Elizabeth Rossin – 2024 Glaser Award recipient
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD — 2024 recipient of the Bert M. Glaser, MD Award for Innovative Research in Retina. The award recognizes an early-career investigator who has discovered a novel drug, technique, or the understanding of a mechanism of disease... Read More
Ayellet Segrè Receives RPB/Glaucoma Foundation Career Advancement Award
Ayellet Segrè (Mass Eye and Ear) has been recognized with the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)/Glaucoma Foundation Career Advancement Award. Hundreds of common DNA variants have been found to be associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The majority of these variants lie in noncoding regions and likely affect glaucoma through... Read More
Drs. Bujakowska and Comander awarded Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund grants
Two members of the Ocular Genomics Insitute are among 6 researchers receiving funding for their innovative research projects during the 2023=2024 academic year. Kinga Bujakowska, PhD will study “ Development of long-read sequencing approaches for genetic diagnosis of... Read More
Retreat 2023
The 2023 Ocular Genomics Institute Scientific Retreat took place on Wednesday September 27th at the Museum of Science. Almost 80 OGI members from all our labs participated. With 11 presentations and 20 posters it was a full day of science and a great opportunity to renew relationships and to foster new relationships and... Read More
OGI iPS Special Seminar
3D Human organoids are a major technological breakthrough that has shaped the landscape of disease modeling, gene, and cell therapies in recent years. The Ocular Genomics Institute of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear of Harvard Medical School is thrilled to organize a special seminar with this exceptional panel of experts on human tissue models for... Read More
Eric Pierce Proctor Lecture ARVO 2023
Eric Pierce, MD, PhD received the Proctor Medal at the recent Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting in New Orleans. Dr. Pierce is the Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Harvard Medical School and Mass Eye and Ear. The Proctor Medal is one of the most prestigous... Read More