Visual Sciences Seminar Series
December 6, 2024
Renee Ryals, PhD
Topic: “Developing Lipid Nanoparticle-mediated Gene Editing Therapeutics for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies"
Date: 12/06/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Renee Ryals, PhD
Institution: Oregon Health & Science University
Website: https://www.ohsu.edu/people/renee-ryals-phd
Hosted By: Wen-Tao Deng, PhD
November 8, 2024
Ivan Anastassov, PhD
Topic: “Structural and Molecular Hallmarks of Functional Plasticity in a Simplex Retina"
Date: 11/08/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Ivan Anastassov, PhD
Institution: San Francisco State
Website: https://biology.sfsu.edu/faculty/anastassov
Hosted By: Michael Robichaux, PhD
October 4, 2024
Nawajes Mandal, PhD
Topic: “Sphingolipids in Eye Diseases- Basic Science and Translation"
Date: 10/04/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Nawajes Mandal, PhD
Institution: University of Tennessee
Website: https://www.uthsc.edu/faculty/profile/?netid=nmandal
Hosted By: Saravanan Kolandaivelu, PhD
September 13, 2024
Audrey Bernstein, PhD
Topic: “Topical siRNA Therapeutic to Promote Regenerative Healing"
Date: 9/13/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Audrey Bernstein, PhD
Institution: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Website: https://www.upstate.edu/cvr/investigators/audrey-m-bernstein/index.php
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
April 19, 2024
Yoshikazu Imanishi, PhD
Topic: “Novel approaches to study protein renewal in photoreceptor cells"
Date: 4/19/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Yoshikazu Imanishi, PhD
Institution: Indiana University
Website: https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/48163/imanishi-yoshikazu
Hosted By: Wen-Tao Deng, PhD
April 12, 2024
Kayarat Saidas Nair, PhD
Topic: “Combining Genetics and Genomics to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Ocular Diseases"
Date: 4/12/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Kayarat Saidas Nair, PhD
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Website: https://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/yuanyuan-chen-phd
Hosted By: Ezequiel Salido, PhD
April 5, 2024
Yuanyuan Chen, PhD
Topic: “Smal-molecule drug development of retinal degeneration"
Date: 4/05/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Yuanyuan Chen, PhD
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Website: https://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/yuanyuan-chen-phd
Hosted By: Wen-Tao Deng, PhD
March 22, 2024
Brian Link, PhD
Topic: “Modeling Photoreceptor Degeneration of Usher Syndrome using Zebrafish"
Date: 3/22/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Brian Link, PhD
Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Website: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/cell-biology-neurobiology-and-anatomy/people/brian-link-phd
Hosted By: Michael Robichaux, PhD
March 1, 2024
Martin-Paul Agbaga, PhD
Topic: “Translating retinal Very Long Chain Fatty Acids to therapy for age-related vision loss"
Date: 3/01/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Martin-Paul Agbaga, PhD
Institution: University of Oklahoma
Website: https://basicsciences.ouhsc.edu/cb/People/Primary/martin-paul-agbaga-phd
Hosted By: Saravanan Kolandaivelu, PhD
January 26, 2024
Michael D. Dennis, PhD
Topic: “Molecular Redox Sensors in Ischemic Retinal Disease"
Date: 1/26/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Michael D. Dennis, PhD
Institution: Penn State
Website: https://pure.psu.edu/en/persons/michael-dennis
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
January 12, 2024
Bela Anand-Apte, MBBS, Ph.D., MBA
Topic: “New Insights into Diabetic Retinopathy and Blood Retinal Barrier Disruption"
Date: 1/12/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Bela Anand-Apte, MBBS, Ph.D., MBA
Institution: Cleveland Clinic
Website: https://www.lerner.ccf.org/ophthalmic-research/anand-apte/
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
December 8, 2023
Alapakkam P. Sampath, PhD
Topic: “Cones and Cone Pathways Remain Functional in Advanced Retinal Degeneration"
Date: 12/08/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Alapakkam P. Sampath, PhD
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Website: https://neurobio.ucla.edu/people/alapakkam-sampath-ph-d/
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
December 1, 2023
Frans Vinberg, PhD
Topic: “Adaptation and Pathophysiology in the Mouse and Human Retina"
Date: 12/01/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Frans Vinberg, PhD
Institution: University of Utah Website: https://medicine.utah.edu/ophthalmology/research/labs/frans-vinberg
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
November 10, 2023
Damian Dorfman, MD/PhD
Topic: “Non-exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration: The Macula is to Blame. Lessons from the Mouse"
Date: 11/10/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Damian Dorfman, MD/PhD
Institution: National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Damian-Dorfman
Hosted By: Ezequiel Salido, MD/PhD
October 20, 2023
Harald Junge, PhD
Topic: “The Norrin/Frizzled4 Signaling Pathway Controls the Blood-retina Barrier and is a Target for Therapeutic Intervention"
Date: 10/20/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Harald Junge, PhD
Institution: University of Minnesota
Website: https://med.umn.edu/ophthalmology/research/junge-lab
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
October 13, 2023
Dusanka Deretic, PhD
Topic: “Interaction Networks of Small GTPases in Rhodopsin Trafficking to Primary Cilia"
Date: 10/13/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Dusanka Deretic, PhD
Institution: The University of New Mexico
Website: https://hsc.unm.edu/medicine/departments/ophthalmology/research/deretic-lab.html
Hosted By: Michael Robichaux, PhD
September 29, 2023
Wei Li, PhD, B.M.
