{"id":8525,"date":"2023-10-17T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T01:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/?page_id=8525"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:19:05","slug":"basic-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/research\/basic-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/about-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2428\" title=\"Neurosciences\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2018\/07\/neurosciences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/about-us\/\">UNC Neuroscience Research Building<\/a> features approximately 35,000 square feet of research-oriented space and houses investigators affiliated with the UNC Neuroscience Center.\u00a0 The UNC Neuroscience Center is an inter-departmental research center whose mission is to promote neuroscience research with a specific emphasis on developmental, cellular and disease-related processes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">The UNC Department of Ophthalmology has lab space in the Neuroscience Research Building and is actively recruiting investigators who are experts in the field of basic clinical eye research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">For general inquiries related to collaborating with or working in any of the Carolina Eye Research Institute (CERI)&#8217;s three labs, or to learn more about the monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/research\/research-news\/\">UNC Eye Research Seminar Series<\/a> hosted by CERI, please email <strong><a href=\"mailto:unceye-research@email.unc.edu\">unceye-research@email.unc.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC Neuroscience Research Building features approximately 35,000 square feet of research-oriented space and houses investigators affiliated with the UNC Neuroscience Center.\u00a0 The UNC Neuroscience Center is an inter-departmental research center whose mission is to promote neuroscience research with a specific emphasis on developmental, cellular and disease-related processes. 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