| Oct 20, 2026 | Fortenbach Lab awarded a Latham Vision Research Innovation (VRI) Award to study the direct effects of photoswitches on plasma membranes. |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Lab presents at Helsinki Vision 2026: The Goal in Sight: Restoring Vision in Outer Retinal Degeneration. |
| Jun 03, 2026 | New paper in Ophthalmology: Large Language Model Authorship in Ophthalmic Publications, finding that undisclosed LLM-generated text is increasingly present in the ophthalmic literature and arguing for clearer disclosure standards. |
| May 04, 2026 | Fortenbach Lab presents at ARVO 2026: Photochemical Restoration of Transient ON- and OFF- Retinal Ganglion Cell Responses. |
| May 01, 2026 | Lab received an affiliation with the Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics at the University of Washington, supporting cross-departmental training and research in retinal physiology and vision science. |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Phase 1 trial of intravitreal photoswitch (KIO-301/BENAQ) in advanced retinitis pigmentosa published in Nature Medicine |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Fortenbach Lab presents at Basic Science Grand Rounds, a joint presentation with Dr. James Kuchenbecker on photochemical restoration of vision augmented with assistive devices. |
| Sep 15, 2025 | UW Medicine Ophthalmology featured the lab’s photoswitch research: Fortenbach Lab investigating the therapeutic potential for photoswitches to restore vision. |
| Aug 01, 2025 | Lab awarded the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award, RPB’s flagship award supporting four years of work on photoswitch-mediated vision restoration. |