# NEI Center Core Grants for Vision Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · 2022 · $628,000

## Abstract

OVERALL ABSTRACT
The vision science community at UC Berkeley has a long and distinguished history, having
contributed manyseminal discoveries in the fields of visual system development, physiology,
psychophysics, and pathology over the past 50 years. UC Berkeley vision scientists come from
diverse academic disciplines, increasing our understanding of vision at many different levels.
Our group consists of 18 CORE investigators and more than 20 other labs studying vision,
ranging in interests from molecular mechanisms of retinal physiology and pathology to human
visual perception. We request continued support for our CORE grant to ensure further success
in vision research through shared resources and services. We seek funding for three modules
which will support current faculty and attract new faculty to investigate the visual system. The
modules are: (1) Gene Delivery (Xiaohua Gong & John Flannery, co-directors), designed to
provide molecular biology expertise and support in the use of viral vectors for delivering genes
into tissues of the visual system and for creating transgenic animal models of ocular disease. (2)
Microscopic Imaging (Maria Feller and Austin Roorda, co-directors), which will apply and
develop advanced imaging methods for visualizing cells in both animal and human eyes –
designing, building, and facilitating the use of customized microscopes in individual labs and the
Microscopic Imaging Center, and (3) Software Development (Marty Banks & Michael Silver, co-
directors), which will provide custom software solutions for shared use by visual system
investigators using psychophysical and physiological methods. UC Berkeley has demonstrated
its strong commitment with 5 new faculty whose research focus is on vision, with 5 more Vision
Science hires planned for the next several years. The UC Berkeley central administration, and
the academic centers for Vision Science on campus (Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology,
Optometry, Psychology, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute) have all demonstrated their
continued dedication to Vision Science by committing resources equivalent to $400,000 over the
next 5 years to support the Vision Science CORE.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10487548
- **Project number:** 5P30EY003176-40
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
- **Principal Investigator:** RICHARD H KRAMER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $628,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10487548

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10487548, NEI Center Core Grants for Vision Research (5P30EY003176-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10487548. Licensed CC0.

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