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New research from Yuhao Zhu shows that a special lens blurs images before they're saved to protect privacy but still lets AI recognize objects. It drops attacker accuracy from 75% to 17%, while AI performance stays fairly strong. doi.org/10.1364/OE.5...
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NEW from the ARIA lab in BOE: Asymmetric activation of retinal ON and OFF pathways by AOSLO raster-scanned visual stimuli. doi.org/10.1364/BOE.... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Coming up next:
Telias Summer Journal Club, 8/21 at 2PM, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration
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#cvstoday July 30 at 2:00 pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Telias Summer Journal Club: Ryoji Amamoto, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Mechanisms of Secondary Cone Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa
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TOMORROW: Telias Summer Journal Club July 30 at 2:00 pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Ryoji Amamoto, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Mechanisms of Secondary Cone Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Automated Detection of Schizophrenia Based on Retinal Measures and Neurological Soft Signs: Applications of Interpretable Classification Methods and the Choquet Integral Aggregation Function Background: Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness with a significant functional impairment. Its diagnosis is based on clinical observation, despite much evidence for its neurobiological basis. More…

2of2) Their computer model was over 93% accurate, showing that easy to acquire medical information could aid in the differential diagnosis of schizophrenia. doi.org/10.1109/ACCE... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Automated Detection of Schizophrenia Based on Retinal Measures and Neurological Soft Signs: Applications of Interpretable Classification Methods and the Choquet Integral Aggregation Function Background: Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness with a significant functional impairment. Its diagnosis is based on clinical observation, despite much evidence for its neurobiological basis. More…

1of2) NEW from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social in IEEE Access: Researchers used eye scans and brain health markers to help see if this combination could accurately classify people as having schizophrenia or not having it...

Announcing the CVS Knill Lecture on Sep. 24 at 3PM
Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University
Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires
More: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/knill...

This finding has high implications for what happens to millions of Americans who suffer vision loss through loss of photoreceptors. Jesse Schallek, PhD, associate professor of Ophthalmology

#URochesterResearch by @schalleklab found that when photoreceptor cells in the retina are damaged, the brain’s immune cells respond, and neutrophils are not recruited to help despite passing through nearby blood vessels

via eLife 👉 elifesciences.org/articles/98662
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Reminder: the next Telias Summer Journal Club will be July 30 at 2:00 pm on Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Ryoji Amamoto, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Mechanisms of Secondary Cone Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa
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NEW from @marcoslabur.bsky.social In vivo assessment of multifocal contact lens fitting using anterior segment optical coherence tomography. #URochesterResearch
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2of2) Grants represent collaborative efforts between PIs with primary affiliations in different departments and are expected to yield pilot data for NEI applications, preferably through an R01. More: www.cvs.rochester.edu/about/news.h...

1of2) Announcing the awardees of the 2025 CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research: Ania Majewska & Houhui Xia; Jesse Schallek & Andrew Wojtovich; David Williams, Jude Mitchell, Juliette McGregor, Sara Patterson, Bill Merigan.

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New from Krystel Huxlin: What V1 Damage Can Teach Us About Visual Perception and Learning in Annual Review of Vision Science.
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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Rewarding animals based on their subjective percepts is enabled by online Bayesian estimation of perceptual biases Rewarding animals to accurately report their subjective percept is a key challenge in studying higher-level perception and cognition. This study formalizes this problem and overcomes it with a…

1of2) OUT NOW from Ralf Haefner & Greg DeAngelis: Rewarding animals based on their subjective percepts is enabled by online Bayesian estimation of perceptual biases in PLOS Biology.

Don't miss the next Telias Summer Journal Club July 30 at 2:00 pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Ryoji Amamoto, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Mechanisms of Secondary Cone Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa
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@marcoslabur.bsky.social invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher with a background in optometry to join an active, multidisciplinary research program focused on the optics of the eye and myopia development. More: www.cvs.rochester.edu/positions/po... @urengineering.bsky.social

Frontiers | Second-harmonic generation microscopy of murine scleral remodeling by collagenase and reparative collagen mimetic peptides IntroductionMyopia, resulting from an excessive axial elongation of the eye, is increasing worldwide at alarming rates. This investigation is a pilot study t...

OUT NOW from CVS faculty Mark Buckley, Michael Telias, & @marcoslabur.bsky.social Second-harmonic generation microscopy of murine scleral remodeling by collagenase and reparative collagen mimetic peptides. doi.org/10.3389/fmed...
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What are intraocular lenses? And how can they restore sight for patients with cataracts? New technology using intraocular lenses is quickly improving the world’s most common form of eye surgery.

Intraocular lenses can help restore sight for patients with cataracts. Recent advancements have led to rapid improvements in the types of lenses available and the methods patients and their doctors use to select the right fit. #URochesterResearch
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OUT NOW from Elizabeth Saionz, Matt Cavanaugh, & Krystel Huxlin: Evolution of Visual Field Defects After Occipital Stroke: A Quantitative Analysis.
doi.org/10.1167/tvst...
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Researchers Find “Forever Chemicals” Impact the Developing Male Brain “Forever chemicals” or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products for the better part of a century, but do not break down in the natural…

New research from the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester suggests that early life exposure to PFHxA may increase anxiety-related behaviors and memory deficits in male mice.
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The electroencephalography protocol for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program: Reliability and stability of measures - Schizophrenia Schizophrenia - The electroencephalography protocol for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program: Reliability and stability of measures

New paper from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social The electroencephalography protocol for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program: Reliability and stability of measures in Schizophrenia.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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2of2) When we move our eyes and body, the resulting image motion complicates visual scene analysis. This article reviews how the brain uses these signals to compute the motion and depth of objects while an observer is moving.

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1of2) Seeing a Three-Dimensional World in Motion: How the Brain Computes Object Motion and Depth During Self-Motion has been published in Annual Review of Vision Science. Co-authors: Zhe-Xin Xu & Greg DeAngelis...

Optical and Visual Diet in Myopia | IOVS | ARVO Journals To View More...

NEW from Susana Marcos: Optical and Visual Diet in Myopia in IOVS.
doi.org/10.1167/iovs...
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