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Robert “Bob” Nussenblatt

NEI Remembers Robert “Bob” Nussenblatt (1948-2016)

Robert Nussenblatt, M.D., chief of the Laboratory of Immunology at the National Eye Institute (NEI), died on April 17 at age 67.
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NEI Welcomes New Council Members

The National Eye Institute recently appointed two new members to its National Advisory Eye Council.
From left to right: Drs. Miriam and Frederick Ferris, Dr. Emily Chew, Keller Johnson-Thompson, who is the great-grandniece of Helen Keller, and Dr. Robert Murphy, who is Dr. Chew's husband.

NEI's Ferris and Chew receive Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research

Frederick L. Ferris III, M.D., and Emily Y. Chew, M.D., who are director and deputy director of the NEI Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, have received the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research.
Dr. Belinda Seto

Seto Named NEI Deputy Director

Dr. Belinda Seto joined the National Eye Institute (NEI) as its deputy director on April 7, 2014.
Dr. Brian Brooks

NEI's Brooks elected to elite physician-scientist organization

Dr. Brian Brooks of NEI has been elected into one of the nation’s most respected medical honor societies, the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).
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NIH announces six funding opportunities for the BRAIN Initiative in fiscal year 2014

The National Institutes of Health is releasing funding opportunities to build a new arsenal of tools and technologies for unlocking the mysteries of the brain.
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First funding opportunity announcements for Audacious Goals Initiative available

The National Eye Institute (NEI) has announced funding opportunities for two new high priority research areas.
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NEI Grantee Ronald Davis Honored for Genetic Research

Ronald Davis, Ph.D., an NEI grantee and a geneticist at Stanford University School of Medicine, has been selected to receive an award from the Warren Alpert Foundation.
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Three NEI Grantees Join Prestigious National Academy of Sciences

Three researchers supported in part by NEI have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit organization that advises the U.S. government on matters of science and technology.
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NEI Grantee Edward Boyden Honored with Prestigious Million Euro Brain Prize

Edward S. Boyden, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and NEI grantee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, has been honored with a 2013 Brain Prize.

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