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An international research collaboration, including IOB scientists, reveals that the brain's remarkable efficiency doesn't require precise fine-tuning – it can emerge naturally from random patterns of neural activity.

IOB researchers reveal the genetic basis of lysosomal macular dystrophy, an uncharacterized inherited retinal condition,  opening new avenues for diagnosis and potential therapies.

Rava Azeredo da Silveira and collaborators have revealed a surprisingly simple mathematical principle that explains how brain cells create mental maps across different species and environments.

IOB researchers reveal how tiny, involuntary eye movements, rather than impairing our vision, actually help us see fine details more clearly by optimizing how our retinas process visual information.

As winter brings snow to the Alps, our team at IOB continues its research in vision science. In these past months of 2024, our research community has maintained its strong commitment to understanding vision and developing new therapies for vision loss.

A study led by IOB scientists from the Rivolta Lab uncovers a surprising connection between a gene involved in energy production and a form of hereditary vision loss.

Researchers at IOB have discovered a surprisingly simple mechanism behind the first step of visual processing, solving a decades-old puzzle in neuroscience.

Congratulations to Mathieu Quinodoz and Fiona Müllner who both won the Swiss OphthAward 2024.

Six years after its foundation, IOB introduces its first spinout company, RhyGaze AG, which will focus on advancing groundbreaking gene therapy to treat blindness.

We are excited to announce that Jay Zoellin (left) and Dr. Stefan Futterknecht (right) have each been awarded the prestigious National MD-PhD Grant by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Warm congratulations to Andreas Keller, wo has been named Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine. He will take up his position at the Department of Biomedicine on August 1, 2024.

Karolina Kaminska has received the Early Career Award for outstanding research by young scientists at the ESHG 2024 conference in Berlin.