# Core 2. Visual Function and Non-invasive Ocular Imaging Core (VFNOIC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · 2024 · $154,593

## Abstract

Summary
The Visual Function and Non-invasive Ocular Imaging Core will provide expert technical support and equipment
for the analysis of visual function and ocular structure in vivo. The Core will provide equipment for the analysis
of the visual function in living mice and the ocular tissues in the posterior and anterior sections of the eye, train
laboratory personnel in experimental protocols, provide technical assistance and specialized analysis of ocular
tissue in vivo using 2-photon microscopy, and maintain existing instrumentation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10899726
- **Project number:** 5P30EY034070-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Vladimir Jivkov Kefalov
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $154,593
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-09-01 → 2027-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10899726

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10899726, Core 2. Visual Function and Non-invasive Ocular Imaging Core (VFNOIC) (5P30EY034070-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10899726. Licensed CC0.

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