June 26, 2018IOB in Heilbronner Stimme newspaperHendrik Scholl talks about retinal diseases and current treatment opportunities, in a German article titled "Wenn fast alles dunkel ist"
June 22, 2018Publication in NeuronVision starts in the retina which is much more than just a camera and a cable. Read the work which is an important step towards a computer model of the retina that can predict the outcome of retinal diseases.
June 18, 2018IOB @WOC 2018Today at the biennial World Ophthalmology Congress 2018 we look forward to session 4116 on Latest Developments in Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease with talks by our directors H Scholl, B Roska and esteemed members of the IOB Scientific Advisory Board
June 14, 2018IOB in the Basler ZeitungBaZ dedicated an entire page to IOB, stating it promises greater hope for patients with eye diseases due to the new dynamic it brings to molecular and clinical ophthalmology. Article in German
June 14, 2018Original Investigation in JAMA OphthalmologyIs best-corrected visual acuity an appropriate outcome measure for treatment trials in Stargardt disease? A multicenter longitudinal cohort study (the ProgStar Study with H Scholl as principal investigator), seeked answers to this question.
May 17, 2018Review in Nature on Restoring VisionBotond Roska and José Alain Sahel (President of the IOB Scientific Advisory Board) published the invited review. Read the manuscript
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April 15, 20183D printing of macular Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA)Enhanced resolution and speckle-free three-dimensional printing of macular optical coherence tomography angiography can be a potentially useful tool for 3D printing and 3D analysis of OCTA - Read more in Acta Ophthalmology
March 18, 2018Basel City Canton approves co-financing of the IOB by a large majorityIn mid-March the Basel City parliament voted overwhelmingly to grant a state subsidy of 12.5 million francs to the IOB for 2018 to 2021, with 92 votes in favour and only two against.
March 15, 2018Meeting of the European Vision Institute Steering CommitteeFrom 12-13 March 2018, the Steering Committee and Senior Advisory Board of the European Vision Institute EEIG (EVI) met in Basel in Switzerland. Hendrik Scholl, IOB co-chair, is chairman of the EVI Steering Committee. Read more
March 11, 20182018 Bressler Prize in Vision Science awarded to Botond RoskaLighthouse Guild honors international scientist and academic leader from the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for his outstanding accomplishments in Vision Science Research. Read more...
February 28, 2018Visionary of the quarterHendrik Scholl and the major topics of his research work are featured as «visionary of the quarter» this spring on the Vision Research EU website. The website is a portal for the European vision research community and major stakeholders, i.e. their «Gateway to European Vision Research».