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An independent nonprofit in San Francisco working to improve understanding, diagnosis, treatment, & rehabilitation of human visual disorders and blindness. RTs≠endorsements.
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🚨Postdoc fellowship alert! Applications due Dec. 10🚨
Interested in vision science, accessibility, eye movements, brain plasticity, mobility or related fields? A 1-year #NIH T32-funded opening, extensible contingent on funding, has become available in SKERI’s #postdoc #fellowship program. #neurojobs
Collage of 4 photos: Scientists performing an eye tracking experiment, a participant in an EEG cap being prepared for an experiment, postdoctoral fellows posing with the Peanuts gang at Oracle Park, SKERI scientists smiling for the camera.
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Our event, Scaling Up Accessible Tactile Maps & 3D Models, showcased how visual & spatial data can be transformed into touchable formats.

Huge thanks to Mykhailo Boiko from Rivne Applied College of Information Technology, who traveled from Rivne, Ukraine, for this international collaboration.
A speaker at a podium presents a slide titled “Why are tactile maps and 3D models important?” to an audience seated at tables. The slide includes images of tactile graphics and raised maps. A presenter stands beside a slide with The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute logo and images of tactile navigation tools developed in collaboration with RACIT. Three smiling presenters stand side by side in front of beige curtains, representing collaborators from Smith-Kettlewell and RACIT. A speaker in a white shirt presents from a podium using a microphone during the tactile accessibility event.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Join us at the Bay Area Science Festival for hands-on demos exploring neuroscience, vision, and blindness. 🧠👁️

All the event details are in the flyer below.
We hope to see you there!

#BayAreaScienceFestival #SmithKettlewell #ScienceForAll #Neuroscience
Flyer for the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute’s participation in the Bay Area Science Festival. The top and bottom borders feature autumn leaves, pumpkins, and acorns. The Smith-Kettlewell logo, an eye with text reading “The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute,” appears near the top. Speech bubbles say “For 100+ hands-on experiences for free” and “Find our booth for exciting demos. QR code has more information.” Below, the Bay Area Science Festival logo is displayed with colorful overlapping figures. A person wearing 3D glasses holds a geometric patterned object. Text reads: “11 AM – 4 PM, 25 October, 2025. Pub Lounge Booth 4, Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens St, San Francisco, CA 94158.”
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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🌍 Proud to share SKERI’s expertise at #VISION2025Florence, the 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research & Rehabilitation.

Today: James Coughlan, Brandon Biggs & Jade Guenot presented. Tomorrow: Preeti Verghese, Jade Guenot & Don Fletcher take the stage!
#LowVision #Accessibility
Flyer for the 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. The top section has a light blue background with centered dark blue text: “The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation, Florence (Italy), 8–12 September 2025.” The bottom half shows a close-up of a blue eye with a globe overlay in place of the pupil — continents in white on a dark blue iris. A diagonal line cuts across the eye: the left side is gray, darkened, and pixelated, while the right side appears in full color and sharp detail.
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Interested in vision science, accessibility, eye movements, mobility or related fields? SKERI’s 2025 Postdoctoral application cycle is now open! For more information visit our site: www.ski.org/what-does-fe...
Collage of 4 photos: Scientists performing an eye tracking experiment, a participant in an EEG cap being prepared for an experiment, postdoctoral fellows posing with the Peanuts gang at Oracle Park, SKERI scientists smiling for the camera
December 6, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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Here are ways to participate and support SKERI's #GivingTuesday campaign this year!:

1. Support scholarships and accessibility projects by donating to the Bill Gerrey Makers Fund: www.ski.org/bill-gerrey-...
2. Volunteer at SKERI
3. Participate in our research
4. Share our campaign on social media
A collage of images with text about "Giving Tuesday". The collage features 3 images. The first image is of a person hands reading braille. The second image is of a person walking with a cane. The third image is of a clinician pointing to a patient some information in a notebook. The text at the bottom describes ways to participate in SKERI's Giving Tuesday campaign. Participation includes donating to the Bill Gerrey Makers Fund, volunteering at SKERI, participating in research and sharing on social media.
December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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Natela Shanidze's Eye-Head Movement Lab currently has 2 postdoctoral fellows: Kate, who is examining how central vision loss affects spatial orientation & mobility & Christian, who is studying how noise exposure can impact balance in athletes. Learn more here: www.ski.org/labs/shanidz...
Kate Agathos testing a participant on the rod and frame test
January 24, 2024 at 3:33 AM
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Adrien, a fellow in Dr. Preeti Verghese's lab, is studying the underlying mechanisms of binocular rivalry dynamics in amblyopia, & how abnormal dynamics can be used for amblyopia diagnosis. You can learn more about research in the Verghese lab on our website: ski.org/labs/verghes...
Adrien Chopin presenting a scientific poster to a colleague
January 17, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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Steve Heinen’s lab studies eye movements to understand neural circuitry that moves the eyes for clear vision, & as a tool to develop non-invasive diagnosis & therapy for brain trauma & psychiatric disorders. Learn more here: www.ski.org/directory/st... & ski.org/labs/heinen-...
Steve Heinen and his lab colleagues discussing an eye tracking experiment
January 13, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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Andrea is a visiting predoctoral fellow in James Coughlan’s lab where research is focused on developing & testing access technology for the blind and visually impaired using computer vision & other sensor technologies. Learn more about work in the Coughlan lab here www.ski.org/labs/coughla...
photo portrait of Andrea Narcisi
January 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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In the Teng lab, postdoc Haydée García-Lázaro is studying neural dynamics of echolocation combining psychophysics, ephys & computational techniques. Lab projects also include sensory processing during Braille reading & use of nonvisual cues for assistive tech. ski.org/labs/teng-lab
Haydée García-Lázaro and Santani Teng doing an EEG experiment in the lab with Santani being the participant wearing an EEG net and Haydée running the experiment.
January 9, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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The SKERI family remembers Bill Gerrey, whose life and work on assistive technology for and by blind people shaped the way the Institute has pursued accessibility for decades. www.ski.org/news/skeri-m...
photograph of Bill Gerrey holding one of his electronic inventions
October 18, 2023 at 6:01 AM