As a collaborative assignment, OptiVisT ESR9 Mehal and ESR11 Peter Reddingius successfully co-hosted a vision science symposium City, University of London on July 25th '23, with speakers from Crabb Lab Research (London), ARU (Cambridge), University of Oxford & Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen)

ESRs and PI’s of OptiVisT at #ECVP2023 presenting their work and meeting many of our wonderful colleagues around the world! Thanks for the wonderful conference.

📢📢 The deadline to apply for the 3 open EGRET-AAA has been extended to October 20th, 6PM (CEST). Visit egret-aaa.eu for more information or apply immediately via apply.workable.com/egret-aaa/! 📢📢

OptiVisT members feelSpace and Uni Osnabrück are making waves in the media with their navigation bracelet. This innovation empowers the visually impaired, enhancing their independence and mobility. sat1regional.de/osnabruecker-s…

OptiVisT ESR Jannet philip from Koninklijke Visio has published her first PhD paper on a novel CVI subtype classification. This could be potentially used for streamlining diagnosis and intervention. Check out her paper: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

OptiVisT ESR Mehal receives a full scholarship to attend the Oxford Berlin Autumn School on Open And Responsible Research. Read about her experience and learnings linkedin.com/posts/mehalrat…

Check out this systematic review on eye tracking in vision impairment by OptiVisT ESR Ward Nieboer 👏🏻👏🏻

Excited to introduce a new doctoral network PROVIDE-DN. PROVIDE will focused on studying vestibular disorder, debilitating conditions affecting the inner ear that disrupt mobility and balance. The recruitment has started and if you’re interested visit: provide-dn.eu

We gather again for the next OptiVisT workshop and this time it’s in Osnabrück organised by feelSpace. More updates to follow! #horizon2020#EU#MSCactions#PhD#visionscienc#ESRs

OptiVisT ESRs presented their progress as posters to the consortium. New and exciting developments! feelSpace #horizon2020 #Mscactions #PhD #visionscience

ESR Dilce Tanrıverdi published her first paper within OptiVisT on rapid assessment of peripheral crowding. Check out the paper link down below. #msca #h2020 #visionscience doi.org/10.3389/fnins.…

OptiVisT ESRs Jannet philip from Koninklijke Visio and Mehal and Peter Reddingius from Crabb Lab Research at #ARVO2024 in Seattle! They had the opportunity to present posters on their PhD research work.

Join our conference on “Understanding and Enhancing Functional Vision in Daily Life”, August 23rd, 2024, Aberdeen, UK. It is organized as a satellite event to ECVP 2024 (25-29th August) also in Aberdeen. Participation is free! Visit optivist.eu/functional-vis… for more information!

OptiVisT ESRs Mehal and Peter Reddingius from Crabb Lab Research were a part of this recently published paper that focused on understanding the feasibility of a mailed contrast sensitivity test. Access the paper via nature.com/articles/s4143…

It is still possible to join our closing conference online! Visit our website optivist.eu/functional-vis……… for the program and more information on how to join.

Join us today in our conference on Understanding and Enhancing Functional Vision in Daily Life. The consortium presents their research highlights and three keynote lectures by non-optivist experts in vision science! Visit optivist.eu/functional-vis… for the program & meeting link

Our closing conference was a big success! Big thanks to the ESRs, their PIs, our three keynote speakers and chair and all non-optivist attendees for making it a lovely day.

My article, "Assessing Visual Crowding in Preperimetric Glaucoma Using Eye Movement & Manual Response Paradigms," is now published! tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?a…

Congratulations to OptivisT ESR Peter Reddingius for receiving the Best Poster Award at the European Conference on Visual Perception 2024 in Aberdeen, UK! Well done, Peter!

OptiVisT ESR Dilce Tanrıverdi publishes an article in TVST Journal . Congrats Dilce!