Iser.org
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International Society for Eye Research - Home
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- ISER(InternationalSociety for Eye Research)
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- San Francisco CA
- United States 94109
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- +1.4155618569
Description
T he mission of the International Society for Eye Research is to support, sustain and propagate excellent eye research throughout the world. This is achieved by enhancing international communication and collaboration, by providing a forum for dissemination of information among eye researchers and by developing and sustaining the skills and resources of the eye research community.
On the 18th of December 1968, fifteen scientists from the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland met in Oxford, England to discuss the merits of establishing an international organization to support eye research. It was agreed that there was a need for such an organization, because those scientists interested in studying the eye were scattered over many scientific disciplines in many countries, and such a Society would bring them together periodically from all over the world. It was emphasized that the future generation of scientists should be invited to the meetings organized by the Society, and helped financially to participate. The Society would strive to offer opportunities to young scientists to see and hear, and to be seen and heard. Among the objectives were: coordination of various channels of research communication; establishment of an international information center and clearing house for financial, organizational and operational aspects of eye research; stimulation and promotion of international research cooperation; assistance and cooperation with local, national and regional eye research organizations when needed.
Probably the most interesting proposition was the idea that such a new international organization should help scientists worldwide in the planning and coordination of research activities. Participants also expressed the opinion that the journal, "Experimental Eye Research", should become the official publication of the new Society.
