NEI Vision Research Core Facility

The National Eye Institute (NEI) Core Facility supports vision research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Many NEI-supported research activities at UT Southwestern share a common reliance on three major technologies:

• Stem cell, organoid, and cell phenotyping
• Gene editing and virus production
• Microscopy and animal phenotyping

Over the past several years, investigators in the Department of Ophthalmology have shared resources, technical expertise, and equipment to facilitate their respective research programs in a remarkably collegial atmosphere. The expansion of the Department of Ophthalmology's laboratory facilities, and the acquisition of additional NEI grant support for investigators on campus, prompted us to assemble a core grant as a means of enhancing these research activities. 

Please contact us if you are a vision researcher interested in using the core facility.