RSBS Director Recognised for Outstanding Contributions to Vision and Ophthalmology.

Ludwig von Sallman Prize in Vision and Opthalmology 2004.

The von Sallman Prize is awarded biennially, to recognise "outstanding contributions to vision and ophthalmology", by ISER (the International Society for eye Research), in cooperation with the Ludwig von Sallman Trust, which is based in the United States.

ISER has announced that the 2004 Prize has been awarded to the RSBS Director, Professor Stone.

It will be awarded at the XVIth International Conference for Eye Research, which will be held in August, in Sydney. As recipient, Professor Stone will give the plenary von Sallman Lecture, at this Conference.

Previous recipients are: Tsuneo Tomita (1984), Gerald Westheimer (1986), Daniel Albert (1988), Richard F. Brubaker (1990), John E. Dowling (1992), Sohan Singh Hayreh (1994), David M. Maurice (1996), Denis A. Baylor (1998), Helga E. Kolb (2000) and Steven K. Fisher (2002).