An imperative, joint research project of Semmelweis University, the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), and Femtonics, led by excellent neuroscientist and Körber European Science Prize winner Prof. Botond Roska, is to be launched in October 2021. The research aims to restore color vision in blind retinas, to create smart optogenetic goggles, and to study the mechanism of ganglion cell death, which is the main cause of loss of vision in glaucomas.

Photo: The website of Semmelweis University.

The state-of-the-art, 3D two-photon microscopes of Femtonics will be used to perform optical experiments on human retinas; another important mission is to combine the new methodology of Dr. Botond Roska, rooted in molecular biology, with the 3D laser microscopy technology of Femtonics to find ontogenetic solutions for several diseases of the central nervous system (depression, dementia, epilepsy and many more). The research project is funded by and is to be realized within the frameworks of the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office’s Frontline – Research Excellence Programme.

Learn more about the project.