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父摘要(未提供核心摘要) 描述(由申请者提供)：NEI P30奖项为四个高质量和多产的视觉研究服务模块提供持续和稳定的资金：仪器设计、研究计算机编程、生物统计和生物成像。这些模块由一群才华横溢的员工运营，他们在我们的核心视力研究中心拥有2到15年的经验。这些模块为目前来自休斯顿大学5个系(生物化学、生物学、药理学、电气工程和验光)的23名核心中心视觉科学家提供所需的研究服务。这些核心视觉科学家有不同的培训和研究兴趣，他们彼此有效地合作，以及与该大学和其他机构的约100名其他视觉研究人员合作。我们的23名核心中心调查人员总共获得了13笔合格的NEI资助的赠款。视光学院和休斯顿大学为支持视觉研究提供了相当多的额外承诺。在这所大学P30资助的过去5年里，核心中心创造了一个异常有利的视觉研究环境，直接贡献了138篇发表的论文，最终招募了9名新的视觉研究人员，其中7人目前有NIH资助，包括3人有新的NEI资助。这些成就反映了我们核心中心过去和现在的目标，即专注于稳定的资金、高质量的研究服务、协作研究、创新研究、新愿景研究人员以及转化为NIH和NEI支持的新项目。未来5年将特别强调创新研究(例如，自适应光学)和招聘视觉研究人员，以填补我们目前3个开放的基础科学职位，以及未来的其他职位。

PARENT ABSTRACT (CORE ABSTRACT NOT PROVIDED) DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NEI P30 award provides ongoing and stable funding for four high quality and productive vision research service Modules: Instrument Design, Research Computer Programming, Biostatistics and Biological Imaging. These Modules are run by an exceptionally talented staff that has from 2 to 15 years of experience in our Core Center for Vision Research. The Modules provide needed research services to a present group of 23 Core Center vision scientists from 5 departments of the University of Houston (Biochemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Electrical Engineering, and Optometry). These Core vision scientists have diverse training and research interests, they collaborate effectively with each other, as well as with some 100 other vision researchers at this University and at other institutions. Together, our 23 Core Center investigators have 13 qualifying NEI-funded grants. The College of Optometry and University of Houston provide considerable additional commitments in support of vision research. During the past 5 years of P30 funding at this University, the Core Center has created an unusually favorable vision-research environment that has directly contributed to 138 published papers and culminated in the recruitment of 9 new vision investigators, 7 of whom currently have NIH funding, including 3 who have new NEI funding. These accomplishments reflect our Core Center's previous and current aims that focus on stable funding, quality research services, collaborative research, innovative research, new vision researchers, and new projects converting into NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming 5 years will be innovative research (e. g., adaptive optics) and recruitment of vision researchers to fill our current 3 open basic science positions, as well as other positions in the future.