About Our Work:
![Confocal microscope image of the retina showing retinitis pigmentosa.](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_1.jpg)
![Confocal microscope image of the retina showing a choroidal neovascular complex.](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_2.jpg)
![Confocal microscope image of the retina showing age-related macular degeneration (AMD).](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_3.jpg)
![Confocal microscope image of a section of human retina showing the fovea.](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_4.jpg)
![Serial blockface scanning electron microscopy of RPE cells cultured on a specialized biomaterial.](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_5.jpg)
![3D view of a retinal ganglion cell.](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_6.jpg)
Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function
- Bioinformatics
- Clinical and Translational Imaging
- Epithelial and Retinal Physiology and Disease
- eyeGENE (Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping and Phenotyping)
- Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research
- Ophthalmic Clinical Genetics
- Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics
- Pediatric, Developmental and Genetic Ophthalmology
- Protein Biochemistry & Molecular Modeling
- Human Visual Function
![Amacrine cells, retinal nerve cells that modulate communication between other retinal nerve cells by releasing neurotransmitters.](/congress115th/20181203225009im_/https://nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-images/Intramural_image_7.jpg)
Last Reviewed:
May 2018