Visual Function and Rehabilitation Laboratory

Research Focus

The Rosin Lab (Visual Function and Rehabilitation Lab) focuses on the processing of the visual signal in the inner retinal and CNS circuits of animal models. We perform retinal (ERG) and CNS (multi-electrode arrays) recordings from the Superior Colliculus prior to and following treatment application. We are interested in developing rehabilitation strategies aimed at normalizing network activity as well as the development of novel estimates of visual function and functional vision to aid in such rehabilitation. Our laboratory collaborates with many other laboratories at the Vision Institute in development of such methods in various models. We are currently applying these methods in the APRA-H THEA (Transplantation of Human Eye Allograph), a collaborative multi-institutional effort aimed at achieving the ambitious goal of transplanting a functional human eye.