Previous Seminar Series
December 16, 2022
Kapil Bharti, PhD
Topic: "Developing a Cell Therapy for AMD: from Bench-to-Bedside"
Date: 12/16/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.
Institution: NIH/NEI
Website: https://irp.nih.gov/pi/kapil-bharti
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, Ph.D.
December 9, 2022
Yiqin Du, MD, PhD
Topic: "Stem Cell Therapy for Glaucoma and Potential Mechanisms”"
Date: 12/09/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Yiqin Du, MD, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Website: http://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/yiqin-du-md-phd
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, Ph.D.
November 4, 2022
Emily Sechrest, PhD
Topic: "Gene Therapy in a Mouse Model of Blue Cone Monochromacy"
Date: 11/04/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Emily Sechrest, Ph.D., Deng Lab
Institution: West Virginia University
Website: https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/biochemistry/research-labs/wen-tao-deng/
Hosted By: The Visual Sciences CoBRE, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
October 28, 2022
Brian Perkins, PhD
Topic: "Stimulating Photoreceptor Regeneration in Zebrafish Models of Retinal Dystrophy."
Date: 10/28/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Brian Perkins, Ph.D.
Institution: Cleveland Clinic
Website: https://www.lerner.ccf.org/eye/perkins/
Hosted By: Michael Robichaux, Ph.D.
October 21, 2022
Ching-Kang Jason Chen, PhD, FARVO
Topic: "Vision with and without sight: the transducin and melanopsin independent phototransduction."
Date: 10/21/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Ching-Kang Jason Chen, Ph.D., FARVO
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Website: https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/ching-kang-chen-19316
Hosted By: Visvanathan Ramamurthy, Ph.D.
October 14, 2022
Bradley Webb, Ph.D.
Topic: "Does Aberrant Arginine Transport Cause Vision Loss? Lessons from the Cellular Trashcan."
Date: 10/14/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Bradley Webb, Ph.D.
Institution: West Virginia University
Website: https://medicine.wvu.edu/biochemistry-and-molecular-medicine/research-labs/bradley-webb/
Hosted By: The Visual Sciences CoBRE, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
September 30, 2022
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Topic: "Vision for Escape and Pursuit"
Date: 09/30/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Institution: Washington University
Website: https://ophthalmology.wustl.edu/people/daniel-kerschensteiner-md/
Hosted By: Sree Motipally, PhD Candidate in the Kolandaivelu Lab
September 16, 2022
Rachel McNeel
Date: 09/16/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Rachel McNeel, Undergraduate Student, Du Lab
Institution: West Virginia University
Hosted By: The Visual Sciences CoBRE, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
August 19, 2022
Samantha Thompson
Date: 08/19/2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: HSC North Room: 3129
Speaker: Samantha Thompson, Graduate Student, Robichaux Lab
Institution: West Virginia University
Hosted By: The Visual Sciences CoBRE, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences