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The Center for Visual Science (CVS) is an interdepartmental program that brings together vision scientists at the University of Rochester.
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1 of 2) NEW from Steven Silverstein in Psychological Medicine: This study identified three distinct mechanisms of reward processing impairment, but, contrary to hypotheses, only one mechanism was related to negative (deficit) symptoms in this mixed-diagnosis psychiatric population.

Announcing CVS Research Talks March 19 at 2:30-4PM in URMC 2-6408, K207 Auditorium. Sara Patterson, Cora Iordan, and Cristina Canavesi will be giving talks. buff.ly/40qf4fX @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @coralineiordan.bsky.social

New pub co-authored by Ania Majewska in eNeuro: Microglia morphology in the developing primate amygdala and effects of early life stress. https://buff.ly/42YlPaj #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @sfnjournals.bsky.social

Rochester researchers investigate how visual cues enhance the brain’s ability to understand speech in noisy environments. https://buff.ly/4ajMxfh #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

OUT NOW from Marc Schieber in Nature Biomedical Engineering: Overlapping projected fields from multiple intracortical electrodes produce sensations on the hand that are more easily localizable, as shown in 3 participants with cervical spinal cord injury. https://buff.ly/3CSa2jg #URochesterResearch

1 of 2) New pub from Jannick Rolland in Optics Continuum: Optical image quality testing and correction of a 250-mm freeform telescope. https://buff.ly/3CSu90L #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

#cvstoday Feb 20 at 9:30 am, 269 Meliora Hall NEUROYes: Eric Garr, Johns Hopkins University Learning cause and effect with the help of mesostriatal dopamine https://buff.ly/40qf4fX @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social  @urneuroscience.bsky.social 

1 of 2) OUT NOW from Ania Majewska in Cell Reports: This study found that male and female mice respond differently to a drug that depletes brain microglia, cells important for brain health.

🆕 @opg.optica.org #BOE_Optica Invited Review on #VisualSimulators of #IOLs. Check it out if interested in #AdaptiveOptics & #SimVis technologies to simulate #presbyopia correcting IOLs in patients; @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social #LOUM #KTH @uhouston.bsky.social

1 of 2) NEW paper from Ed Lalor: People with schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) struggle to understand social situations, like awkward moments, possibly due to differences in the functioning of certain brain networks in these patients.

John Foxe contributed to an article in eClinicalMedicine. https://buff.ly/410wtuN #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social 

Our lab is building a camera that measures the speed of millions of blood cells/second in the eye. It uses invisible far red-shifted light. Goal: evaluate health through the clarity of the eye elifesciences.org/articles/45077 @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

OUT NOW from Krystel Huxlin in Progress in Brain Research: Persistence of training-induced visual improvements after occipital stroke. https://buff.ly/40kERVj #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social  @urneuroscience.bsky.social  @flaumeye.bsky.social

New pub from Krystel Huxlin in Brain: Pathway-dependent brain stimulation responses indicate motion processing integrity after stroke. https://buff.ly/4aO65Zg #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social  @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

Listen to UR Ventures Tech Hustle and Buzzle Podcast Ep7 featuring Susana Marcos, UR Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of CVS, and a trailblazer in visual optics and ocular imaging. https://buff.ly/3Cy4evj @urneuroscience.bsky.social  @flaumeye.bsky.social @marcoslabur.bsky.social

#cvstoday at 3:30PM in Goergen 101/Zoom Optics Colloquium: Daniel Nikolov From Freeform to Metaform: Optical Technologies for AR/VR Displays details:

OUT NOW from Jannick Rolland: Alignment of a Ritchey-Chrétien telescope with primary mirror figure error guided by the rapid measurement of binodal astigmatism. https://buff.ly/3PrF4RE #URochesterResearch

OUT NOW from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social Revisiting the Defeatist Performance Belief Scale in Adults With Schizophrenia and Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: A Comprehensive Psychometric Analysis. #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

February Lab Spotlight! This month, we are proud to highlight the Schallek Lab's amazing work! They study blood flow, neural activity, and vascular health in the eye & brain using advanced imaging to better diagnose & treat diseases like diabetes & glaucoma. @schalleklab.bsky.social

Mark Buckley: Biomedical engineering as a passion worth sharing:

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has presented Jannick Rolland, the director of the Center for Freeform Optics and the Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering, with the A.E. Conrady Award in Optical Engineering. https://buff.ly/3Q1d7QZ

OUT NOW from Optics Express: All-reflective freeform microscope objective for ultra-broadband microscopy. https://buff.ly/3DYroeh #URochesterResearch

Applications are OPEN for the CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research program. Deadline: June 2, 2025. The CVS Pilot Funds Program aims to: 1) foster collaboration across CVS members from different areas of research 2) collect pilot data for future grant applications More: https://buff.ly/3ChvEW8

New paper from @marcoslabur.bsky.social in Biomedical Optics Express: Design concepts for advanced-technology intraocular lenses [Invited] https://buff.ly/406lsYl #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Researchers from the Majewska lab find that microglia function differently in males versus females. https://buff.ly/42lsGdC #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social 

#cvstoday 3:30 pm, Goergen 101 & Zoom (Check CVS Slack for link) Optics Colloquium: Wayne Knox, University of Rochester Adventures in Biomedical Optics in Customized Vision Correction: Real-time Intraoperative Nerve Imaging and Microplastics/Microfiber Detection

New pub: On the improvement of schizophrenia detection with optical coherence tomography data using deep neural networks and aggregation functions Co-authored by @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social https://buff.ly/3DN7NxK #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

OUT NOW from Ania Majewska: Partial microglial depletion and repopulation exert subtle but differential effects on amyloid pathology at different disease stages in Scientific Reports. https://buff.ly/421HOwJ #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social 

New pub co-authored by Ralf Haefner, "Generative adversarial collaborations: a new model of scientific discourse." https://buff.ly/4fPtn1K #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social 

Thanks @brianwandell.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social spending an extra day in #Rochester to visit lab, faculty, postdocs & students @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social 🙏 also for enriching us with, as always, a phenomenal lecture #SystemsEngineering #Vision #ISETCam #ISETBio 🏞️📷👁️🧠

The APLab is looking for a postdoc in high-resolution retinal imaging and video eye-tracking at the University of Rochester. Please share. https://buff.ly/40h8kPY @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social  @urneuroscience.bsky.social  @flaumeye.bsky.social @aplabur.bsky.social

#cvstoday 1:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall CVS Research Talk: Brian Wandell, Stanford University From Cameras to Retinas: Open Source Tools for Image Systems Simulation more: https://buff.ly/40qf4fX @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

TOMORROW at 1:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall CVS Research Talk: Brian Wandell, Stanford University From Cameras to Retinas: Open Source Tools for Image Systems Simulation more: https://buff.ly/40qf4fX @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

OUT NOW from Rachel Wozniak: Infectious keratitis in Western New York: a 10-year review of patient demographics, clinical management, and treatment failure. https://buff.ly/4j3DB1w #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Happy #newyear @bsky.app! Happening today, January 9th at 4pm: Gabriela Manzano Nieves, PhD MPA, shares her research as the first NEURO-YES speaker of 2025 @urochestersmd.bsky.social #neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social #URochesterResearch

OUT NOW in TVST: Visual Quality and Accommodation With Novel Optical Designs for Myopia Control. Authors: Sara Aissati, Tianlun Zou, Sabyasachi Goswami, Len Zheleznyak, Susana Marcos. https://buff.ly/4f1G3Cn @marcoslabur.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social #URochesterResearch

Attending @spie.org #PhotonicsWestBIOs? @cvsuor.bsky.social & #RochesterOptics @urochestersmd.bsky.social will meet you & present our research, academic & industrial programs in #optics & #vision; #IndustrialAssociates #VisionAddOn. Booth 8577. See you in #SanFrancisco🌉 spie.org/ExhibitorDet....

NEW publication from James Fienup in JOSA A: Fourier-optics imaging analysis with ABCD matrices: tutorial. #URochesterResearch

NEW from Yuhao Zhu: Potamoi: Accelerating Neural Rendering via a Unified Streaming Architecture in ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization. https://buff.ly/3BoOSs8 #URochesterResearch

OUT NOW from Ania Majewska in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health: Biological sex, microglial signaling pathways, and radiation exposure shape cortical proteomic profiles and behavior in mice. https://buff.ly/3VsiHPw #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social 

New pub from Steven Feldon & Collynn Woeller in IOVS: https://buff.ly/3BkfDxZ #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Announcing CVS Research Talk: Brian Wandell from Stanford @brianwandell.bsky.social Jan. 14, 2025 at 1PM, 269 Meliora Hall From Cameras to Retinas: Open Source Tools for Image Systems Simulation https://buff.ly/4ftFPUI @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social  @urneuroscience.bsky.social  @flaumeye.bsky.social

Krystel Huxlin has been selected as a 2025 Silver Fellow by @arvoinfo.bsky.social This honor recognizes her outstanding contributions to advancing vision and ophthalmology research and her dedication to the ARVO community. https://buff.ly/401BBzk #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Happy Holidays from the ARIA Rochester group. @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

CVS Today: 9:00 am, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall Thesis Defense: Ruoyang Hu, BCS Graduate Student (Advisor: Robert Jacobs) Title: The Role of Higher-Level Information in Visual Working Memory and Attention @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social #cvstoday