CellSight in the News

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Sep 1, 2022 by CU Department of Ophthalmology

The University of Colorado Department of Ophthalmology’s ocular stem cell and regeneration research program, CellSight, was awarded the top two prizes in the National Eye Institute’s 3D Retinal Organoid Challenge (NEI 3D ROC). The NEI, part of the National Institutes of Health, launched the three-phase challenge in 2017 to stimulate research using retina organoids. These organoids are similar to human retinas but are grown in a lab from stem cells, enabling researchers to study eye diseases and treatments noninvasively.

Feb 2, 2021 by CU Department of Ophthalmology

A team led by Maria Natalia Vergara, Ph.D., Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center, University of Colorado is awarded $60,000 for developing an organoid derived from stem cells engineered to fluoresce which allows the organoid to demonstrate the cellular composition more clearly and efficiently. This advancement allows for improved organoid differentiation that can be used to screen and validate drugs more readily.

Sep 20, 2017 by Nature Communications

Optical tissue clearing has revolutionized researchers’ ability to perform fluorescent measurements of molecules, cells, and structures within intact tissue.

Sep 13, 2017 by Eye Research

On September 13, AEVR’s Decade of Vision 2010-2020 Initiative hosted its Third Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on Capitol Hill, which was supported by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness.

Sep 4, 2017 by The Company of Biologists

The advent of stem cell-derived retinal organoids has brought forth unprecedented opportunities for developmental and physiological studies, while presenting new therapeutic promise for retinal degenerative diseases.

Aug 30, 2017 by CU Anschutz Today

Canto-Soler joins Ophthalmology and Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine team to develop cell-based treatments

Jul 22, 2017 by PLoS One

The mouse retina comprises seven major cell types that exist in differing proportions. They are generated from multipotent progenitors in a stochastic manner, such that the relative frequency of any given type generated changes over time.

Jul 1, 2017 by OftalmologoalDia

Interview with Dr. Canto-Soler on retinal tissue derived from stem cells (in Spanish).

Feb 1, 2017 by IOVS

How retinal bipolar cell interneurons are specified and assigned to specialized subtypes is only partially understood. In part, this is due to a lack of early pan- and subtype-specific bipolar cell markers.

Jun 23, 2014 by National Institutes of Health

Researchers induced human stem cells to create a 3-D retina structure that responds to light. The finding may aid the study of eye diseases and could eventually lead to new therapies.