Tuesday, January 13, 2015 – WIMR conference room 7001A
Harnessing Light for Diagnosis and Therapy
- Jeremy Rogers, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Turning noise into signal: quantification of optical properties of tissue using scattered light - Mahsa Ranji, PhD (Electrical Engineering, UW-Milwaukee)
Optical imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction
Tuesday, February 10, 2015- Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360
MERI Trainee Award Recipients, 2014
- Li Xuan Tan, PhD Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences); Lakkaraju Lab
Live imaging of inflammatory mechanisms that contribute to age-related macular degeneration - Brian Allen, PhD Candidate (Psychology); Rokers Vision Lab
Altered white matter in early visual pathways of human amblyopes
Tuesday, March 10, 2015- WIMR conference room 7001A
Genomics and Biology of Myopia
- Terri L. Young, MD, MBA (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Will my child become nearsighted? A review of the biology and genomics of myopic development
Tuesday, April 14, 2015- Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360
Methods for Studying Visual Function
- Yanjun (Judy) Chen, MD, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Application of pupil light reflex in ophthalmology, neurology and psychology research - Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, OD, MD (Pediatrics)
Understanding Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP): Use of non-invasive retinal imaging in a live mouse model
Tuesday, May 12, 2015-WIMR conference room 7001A
Genetics: New Approaches to Understanding Eye Diseases
- Nansi Colley, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Genetic models shed light on retinal disease - Scott Hebbring, PhD (Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation)
Phenome-wide approaches applied to human genetics
*Sponsored by UW-CORL and OSOD,LLC. Providing vision research support for campus (CORL.) and industry (OSOD) respectively, combining the resources of veterinary and physician ophthalmologists and pathologists as well as basic scientists encompassing a wider variety of disciplines