For most people vision comes naturally. The seemless ease of the process disguises a complex web of interactions amongst vast networks of visual neurons.
The objectives of our research lab is:
i) to understand how neural networks of the eye represent visual images in the
optic nerve signals that it sends to the brain under normal and diseased conditions
ii) to use the knowledge to engineer ocular devices and effective diagnostic
and therapeutic strategies.
Professor Passaglia receives 2021 USF Faculty Outstanding Research Award
August 16, 2021
Christina Nicou received an
ISER Travel Fellowship for the 2021 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium
October 6, 2021
ONNL awarded $1.5M NIH R01 grant for “Continuous measurement of control of
IOP in normal and glaucomatous eyes”
February 1, 2021
New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure
March 5, 2020
Brain pressure controls eye
pressure, revealing new avenues for glaucoma treatment- Radio interview included
February 20, 2020
Neuroscientists Discover Brain Pressure Controls Eye Pressure, Revealing New
Avenues for Glaucoma Treatment
January 13, 2020