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Sep 18, 2025 | UC Irvine News
The science of sight
Researcher Krzysztof Palczewski leads UC Irvine’s bold pursuit to cure blindness
Sep 03, 2025 | UC Irvine News
$15 million gift to name, support UC Irvine's Center for Translational Vision Research
The University of California, Irvine has received a $15 million gift from the Brunson Foundation, led by James and Cynthia DeBoard, to name the Center for Translational Vision Research in the Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building.
May 14, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD, Awarded Grant from BrightFocus Foundation’s National Glaucoma Research Program
BrightFocus Foundation’s National Glaucoma Research program has awarded a two-year, $182,000 research grant to Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD, an associate professor of physiology & biophysics and ophthalmology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, to investigate the cumulative role of repeated intraocular pressure elevations in epigenetic reprogramming and aging.
Dec 03, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-co-led study finds DNA damage is key factor in age-related macular degeneration
Targeting specific retinal cell types could lead to treatments that slow or stop progression
May 13, 2024 | UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Henry Klassen, M.D., Ph.D. Awarded Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year
Henry Klassen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Stem Cell & Retinal Regeneration, UCI School of Medicine, wins the Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year. UCI Beall Applied Innovation, with generous support from Don and Ken Beall, created the annual UCI Innovator Awards to recognize UCI researchers working actively to promote commercialization of university intellectual property, which supports industry growth and moves inventions from the lab to market to benefit humankind.
May 07, 2024 | Visgenx
ELOVL2 Enzyme Product Improves Retinal Function and Rejuvenates Retina Architecture in an Aged Mouse Model of AMD
The study, performed in the lab of Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk at the University of California, Irvine, confirms the critical nature of the ELOVL2 enzyme.
Feb 22, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine study shows similarities and differences in human and insect vision formation
Discovery offers insights into retinal disease origins and potential therapeutic targets.
Jan 09, 2024 | UCI News
School of Medicine Receives Prestigious Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness
The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine has received a prestigious Unrestricted Grant from the nonprofit organization Research to Prevent Blindness. The five-year, $575,000 grant will support eye research conducted by the Department of Ophthalmology.
Aug 18, 2022
UCI School of Medicine researcher nominated for OCBJ's 2022 Innovator of the Year
Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, Donald Bren Professor, UCI School of Medicine and Irvine H. Leopold Chair of Ophthalmology at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, has been nominated for the 2022 Innovator of the Year by the Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ).
May 04, 2022
Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD elected to the National Academy of Sciences