 3 at 1:30pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall
BCS Thesis Defense: Howard Li, Graduate Student (Advisor: Michele Rucci)
Encoding of visual space via eye movements
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BCS Thesis Defense: Howard Li, Graduate Student (Advisor: Michele Rucci)
Encoding of visual space via eye movements
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1of2) OUT NOW from Krystel Huxlin: A new non-invasive, visual pathway-specific, brain stimulation method was found to enhance restoration of visual motion perception in occipital stroke patients.
Boosting hemianopia recovery: the power of interareal cross-frequency brain stimulation
One third of stroke survivors experience vision loss. Raffin et al. present a non-invasive brain stimulation technique targeting visual pathways and show t
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December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
1of2) OUT NOW from Krystel Huxlin: A new non-invasive, visual pathway-specific, brain stimulation method was found to enhance restoration of visual motion perception in occipital stroke patients.
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Welcome Barry Silverstein to @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social; Anticipating great synergy between #ARVR Center & @cvsuor.bsky.social; with several @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social #RochesterOptics faculty in the leadership; www.rochester.edu/newscenter/b...
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Welcome Barry Silverstein to @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social; Anticipating great synergy between #ARVR Center & @cvsuor.bsky.social; with several @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social #RochesterOptics faculty in the leadership; www.rochester.edu/newscenter/b...