Past Vision Research Seminars
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2008
| 2/15/2008 | Janice M. Burke, PhD Dept. of Ophthalmology Medical College of Wisconsin The RPE melanosome in aging and disease: How do we determine the biological functions of a granule? |
| 4/18/2008 | Christine A. Curcio, PhD Dept. of Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham Pathogenesis of early age-related maculopathy |
| 5/30/2008 | David M. Gamm, PhD Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Wisconsin - Madison Directed differentiation of human retinal precursor cells |
2007
| 10/12/2007 | Muna I. Naash, PhD Dept. of Cell Biology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Nano-based non-viral gene therapy for ocular diseases |
| 11/16/2007 | Cheryl M. Craft, PhD Dept. of Cell and Neurobiology University of Southern California Of mice and men: Visual arrestins mouse knockouts provide functional clues to decipher the etiology of human cone dystrophy and incomplete congenital stationary night blindness |
| 12/7/2007 | Robert S. Molday, PhD Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia Splitting and gluing the retina together: Disease mechanisms and gene therapy in a mouse model for X-linked juvenile retinoschisis |
2005
| 01/02/2005 | Shannon M. Saszik, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Ophthalmology Northwestern University Light-driven Action Potentials in Mammalian Cone Bipolar Cells |
| 01/20/2005 | Lisa Ebihara, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Finch University of Health Sciences Exchange of gating properties between two lens fiber gap junctional proteins |
| 03/17/2005 | Vijay P. Sarthy, PhD Magerstadt Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University Novel Roles for Muller Cells in the Retina |
| 03/23/2005 | Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Harvard Medical School Genetic approaches for Glaucoma: A complex disease |
| 04/05/2005 | J.R. Kuszak, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology & Pathology Director of Electron Microscopy Rush Medical College Crystalline Lenses: Form Follows Function and Malformation Leads to Malfunction |
| 10/18/2005 | Donna Peters, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UW Madison Medical School Fibronectin: An Extracellular Gatekeeper of Outflow Facility |
| 11/04/2005 | 3rd Annual Symposium UIC Vision Science Research Group Frontiers in Vision Science—Ocular Genetics: Development & Disorders |
2004
| 01/07/2004 | 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 |
| 01/21/2004 | 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 |
| 01/28/2004 | Calvin Grant, MD Retinal and Ophthalmic Consultants Northfield, New Jersey New Treatments For Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
| 02/25/2004 | Constance L. Cepko, PhD Professor of Genetics Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Genomic analysis of photoreceptor development and disease |
| 0303/2004 | Gisela Velez, MD Clinical Associate Staff Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Post Doctoral Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute Primary Intraocular Lymphoma: Diagnosis and Management |
| 03/10/2004 | J. Mark Petrash, PhD Professor and Director of Research Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University Small heat shock proteins and cataract |
| 04/14/2004 | Donald Hood, PhD Professor Columbia University The Multifocal ERG and VEP: Noninvasive Study of Human Retinal and Optic Nerve Activity |
| 09/15/2004 | 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 |
| 09/24/2004 | 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 |
| 10/01/2004 | 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 |
| 10/08/2004 | 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 |
| 11/19/2004 | 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 |