Calendars / Vision Science Seminars

2009-2010

Seminars will be held Thursdays from 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm beginning in September, unless otherwise noted.

Location: Maternity Building, Conference Room 725

Seminar Archives

Upcoming Seminars

October
November
December
January
February
March
April

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September

*Thursday*	*Name*
10	Oleg Kisselev, PhD Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology St. Louis University St. Louis, Missouri Why Do We Need Heterotrimeric G-proteins?
17	Milam A. Brantley, Jr., MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri The Role of Neurturin and RET in Retinal Development and Function
24	John P. Atkinson, MD Samuel B. Grant Professor of Medicine Professor of Molecular Microbiology Intern Chief, Rheumatology Division Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri AMD and the Complement System

October

Thursday

Name

1

Theodore G. Wensel, PhD

Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology

Welch Professor of Chemistry
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Regulation of G Protein Signaling in Vertebrate Vision

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Anatomy and Neurobiology

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Activity and the Organization of Retinal Circuits

15

Kyle C. McKenna, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Immunology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Department of Ophthalmology

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Hidden in Plain Sight Mechanisms of Immune Evasion by Ocular Tumors

22

Conrad Chris Weihl, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Department of Neurology

Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Function and Dysfunction at the Intersection between Autophagy and the UPS

28 4 PM, WEDNESDAY

725 MATERNITY

Nadean L. Brown, PhD
Associate Professor, Divisions of Development Biology and Ophthalmology

Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, Ohio

Regulation of Mouse Embryonic Retinal Cell Fates

Guo-Tong Xu, MD, PhD
Professor, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences

Shanghai Jiao Tongji University

Shanghai, China

Retinal Neuroprotection by Erythropoietin

November

*Thursday*	*Name*
5	Jayeeta Roychoudhury Postdoc Fellow Ferguson Lab Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
12	No VSS Lecture - Lowry Lecture (Eric Olson, PhD)
19	Lawrence Tychsen, MD Professor of Ophthalmology Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Pediatrics, Anatomy and Neurobiology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri . Title: Damaged Input to Visual Area V1 as the Cause of Crossed-Eyes in Infant Human and Monkey
26	Thanksgiving Holiday - NO SEMINAR

December

*Thursday*	*Name*
3	Janet R. Sparrow, PhD Anthony Donn Professor of Ophthalmic Science Department of Ophthalmology Columbia University, New York, New York. Title: Bisretinoids of RPE Lipofuscin. Understanding a Role in Macular Degeneration
10	John S. Parks, PhD Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology/Section on Lipid Sciences Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Title: The Role of Macrophage ATP Binding Cassette Transporter A1 (ABCA1) in Inflammation
17	Usha P. Andley, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: Building a Lens: Chaperone Proteins Modulate the Proteome and Clinical PhenotypeModulate the Proteome and Clinical Phenotype
24	Christmas Eve Holiday - NO SEMINAR
31	New Year's Eve Holiday - NO SEMINAR

2010

January

*Thursday*	*Name*
7	Mae O. Gordon, PhD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
14	David C. Beebe, PhD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
21	Robert H. Baloh, MD, PhD Department of Neurology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
28	Andrew Huang, MD, MPH Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined

February

*Thursday*	*Name*
4	J. William Harbour, MD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
11	Susan M. Culican, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
18	Vladimir Kefalov, PhD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
25	Joseph Corbo, PhD Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined

March

*Thursday*	*Name*
4	No VSS Lecture - Stephen Lecture (Irene Tracey)
11	No VSS Lecture - Kipnis Lecture (Gerry Ruvkun)
18	No VSS Lecture - Terry Lecture (Kevan Martin)
25	David Musch, PhD, MPH University of Michigan Title: To Be Determined

April

*Thursday*	*Name*
1	Paul Fitzgerald, PhD Title: To Be Determined
8	No VSS Lecture - Symposium on Translational Neuroscience & Bishop Lecture (Joshua Sanes & Harry Orr)
15	Karen O'Malley, PhD Anatomy and Neurobiology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
22	John R. Pruett, Jr., MD, PhD Psychiatry Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Title: To Be Determined
29	Hiroshi Sasaki, MD Kanazawa Medical University Japan Title: To Be Determined

May

*Thursday*	*Name*
6	ARVO (No Seminar)