Vision Science Seminar Series

January 24, 2013
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Noorjahan Panjwani PhD
Professor and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, Tufts University, Boston MA

February 28, 2013
Retinopathy of Prematurity: Clinical Issues and Directions
James Reynolds, MD
Professor and Chair, Ira G. Ross Eye Institute, And the Department of Ophthalmology

March 28, 2013
Adaptive Optics In Retinal Research
David Williams, PhD
William G. Allyn Chair of Medical Optics, Director, Center for Visual Science, Professor of Optics, Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, & Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

April 25, 2013
Macrophage Wnts and light in the regulation of eye development
Richard A. Lang, PhD
Professor Department of Pediatrics, and Director, Visual Systems Group
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati

May 23, 2013
Neurochemical Organization (and Disorganization) of the First Visual Synapse
Noga Vardi, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

June 20, 2013
Non-Synaptic Connectivity in Morphogenesis and survival of retinal neuron
Peter Fuerst, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, WWAMI Medical Education Program, University of Idaho

July 25, 2013
Corneal Wound Healing
Sally Twining, PhD
FARVO Professor of Biochemistry and Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin

September 26, 2013
The Role of Gap Junctions in Retinal Physiology and Pathology
Stewart Bloomfield, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean SUNY College of Optometry

October 24, 2013
Axoprotection for Axonal Degeneration: Science in Translation
Leonard Levin, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University

November 21, 2013
Nanotechnology for Drug and Gene Delivery
Uday Kompella, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado

December 13, 2012
Visualizing Circuits in the Visual System
Joshua R. Sanes, PhD
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Director of the Center for Brain Science, Harvard University

October 25, 2012
Genesis of the vasculatures in the fetal human eye
Gerard Lutty, PhD
Durell Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital

October 11, 2012
Role and Regulation of VEGF in the Adult: Implications for Anti-VEGF Therapies
Patricia D'Amore, PhD
Senior Scientist and Co-Director of Research, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Ophthalmology

August 23, 2012
Biomaterials for Ocular Surface Repair
Mark Rosenblatt, MD,PhD
Associate Professor Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College and Director of Dyson Vision Research Institute

July 26, 2012
Human Visual Cortex Response to Retinal Gene Therapy
Manzar Ashtari, PhD
Director, Diffusion Tensor Image Analyses and Brain Morphometry Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Radiology Department

June 28, 2012
Discovery of glaucoma pathogenic pathways
Abe Clark, PhD, FARVO
Professor Cell Biology, Director of North Texas Eye Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center

May 24, 2012
Genetic studies of age-related macular degeneration: Finally, some tangible benefits in sight
Anand Swaroop, PhD
Chief of the Laboratory of Neurobiology, Neurodengeration and Repair, NIH-NEI

April 26, 2012
Keeping time in the retina: circadian organization and visual function
Michael Iuvone, PhD
Ferst Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Eye Research Emory University

March 22, 2012
Neurons and retinal angiogenesis: Unconventional actions of GPCRs at the nucleus
Sylvain Chemtob, MD. PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, University of Montreal.

February 23, 2012
Drug Toxicity to the Mammalian Retina: Separating Physiological effects from Pathological Ones
Ido Perlman, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.

February 2, 2012
Contribution of Cone Photoreceptor Circuitry to Retinoblastoma Tumorigenesis
David Cobrinik, MD, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Modeling retinal disorders with human iPS cells
David M. Gamm, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Retina Research Foundation / Kathryn and Latimer Murfee Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Waisman Center Stem Cell Research Program, Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

December 1, 2011
Mechanistic Insights to Glaucoma Provided by Experimental Mouse Genetics
Simon W. M. John, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senior Staff Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory, Research Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine

October 27, 2011
The many faces of autoimmune retinopathy
John R. Heckenlively, MD
Paul R. Lichter Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics, Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Director, Center for Retinal and Macular Degeneration, University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

September 22, 2011
Bisretinoids of Retina: Fundus Autofluorescence and Macular Degeneration
Janet Sparrow, PhD
Anthony Donn Professor of Ophthalmic Science, Columbia University Medical Center

August 25, 2011
Age and diabetes-related changes of ocular basement membranes
Willi Halfter, PhD
Associate Professor, Univeristy of Pittsburgh

July 28, 2011
Connexins and Cell Signaling in the Lens
Thomas White, PhD, 
Associate Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY Stony Brook

June 23, 2011
Topic: Glaucoma Models And Treatment
Terete Borras, PhD, 
Professor, Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina

May 26, 2011
Topic: Retinal Pigment Epithelium And Retinal Disease
Ching-Hwa Sung, PhD, 
Professor, Ophthalmology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

