This multidisciplinary course is organized by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences to provide a thorough introduction to the biology of major ocular compartments and their associated pathologies. The course provides a fascinating view of vertebrate eye development, anatomy, physiology and pathology. Topics covered include: cornea, lens, vitreous, retinal development, visual processing, and pathologies, as well as central visual pathways. The course is open to graduate students and will be of particular interest to developmental and cell biologists, neuroscientists, geneticists, bioengineers, and clinician-scientists. Postdoctoral fellows, Faculty, Residents and Technicians with an interest in the visual sciences are strongly encouraged to attend.
This course will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5.15pm – 6.30pm
Fall Semester 2019
Location:Maternity Building Conference room 725
Course master: Vladimir Kefalov
Access to course material
| Date | Topic | Instructor | |
| 9/3/2019 | Overview of the eye from an evolutionary perspective | Joe Corbo | Jcorbo@wustl.edu |
| CORNEA | |||
| 9/5/2019 | Cornea I: Structure, physiology, transparency | Andrew Huang | huangandrew@wustl.edu |
| 9/10`/2019 | Cornea II: Stem cells and corneal renewal | Andrew Huang | |
| ANTERIOR SEGMENT | |||
| 9/12/2019 | Structure and function: Aqueous humor inflow and outflow | Carla Siegfried | siegfried@wustl.edu |
| LENS | |||
| 9/17/2019 | Lens: structure, cell biology. refractive errors and aging | Steven Bassnett | Bassnett@wustl.edu |
| 9/19/2019 | Genetics of cataract- age related cataracts | Alan Shiels | Shiels@wustl.edu |
| 9/24/2019 | Chaperone proteins in the eye | Usha Andley | Andley@wustl.edu |
| VITREOUS | |||
| 9/26/2019 | Structure and function of the vitreous body | Nathan Ravi | ravi@wustl.edu |
| RETINA: DEVELOPMENT | |||
| 10/1/2019 | Cell biology of retinal development | Brian Clark | brian.s.clark@wustl.ed |
| 10/3/2019 | Genetic control of retinal development | Shiming Chen | Chenshiming@wustl.edu |
| 10/8/2019 | Neurobiology of retinal development | Daniel Kerschensteiner | |
| 10/10/2019 | Genomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic analysis | Philip Ruzycki | p.ruzycki@wustl.edu |
| RETINA& VISUAL PROCESSING | |||
| 10/15/2019 | Retina I: Structure and function | Peter Lukasiewicz | lukasiewicz@wustl.edu |
| 10/17/2019 | Retina II: Neurobiology of visual processing | Phil Williams | prwillia@wustl.edu |
| 11/22/2019 | Neuroscience meeting | (No class) | ———————- |
| 10/24/2019 | Photoreceptors and signal transduction | Vladimir Kefalov | kefalov@wustl.edu |
| 10/29/2019 | Photoreceptors and visual adaptation | Vladimir Kefalov | kefalov@wustl.edu |
| 10/31/2019 | Circadian rhythms and the visual system | Erik Herzog | herzog@wustl.edu |
| RETINAL PATHOLOGIES | |||
| 11/5/2019 | Immune privilege | Thomas Ferguson | ferguson@wustl.edu |
| 11/7/2019 | Vasculopathies | Rithwick Rajagopal | rajagopalr@wustl.edu |
| 11/12/2019 | Inherited retinal diseases | Rajendra Apte | apte@wustl.edu |
| 11/19/2019 | Development, physiology and Pathophysiology | Andrew Lee | arlee@wustl.edu |
| CENTRAL VISUAL PATHWAYS | |||
| 11/21/2019 | Central Visual Pathways – part I | Josh Morgan | jlmorgan@wustl.edu |
| 11/26/2019 | Thanksgiving (No class) | ||
| 12/3/2019 | Central Visual Pathways – part II | Andreas Burkhalter | burkhala@wustl.edu |
| 12/5/2019 | Glaucoma and Ganglion cell Neuropathies | Banks Shepherd | shepherd@wustl.edu |
| 12/10/2019 | Central Visual Pathways – pathology | Greg Van Stavern | vanstaverng@wustl.edu |