CASE and the Visual Sciences Research Center  The Visual Sciences Training Program is housed within the Visual Sciences Research Center, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and other CASE hospital affiliates. CASE has evolved into a leading academic research and training facility. The School of Medicine at CASE ranks thirteenth in the nation in funds received from the NIH. Vision researchers at CASE currently hold 16 individual investigator research grants from the National Eye Institute.

Visual Sciences Research Center  Our research group is one of only 38 centers nationwide to receive a Core facility grant from the National Eye Institute. The National Eye Institute Core Grant makes key service modules available to vision researchers at CASE. This supplements the resources available to individual investigators beyond the funding that they hold from other sources. The core grant modules are equipped and staffed with technicians to assist students, postdoctoral associates and faculty in (a) cell culture  (b) histology, (c) molecular biology--including most contemporary techniques, (d) imaging, and (e) specialized animal resource--which helps manage, evaluate, and genotype specialized animal classes, including transgenic and knockout mice. Recently, we have obtained a competitive supplement from the National Eye Institute to establish the DNA Microarray Analysis Facility. This facility allows VSTP participants to utilize contemporary genome-wide screening tools.

The National Eye Institute Training Grant  CASE is one of only 31 programs to have received a Core grant from the National Eye Institute. This grant supports the research activities of the vision group by providing stipends, tuition and fees, health insurance, and research meeting travel support for both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees.

Links for Research Resources

Community of Science A source for information about research resources and investigators http://www.cos.com/

CRISP NIH Directory of Funded Research Grants http://www-commons.cit.nih.gov/crisp/

Genbank and other NCBI Data Bases http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sitemap/index.html

Internet Grateful Med A free scientific literature search engine http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/

National Eye Institute The major funding resource for vision research http://www.nei.nih.gov

More Links for Vision Research