March 24, 2011
Topic: Pathobiology Of Collagen And EMMPRIN In Cornea
Marion Gordon, PhD, 
Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Rutgers University

February 24, 2011
Topic: Neurobiology Of Blepharospasm
Craig Evinger, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior and Ophthalmology, SUNY Stony Brook

February 3, 2011
Developmental mechanisms and disease therapeutics: a view from the fly eye.
Ross Cagan, PhD, 
Professor, Dept. of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

November 18, 2010
TRANSCRIPTION CONTROL OF CELL TYPE SPECIFICATION IN THE DROSOPHILIA EYE
Tiffany Cook, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

October 28, 2010
USE OF fNIRS FOR FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING
Randell Barbour, PhD
Professor, Optical Tomography, SUNY DMC

September 23, 2010
STEM CELLS & RETINOBLASTOMA
Gail M. Seigel, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, SUNY Buffalo

August 26, 2010
MUTANT RHODOPSIN IN THE OUTER SEGMENT: A ROLE FOR AGGREGATION IN RETINAL DEGENERATION
Barry E. Knox, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

July 22, 2010
RELATING STRUCTURAL (FDOCT) DAMAGE TO FUNCTIONAL DAMAGE IN DISEASES OF THE RETINA AND OPTIC NERVE
Donald C. Hood, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmic Sciences (Ophthalmology), Columbia

June 24, 2010
TOPIC: GENE TRANSFER OF LIGHT CHANNELS INTO BIPOLAR CELL FOR VISION RESTORATION
Gary Mathhews, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, SOM, SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center

May 12, 2010
SUBRETINAL ELCTRONIC IMPLANTS FOR RESTORING VISUAL FUNCTIONS IN BLIND PATIENTS: FROM A CRAZY IDEA TO A CLINICAL STUDY
Eberhart Zrenner, MD
Director & Chairman, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Pfizer Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology

May 13, 2010
DESIGNING A SUBRETINAL ELECTRONIC IMPLANT: CHANCES AND LIMITATIONS FROM A CLINICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT
Eberhart Zrenner, MD
Director & Chairman, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen, Germany, Pfizer Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology

April 22, 2010
PRIMARY CILIA DYNAMICS ORCHESTRATES TISSUE PATTERNING & REPAIR IN CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM
Carlo Iomini, MSMS
Assistant Professor of Development & Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

March 25, 2010
MYOPIA RISK FACTORS & TREATMENT-2010 UPDATE: CURRENT ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Leslie Hyman, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology/Preventative Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook

February 25, 2010
RELIEVING BOTTLENECKS IN RNA DRUG DISCOVERY
Jack M. Sullivan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Ophthalmology, Physiology & Biophysics, Pharmacology & Toxicology & Neuroscience, State University of New York at Buffalo

January 28, 2010
RETINAL DEGENERATION IN A CHOLESTEROL DEFICIENCY SYNDROME: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM ANIMAL STUDIES
Steven Fliesler, PhD
Professor & Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Buffalo

December 10. 2009
DISC HEMORRHAGES: A TRUE GLAUCOMA NEMESIS; MAKING THE CASE FOR A GENDER BIOLOGY ISSUE IN POAG
Louis R. Pasquale, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Glaucoma Service & Director, Telemedical, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

September 24, 2009
ANIMAL MODELS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RETINAL CELLS REPLACEMENT THERAPIES
Michael Zuber, PhD
Assistant Professor, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

July 23, 2009
MACULAR DEGENERATION
Joshua L. Dunaief, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

July 16, 2009
EYE SHAPE AND PERIPHERAL REFRACTION-WHAT DO THEY MEAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTROL MYOPIA?
David Troilo, PhD
VP for Academic Affairs, State College of Optometry, SUNY

October 23, 2008
LEBER'S CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS, GENOTYPE/PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS & CLINICAL TRIALS UPDATE
Daniel C. Chung, MA, DO
Instructor of Ophthalmology, F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

July 24, 2008
HOW TO MAKE RETINAL CELLS
Andrea Viczian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

March 20, 2008
MACULAR DEGENERATION & THE METABOLIC DEMANDS OF VISION
Robert Barlow, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical Center

February 21, 2008
GLAUCOMA PHYSIOLOGY: LESSONS
Richard Libby, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

December 13, 2007
STEM CELLS FOR REPAIR OF DISEASED RETINA
Michael Young, PhD
Director, deGunzberg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation, Associate Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

May 31, 2007
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS REGULATING RETINAL MICROVASCULAR MORPHOGENESIS
Ira M. Herman, PhD
Professor of Cell & Molecular Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine