Vision Research Seminars 2007-2008
All seminars are held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
May 22, 2008
"Toward a Unified Understanding of Glaucoma Mechanisms"
M. Elizabeth Fini, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research Advancement
Professor, Department of Cell and Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
May 29, 2008
Gregory S. Hageman, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Archive or 2007-2008 Vision Research Seminars
September 6, 2007
"Macrophages, Wnts, and Programmed Vessel Regression"
Richard Lang, Ph.D.
Professor, Developmental Biology and Ophthalmology,
Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
September 20, 2007
"Genetics of Cone Photoreceptor Development and Patterning"
W. Ted Allison, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
September 27, 2007 (MCDB seminar )
Gary Matthews, Ph.D.
Professor, Program in Neuroscience,
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Stonybrook State University of New York
October 11, 2007
"Deciphering Patterns in Vertebrate Eye Development"
James M. Fadool, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science
Florida State University
October 18, 2007
"The Potential of Light Restriction to Restore Structure and Function of Degenerating Photoreceptors"
Jonathan Stone, Ph.D.
Director, Research School of Biological Sciences,
Australian National University
October 25, 2007
"Finding Genes and Mutations Causing Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa"
Stephen P. Daiger, Ph.D.
Thomas Stull Matney PhD Professor of Environmental and Genetic Sciences
Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center
November 1, 2007
"Retinal Degeneration and Hereditary Cholesterol Dyslipidemia: Experimental Studies"
Steven J. Fliesler, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research, Saint Louis University Eye Institute
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
November 8, 2007
"Cell Transfer Device for PRK Wound Healing"
Paul Chen, M.D.
North County Laser Eye Associates
San Diego Laser Eye Surgery
November 15, 2007
"In vivo Electroporation and Mechanism of Mammalian Photoreceptor Development"
Takahiko Matsuda , Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
November 29, 2007
Xian-jie Yang, Ph.D.
"Regulation of Retinal Development by Cell-extrinsic Signals"
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Developmental Neurobiology Laboratory
Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine
December 13, 2007
Phyllis R. Robinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
NOTE: This seminar is being held by the MCDB
January 17, 2008
"Ciliary Transport/Signaling Defects in X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa and Allied Ciliopathies"
Hemant Khanna, Ph.D.
Research Investigator, U-M Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: Special day and time)
"Ciliary Trafficking Defects in Zebrafish Models of Inherited Retinal Degeneration"
Brian Perkins, Ph.D. - Faculty Candidate
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University
February 14, 2008
"Good Glycemic Control and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy"
Renu A. Kowluru, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Anatomy and Cell Biology
Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine
February 19, 2008, 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: Special day and time)
"Specific Neuronal Types and Functional Visual Cortical Circuits "
Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D. - Faculty Candidate
Systems Neurobiology Laboratories
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
February 26, 2008, 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: Special day and time)
"Orientation maps of neurons and astrocytes in visual cortex"
James Schummers, Ph.D. - Faculty Candidate
Postdoctoral Associate, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 28, 2008, 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: Special time)
"Adenosine as a Neuromodulator of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the Outer Retina"
Salvatore L. Stella, Jr., Ph.D. - Faculty Candidate
Assistant Researcher, Dept. of Neurobiology, UCLA School of Medicine
March 4, 2008, 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: Special day and time)
"Probing the Mechanisms of Retinal Development and Degeneration with Next-Generation Sequencing"
Jindan Yu, Ph.D. - Faculty Candidate
Research Investigator, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
March 6, 2008
"Using inherited mouse glaucoma models to understand glaucoma"
Simon W.M. John, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist , The Jackson Laboratory
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
March 20, 2008, 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: Special time)
"Cells and circuits setting the mammalian biological clock"
Kwoon Wong, Ph.D. - Faculty Candidate
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Neuroscience
Brown University
April 3, 2008
"The neurome of a mammalian retina: what we learn from cell populations"
Richard H. Masland, Ph.D.
Charles Anthony Pappas Professor of Neuroscience
Harvard University Medical School
Information
For additional information, please contact Christine Crilly at 734-936-9547 or ccrilly@umich.edu.
For information about Research Faculty, including complete bios, research summaries and contact information, please see the Research Faculty Directory.
The Vision Research Seminar series is funded in part by the Alexander Gotz, M.D., Endowed Education Fund in Ophthalmology.
