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Early the morning of October 25, 2017 the HMS OMERO server will receive some significant upgrades. The main changes will be the addition of pixel and thumbnail microservices. The addition of these microservices should significantly increase the overall performance of the server. The rendering of...

As part of the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) Emerging Vision Scientists Program, Neena Haider, PhD , and Hajirah Saeed, MD , met with Congress members and their legislators on September 13-14, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to advocate for vision research. The focus of this...

James “Tony” Stefater, MD, PhD, a vitreoretinal fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear, received the 2017 Vitreoretinal Research Scholarship from the Robert Machemer Foundation in the amount of $20,000 over one year. His winning project, “Development of a novel post-operative intraocular retinal tamponade...

Biobank-based genome-wide association studies are enabling exciting insights in complex trait genetics, but much uncertainty remains over best practices for optimizing statistical power and computational efficiency in GWAS while controlling confounders. Here, we introduce a much faster version of...

The Harvard Ophthalmology Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute expanded its educational offerings last summer when Michael Young, PhD, developed a STEM program to provide internships and learning opportunities in regenerative ophthalmology to interested students at Revere High School. Through this...

Miguel González, MD, PhD, Research Fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear, and Hajirah Saeed, MD , Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, are co-winners of the 2017 Claes Dohlman Fellowship Award. This award recognizes outstanding fellows and junior faculty members who are training in the area...

Po-Ru Loh's plenary talk at ASHG 2017 won an Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics!

Congratulations to Adithya and Katherine for being named Siemens Foundation 2017 Semi-Finalists!

We are so proud that Katherine is a Regional Finalist for the 2017 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. What an incredible achievement!