Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
Biography Keywords: Enzyme engineering, Fibrosis, Inflammation. Education PhD 2006, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS 2002, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS 2002, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Research As an Associate Scientist in the lab of Professor Phil Romero in the UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry developing enzyme-based biologic drugs with catalytic …
Biography Keywords: Computational imaging, MRI, signal processing, machine learning Education BE, 2002, Telecommunication Engineering, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain MS, 2004, Computer Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH PhD, 2010, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Research Interests Dr. Hernando’s research is focused on computational imaging, with a specific emphasis on advancing MRI as a quantitative …
Biography Keywords: eye movements, saccades, smooth pursuit, cerebellum, basal ganglia, motor learning, adaptation Education BS, 2010, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University MS, 2011, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University PhD, 2016, Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins University Research Interests Dr. Herzfeld’s research aims to understand how neural circuits perform computations that drive precise and adaptive behavior. The Herzfeld lab …
Biography Keywords: Retina development, synaptic connections Education B.Sc. (Hons) 2005, Human Physiology, Presidency College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India. Ph.D. 2010, Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, University of Goettingen, Goettingen Germany. Postgraduate training 2010-15, University of Washington, Seattle USA. Research Interests: Our ability to see the world around us relies on a small piece of …
Biography Keywords: Visual processing, visual systems Education PhD 2003, Brown University Research Interests Dr. Huang’s research is focused on the neural basis of vision and visually guided behavior. Human activity is greatly enriched by vision. Relying on our versatile visual system, we are able to cruise through morning traffic, judge the trajectory of a fast …
Biography Education MA 1994, Mathematics & Computer Science, Saint John’s University, Jamaica, NY MS 1996, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania PhD 1999, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania Research Dr. Huang has 25+ years of experience in leading software and hardware development for medical imaging applications, both in academic and in FDA-regulated environments. Dr. Huang is dedicated to …
Biography Education Board Certification Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, CA Residency University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, CA Internship Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Medical School Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1988 Research Dr. Huttenlocher’s laboratory is focused on understanding the basic molecular mechanisms that regulate cell migration …
Biography Education PhD 1997, University of Tokyo (Physiology) Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997-2003, The Jackson Laboratory Research Interests For age-dependent diseases to manifest themselves in an age-dependent manner, there must be tight association between the disease-causing mechanisms and cellular changes that occur with aging. Therefore, it is important to understand how the aging process is regulated at …
Biography Education DVM 1997, Veterinary Medical Science, University of Tokyo Postdoctoral Studies 1997-2003, Genetics, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME Research Interests Dr. Ikeda’s research interests are related to understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate coordinated proliferation, differentiation and movement of corneal epithelial cells. Her current research focuses on elucidating the molecular pathways through which defects …
Biography Education PhD in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota BENG in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Tech Research interest State-of-the-art retina inspired cameras are based on late 1980s understanding of retinal biology. The recent advances in understanding of complex computations performed by …