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Distinguished Speaker Series

Speakers

Tom Baden, PhD

Mar 28, 2025


Ancestral photoreceptor diversity as the basis of visual behaviour

Tom Baden, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton UK; Director, Sussex Center for Sensory Neuroscience and Computation (SNAC)

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Glenn Yiu

Mar 21, 2025


Gene Therapy & Genome Editing for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Glenn Yiu, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, UC Davis Health

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Jillian Pearring

Mar 14, 2025


Disrupting the ciliary gradient of Arl3-GTP activity results in a photoreceptor nuclear migration defect

Jillian Pearring, PhD, Assistant Professor, Skillman Early Career Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Cell & Developmental Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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David Krizaj

Mar 07, 2025


Mechanosensation as a regulator of ocular homeostasis and dysfunction

David Krizaj, PhD, John Frederick Carter Endowed Professor in Ophthalmology, University of Utah

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Shiming Chen

Feb 28, 2025


Fighting Blindness - Lessons from CRX Research

Shiming Chen, PhD, Dr. Bernard and Janet R. Becker Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology, Director, Molecular Genetics Core in Ophthalmology, Co-director, Interdisciplinary Training in Vision Science, DBBS, Washington University School of Medicine

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Imre Lengyel

Feb 21, 2025


The road to uncovering the real meaning of drusen

Imre Lengyel, PhD, Professor of Translational Ophthalmology (QUB) and Honorary Senior Fellow (UCL), DFP Study Ophthalmology Lead, The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast

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Nikolai Artemyev

Feb 14, 2025


Maturation, structure and dynamics of human cone PDE6C important for photopic vision

Nikolai Artemyev, PhD, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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 Samuel H. Sternberg

Feb 07, 2025


Molecular innovation at the CRISPR-transposon interface

Samuel H. Sternberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University

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Glenn Lobo

Jan 31, 2025


Physiological role of the vitamin A receptor RBPR2 in whole-body retinoid homeostasis

Glenn Lobo, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota

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Rui Chen

Jan 24, 2025


Genetics of Human Inherited Retinal Diseases

Rui Chen, PhD, Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine

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