IMAGING CORE SUMMARY The Imaging Core provides CVS faculty and their students with access to specialized equipment as well as highly trained technical staff for research that involves histology, human and animal imaging and adaptive optics facilities that support corneal and retinal imaging as well as psychophysics. There are three components of the Imaging Core. The Histology/Microscopy Facility supports harvesting, tissue preparation and microscopic examination of visual system tissue. A present goal is to query CVS members about histological methods they need for their research, particularly those they need assistance with. Dr. Michael Telias and his new technician Sarah Farid, will support the efforts of CVS members to perform challenging methods they do not have experience with, such as in situ hybridization and a wide variety of antibody methods. The Clinical Imaging Facility, supervised by Rachel Hollar, an imaging specialist with over 10 years of experience, gathers a wide variety of images including Spectralis, fundus images, optical coherence tomography, etc. on humans and animals. The Adaptive Optics (AO) Facility provides experienced staff, supervised by David Fernandez, that help with the design, construction and maintenance of AO systems for retinal and anterior segment imaging of human, macaque and mouse.