https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8842-7276Dr. Michael Reber obtained his Ph.D. in Human Genetics from University Diderot, Paris (France). Subsequently, he worked as Research Associate in Dr. Greg Lemke's group at The Salk Institute in San Diego (USA) to study neuroscience. Since then, his research program has focused on the development of the visual system, particularly the formation of the network between the eye and the brain in normal conditions and in eye diseases. He obtained a position as a Scientist/Professor at the Institute for Health and Biomedical Research in Strasbourg, France. In 2018, Dr. Reber joined the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute at the Krembil Research Institute (University Health Network) in Toronto to pursue his work on visual network formation and function.