Topic: “Living in the cold – what can we learn from a hibernator"
Date: 09/29/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Wei Li, PhD, B.M.
Institution: NEI/NIH
Website: https://irp.nih.gov/pi/wei-li
Hosted By: Jianhai Du, PhD
September 15, 2023
Susan E. Brockerhoff, PhD
Topic: “Mitochondria and Retinal Disease"
Date: 09/15/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Susan E. Brockerhoff, PhD
Institution: University of Washington
Website: https://sites.uw.edu/biochemistry/faculty/susan-brockerhoff-2/
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD / John Hollander, PhD
August 25, 2023
Debasish Sinha, PhD
Topic: “Deciphering the possible role of the two mTOR complexes in the RPE"
Date: 08/25/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Debasish Sinha, PhD
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Website: http://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/debasish-sinha-phd
Hosted By: Jianhai Du, PhD
August 18, 2023
Alecia K. Gross, PhD
Topic: “Molecular Consequences of Retinal Degenerations"
Date: 08/18/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Alecia K. Gross, PhD
Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Website: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/neurobiology/faculty/gross
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
May 26, 2023
Steven Fliesler, PhD
Topic: “Hereditary Retinal Degenerations: A Tale of Two Lipids"
Date: 05/26/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Steven Fliesler, PhD
Institution: University at Buffalo
Website: https://medicine.buffalo.edu/faculty/profile.html?ubit=fliesler
Hosted By: Bradley Webb, PhD
April 14, 2023
Anand Swaroop, PhD
Topic: "Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Retinal Development and Disease"
Date: 04/14/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Anand Swaroop, PhD
Institution: NIH/NEI
Website: https://irp.nih.gov/pi/anand-swaroop
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
March 31, 2023
Ian Sigal, PhD
Topic: "Ocular Biomechanics from the Bottom Up"
Date: 03/31/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Ian Sigal, PhD
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Website: http://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/ian-sigal-phd
Hosted By: Joel Palko, MD
March 24, 2023
Eric Horstick, PhD and Rong Liu, PhD
Topic: "Thalamic Regulation of Visual Plasticity in Zebrafish" / "Regulation of Kinesin-2 Motility in Ciliary Trafficking"
Date: 03/24/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Eric Horstick, PhD and Rong Liu, PhD
Institution: West Virginia University
Website: https://www.horsticklab.org/ / https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/biochemistry/research-labs/rong-liu/
Hosted By: The Visual Sciences CoBRE, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
March 10, 2023
Silvia C. Finnemann, PhD
Topic: "Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Photoreceptor Outer Segment Renewal"
Date: 03/10/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Silvia C. Finnemann, PhD
Institution: Fordham University
Website: https://www.fordham.edu/info/24004/biological_sciences_faculty/6846/silvia_c_finnemann
Hosted By: Ezequiel Salido, PhD
March 3, 2023
Xi-Qin Ding, PhD
Topic: "Thyroid Hormone Signaling and Cone Photoreceptor Degeneration"
Date: 03/03/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Xi-Qin Ding, PhD
Institution: University of Oklahoma
Website: https://basicsciences.ouhsc.edu/cb/People/Primary/xi-qin-ding-phd-1
Hosted By: Wen-Tao Deng, PhD
February 24, 2023
Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
Topic: "Bedside to Bench and Back, Lessons Learned in 20 Years of Research"
Date: 02/24/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
Institution: West Virginia University
Website: https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/biochemistry/research-labs/visvanathan-ramamurthy/
Hosted By: The Visual Sciences CoBRE, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
February 17, 2023
Andrew Fischer, PhD
Topic: “Retinal Glial Cells: The Key to Treating and Curing Retinal Disease…?”
Date: 02/17/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Andrew Fischer, PhD
Institution: The Ohio State University
Website: https://medicine.osu.edu/find-faculty/non-clinical/neuroscience/andy-fischer-phd
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
February 10, 2023
William Beltran, DVM, PhD
Topic: “Developing retinal therapies for late stage disease: What we can learn from canine models.”
Date: 02/10/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: William Beltran, DVM, PhD
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Website: https://www.vet.upenn.edu/people/faculty-clinician-search/WILLIAMBELTRAN
Hosted By: Wentao Deng, PhD
January 20, 2023
Jeff Mumm, PhD
Topic: "Fate-Biased Neuronal Regeneration in the Zebrafish Retina: New Rules for Old Tricks"
Date: 01/20/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Jeffrey Mumm, PhD
Institution: Johns Hopkins
Website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/jeffrey-mumm
Hosted By: Sadie Bergeron, PhD & Eric Horstick, PhD
January 13, 2023
Marina Gorbatyuk, PhD
Topic: "TBA"
Date: 01/13/2023
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Marina Gorbatyuk, PhD
Institution: University of Alabama
Website: https://www.uab.edu/optometry/home/people/faculty/marina-gorbatyuk
Hosted By: Wentao Deng, PhD