Fall 2017 Seminar Series

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 – WIMR II conference room 3571
Extracellular Environment and Glaucoma

  • Nader Sheibani, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
    CYP1B1 and congenital glaucoma
  • Donna Peters, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
    Influence of extracellular matrix on intraocular pressure

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360
MERI Trainee Award Recipients, Fall 2016

  • Heather Schmitt, PhD Candidate (Nickells Lab, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
    Best Student Presentation Award, Fall 2016
    Targeting HDAC3 activity prevents retinal ganglion cell nuclear atrophy and apoptosis after optic nerve injury
  • Bradley Gundlach, Graduate Research Fellow (Kats Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    Walsh Research Travel Award, Fall 2016
    Enhancing human color vision by breaking the binocular redundancy

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 – WIMR II conference room 3571
Novel Imaging Capabilities

  • Joe Carroll, PhD (Ophthalmology; Biophysics; and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, The Medical College of Wisconsin)
    Applications of adaptive optics retinal imaging
  • Melissa Skala, PhD (Biomedical Engineering; Morgridge Institute for Research)
    Molecular optical coherence tomography in the eye

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360
From Looking to Seeing: Neural and Retinal Function in Visual Disorders

  • Bas Rokers, PhD (Psychology)
    The Neuro-Anatomical consequences of prolonged abnormal sensory input during infancy
  • Michael Struck, MD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
    Pilot Study: Repurposing a drug to treat albinism