Assistant Professor
Advanced Optical Methods for Studying Eye Disease
Dr. Kim is a clinician-scientist with a background in biological and optical engineering, vascular development, and ophthalmology. He is passionate about innovation and his research centers on studying cellular-level dynamics and physiology in intact tissues with an emphasis on developmental and vascular diseases of the eye. The complex interaction of tissues in these diseases can be challenging or impossible to understand through traditional assays such as cell or organ tissue culture. The Kim lab therefore develops advanced optical and analytical methods, and merges these with genetic tools to observe and alter the cellular and physiological mechanisms driving disease longitudinally over time in intact living organisms. The Kim lab is also passionate in developing and translating optical technologies to improve ophthalmic care for patients.
To Learn More:
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/tyson.kim
https://ophthalmology.ucsf.edu/kimlab/
Research Areas:
Visual System Development, Biomedical Optics, Vascular Biology
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