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We are excited to share a new preprint, " Repeat polymorphisms in non-coding DNA underlie top genetic risk loci for glaucoma and colorectal cancer" (Mukamel*, Handsaker* et al.), which identifies variable-number-of-tandem-repeat (VNTR) polymorphisms that appear to generate the strongest known...

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, whose pioneering research at Harvard Ophthalmology and Mass Eye and Ear has forever changed the way conditions of the cornea are understood and treated, has been presented with the 2022 António Champalimaud Vision Award for his vast contributions to vision research. Dr...

The Department of Ophthalmology was well represented at this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Subspecialty Day and Annual Meeting, held September 30 through October 3 in Chicago. Faculty and trainees across several affiliates participated as course instructors, panelists, moderators...

Please join us for a Halloween Party at Harvard Medical School. What? 2022 Halloween Party When? Monday, October 31 | 6:00 – 8:00pm Where? NRB 1031, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur Please use this link, https://tinyurl.com/yrx2zvjk, to register for the party!

Margaux Hujoel's paper on haplotype-informed CNV detection (HI-CNV; Hujoel et al. 2022 Cell) is now published -- congratulations, Margaux! This work explores the phenotypic impact of rare copy number variation in the human genome, discovering many new ways in which genetic variation shapes human...