TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
- Yuyuan Wang, PhD (Sarah Gong Lab, Biomedical Engineering)
Multifunctional nanocarriers for CRISPR gene-editing tool delivery - Allison Ludwig, PhD Trainee (David Gamm Lab, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Preclinical progress toward photoreceptor replacement for retinal degenerative diseases
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
Walsh Research Travel Award Recipients, Spring 2019
- Yong-Seok Song, PhD Trainee (Nader Sheibani Lab, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Vitamin D receptor and regulation of angiogenic and inflammatory properties of retinal endothelial cells - Melissa Schoenlein, PhD Trainee (Karen Schloss Lab, Psychology)
Experiences with colored objects influence how people form color-concept associations
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
- Ryan Donohue (Fall 2019 Walsh Research Travel Award; Nickells Lab, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
BcIx gene therapy prevents BAX activation and preserves retinal ganglion cell axons - Xin Huang, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience
Neural encoding of multiple visual stimuli in the receptive fields of cortical neurons
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 – VIA ZOOM
- Sarah Rempel (Best Student Presentation Award, Vision Sciences; Gomez Lab, Neuroscience)
Human stem cell-derived photoreceptors switch from cell autonomous neurite growth to non-autonomous process stretching with retinal organoid age - Kris Saha, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Development and testing of new genome editors for the inherited retinal disorders
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