Functional Vision Research
What we do:
- Routine examinations: We assess the function of the visual system using electrophysiological techniques such as ERG (electroretinogram), mfERG (multifocal ERG), PERG (pattern ERG), EOG (electrooculogram), and VEP (visual evoked potentials).
- Clinical research: Visual acuity (subjective and objective), contrast sensitivity, retinal function, binocular vision, color vision, myopia, often with a focus on methodological aspects. In particular, we are interested in the meaningfulness of measures of visual performance for every-day vision.
- Non-clinical applied research: An example is classification of vision-impaired athletes.
- Basic reearch: What does the visual system do when we are looking around? How does it do this? Often, clinical questions inspire basic research.
- We offer opportunities to for thesis work in medicine, biology, physics, engineering etc. Students also join our lab for internships that are part of their study program (e.g., MSc Biology or MSc Neuroscience).
- We cooperate intensively with other groups in our department (e.g., Global Ophthalmology and Neuroophthalmology) and other entities of the medical center (e.g., Psychiatry and ENT).
At present (as of 2024), our research is supported by three grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and one grant from the Velux-Stiftung (http://www.velux-stiftung.ch).
Freelance lab member and former head of section
