Past Vision Research Seminars

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January 2005

Lisa Ebihara, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Finch University of Health Sciences
Title: Exchange of gating properties between two lens fiber gap junctional proteins
Thursday, January 20, 2005
12 Noon

Shannon M. Saszik, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Ophthalmology
Northwestern University
Title: Light-driven Action Potentials in Mammalian Cone Bipolar Cells
*Friday, January 28, 2005
12 Noon

March 2005

Vijay P. Sarthy, PhD
Magerstadt Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Northwestern University
Title: Novel Roles for Muller Cells in the Retina
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Noon

Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Harvard Medical School
Title: Genetic approaches for Glaucoma:  A complex disease.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
4:30 pm

April 2005

J.R. Kuszak, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology & Pathology
Director of Electron Microscopy
Rush Medical College
Title: Crystalline Lenses:  Form Follows Function and Malformation Leads to Malfunction
Tuesday, April 5, 2005
12:00 noon

October 2005

Donna Peters, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UW Madison Medical School
Title:  Fibronectin: An Extracellular Gatekeeper of Outflow Facility
October 18, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
LIERI Conference Room

November 2005

3rd Annual Symposium
UIC Vision Science Research Group
Frontiers in Vision Science
Ocular Genetics: Development & Disorders
November 4, 2005
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Chicago Illini Union
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January 2004

Eric Pierce, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology
Scheie Eye Institute
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"RP1: A MAP for organization of photoreceptor outer segment discs"
Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 4:30 p.m.
LIERI Conference Room (1905 West Taylor Street)

Maarten Kamermans, PhD
Retinal Signal Processing Group
Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute
"How do horizontal cells feedback to cones? The involvement of hemichannels, GABA, pH and glutamate"
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
11:00 a.m. EEI Classroom

Calvin Grant, MD
Retinal and Ophthalmic Consultants
Northfield, New Jersey
New Treatments For Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Wednesday, January 28
4:30 p.m. LIERI Conference Room

February 2004

Constance L. Cepko, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Genomic analysis of photoreceptor development and disease
Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 4:30 p.m.
LIERI Conference Room (1905 West Taylor Street)

March 2004

Gisela Velez, MD
Clinical Associate Staff
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Post Doctoral Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute
Primary Intraocular Lymphoma: Diagnosis and Management
Wednesday, March 3
4:30 p.m. LIERI Conference Room

J. Mark Petrash, PhD
Professor and Director of Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Washington University
Small heat shock proteins and cataract
Wednesday, March 10
4:30 p.m., LIERI Conference Room

April 2004

Donald Hood , PhD
Professor
Columbia University
“The Multifocal ERG and VEP: Noninvasive Study of Human Retinal and Optic Nerve Activity”
Wednesday, April 14
4:30 p.m., LIERI Conference Room

September 2004

Curtis R. Brandt, PhD
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Medical School
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Herpes simplex virus based vectors for ocular gene delivery”
Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 4:30pm
LIERI Conference Room (1905 West Taylor Street)

Jian Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
School of Pharmacy , University of North Carolina
Investigation of the Functions and Structures of Heparan Sulfate
Friday, September 24, 2004

October 2004

Paul Knepper, PhD
Visiting Professor
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, UIC
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Is there a cytotoxic protein in glaucoma aqueous, and what could be done to clean it up
Friday, October 1, 2004

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, PhD
Associate Professor of Optometry
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
College of Optometry
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Photoreceptor Optics: The Stiles Crawford Effect and Waveguiding
Friday, October 8, 2004

November 2004

Tibor Valyi-Nagy, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
UIC
Acute and latent herpes simplex virus type 1 infection-induced oxidative damage in the nervous system
Friday, November 19, 2004