Vision Research Seminar Series
Kellogg faculty and other distinguished scientists present their newest research. View the schedule.
All seminars are held from noon to 1 p.m. in the 6th floor KEC conference room, unless otherwise noted.
May 17, 2012
Howard Petty, Ph.D.
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
"Dealing Harshly with Radicals"
May 23, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Dongli Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Investigator, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
"P2X7 Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis in Human RPE Cells: Implications for AMD"
May 24, 2012
Michael S. Berlin, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Director, Glaucoma Institute-Beverly Hills
"Lasers in Glaucoma: Evolution and Revolution"
May 31, 2012
Henry J. Klassen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Director, Stem Cell & Retinal Regeneration Program
University of California, Irvine
"Retinal Progenitor Cells as Therapeutic Candidate for Retinitis Pigmentosa
June 7, 2012
Bruce Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Wayne State University
“Imaging of Diabetes-evoked Retinal Cell Pathobiology In Vivo”
June 14, 2012
Robert S. Molday, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director, Center for Macular Research
University of British Columbia
"ABCs of Stargardt Macular Degeneration: Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches"
Completed Seminars
September 9, 2011
Peter Campochiaro, M.D.
Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
"Pathogenesis and Treatment of Ocular Neovascularization and Macular Edema"
October 13, 2011
Molly M. Walsh, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Duke University
"The Impact of Aging on Retinal Gene Expression in Glaucoma"
October 27, 2011
Demetrios Vavvas M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Harvard University
"Necroptosis – Regulated necrosis. Redundancy in cell death and neuroprotection"
November 17, 2011
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (note change in time)
Marcus Fruttiger, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London
"Glia-vascular interactions in the retina"
December 1, 2011
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (note change in time)
Kevin L. Schey, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Vanderbilt University
“MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry: A New Imaging Modality for Ocular Tissues”
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. (note change in day & time)
Donald C. Hood Ph.D.
James F. Bender Professor, Psychology
Professor, Ophthalmic Sciences
Columbia University
"Comparison of Local Structural (Anatomical) and Functional (Behavioral) Damage in Patients with Diseases of the Outer Retina or Retinal Ganglion Cell"
February 9, 2012
Raquel L. Lieberman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology
”Structural and biophysical insights into the olfactomedin domain of myocilin: implications for glaucoma”
February 16, 2012
Andras M. Komaromy, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences,
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Michigan State University
"The effect of intravitreal CNTF application on achromatopsia"
February 23, 2012
Kwoon Y. Wong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
"Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) contribute to all four aspects of visual analysis: form, motion, color, and irradiance"
March 8, 2012
Kimberly A. Drenser, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Oakland University
“The role of Wnt-signaling in retinal development”
March 15, 2012
George C. Brainard, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Thomas Jefferson University
"Circadian Photoreception: Significance to Light Therapy for Winter Depression and Manned Space Flight"
March 22, 2012
John R. Heckenlively, M.D.
Paul R. Lichter Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director, Center for Retinal and Macular Degeneration
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
“Autoimmune retinopathy: An evolving story”
March 29, 2012
Michael R. Yeaman, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
UCLA
"In Defense of the Eye"
April 5, 2012 - Seminar Canceled
Barry E. Knox, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Neuroscience and Physiology
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse
Monday, April 9, 2012
Douglas J. Rhee, M.D.
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University
"Matricellular Proteins and Canal Surgery - Searching for the Cause of Glaucoma"
April 19, 2012
Barry Winkler, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Eye Research Institute, Oakland University
“Retinal Photoreceptors: Living Life on the Edge”
April 26, 2012
Catherine Bowes Rickman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Cell Biology
Duke University
“AMD Pathobiology: Complement and Amyloid beta interactions”
Information
For additional information, plase 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.
