NIH - Center Core Grant for Vision Research (P30 EY007551-35)

The Center Core Grant for Vision Research at the University of Houston increases knowledge about the structure and function of the visual system, and improves visual health by supporting NEI supported investigators in individual labs, and in collaborations across labs and disciplines, in innovative research on vision and vision disorders.

Four Core Modules provide resources and services for vision scientists at the University of Houston:

Core	Director	Principal Associates	Contact
I. Instrument Design Core: Provides designs, prototypes, construction and maintenance of optical, mechanical, and electronic instrumentation for innovative vision research	Geunyoung Yoon, Ph.D.	Alex Schill, Ph.D.	Alex Schill (713) 743-5795 awschill@uh.edu
II. Research Computer Programming Core: Provides software design and development services to support and advance innovative vision research in the labs of the investigators	Vallabh Das, Ph.D.	Hope Queener, M.S.	Hope Queener (713) 743-0960 HQueener@Central.UH.EDU
III. Biostatistics Support Core: Assists with experimental design for basic, clinical and translational research, and supports the statistical and computational needs of investigators	Ruth Manny, O.D., Ph.D.	Julia Benoit, Ph.D.	Julia Benoit, Ph.D. (832) 842 7014 JSbenoit@Central.UH.EDU
IV. Biological Imaging Core: Provides facilities for tissue preparation, light, confocal, and deconvolution fluorescence microscopy, live cell imaging, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning EM serial block-face (SEM-SBF) imaging	Nimesh Patel, O.D., Ph.D. Co-Director: Alan R Burns, Ph.D.	Munenori Ishibashi, Ph.D.	Nimesh Patel, O.D., Ph.D. (713) 743-6125 nbpatel@Central.UH.EDU Alan R. Burns, Ph.D. (713) 743-1805 Arburns2@Central.UH.EDU
Administrative Core: Administration, coordination, grants management	Laura J Frishman, Ph.D.	Colleen LaBorde, Renee Rattelade	Laura J Frishman, Ph.D. (713) 743 1972 LFrishman@uh.edu