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».