2016-2017
Talks are typically held on alternate Mondays from 12:00pm - 1:15 pm, in Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Building). Please see below for occasional exceptions.
We encourage graduate students and postdocs to have lunch with a speaker or two during the year. Please contact Jessica Marcus (jmarcus@upenn.edu) to sign up.
Fall 2016
Monday, August 15:
Gerald Chader
(This talk will be held in Room 132 Hill Pavilion, 380 S. University Avenue.)
Bioelectronic Research Lab, University of Southern California
The Retinal Prosthesis: Renewed Sight Through Artificial Vision
Friday, September 2:
William Tsang
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal
Regulation of Centrosome Homeostasis
Monday, September 12:
Michele Basso
University of California, Los Angeles
Impaired Decision-Making in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Monday, September 26:
Donald Miller
Indiana University
Imaging Structure and Function of RPE Cells
Monday, October 10:
Jonathan Winawer
New York University
Neuronal Synchrony and the Relation Between the BOLD Response and the Local Field Potential
Monday. October 24:
Dario Ringach
University of California, Los Angeles
Spatial Clustering of Tuning in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex
Thursday, November 10:
Michael Hoffmann
University of Magdeburg
Consequences of Optic Chiasm Malformations on the Organization of the Human Visual System
Monday, November 21:
Noga Vardi
Lab for Retinal Microcircuitry, University of Pennsylvania
The First Synaptic Complex in Vision: Function and Tricks
Monday, December 5:
Robert Lucas
University of Manchester
How Melanopsin Helps Us See
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Spring 2017
Monday, January 23:
Stylianos Michalakis
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Gene therapies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations
Monday, February 6:
Andrew Watson
Apple Inc.
The Magical Number -6: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Classifying Visual Patterns
Monday, March 20:
Farran Briggs
Dartmouth College
Exploring Vision and Attention at the Level of Neuronal Circuits
Monday, April 17:
Stephanie Palmer
University of Chicago
Understanding Vision Through the Lens of Prediction
Monday, May 1:
Andrew Huberman
University of California, San Diego
From Fear to Courage: Neural Circuits That Attach Emotional State to Visual Perception
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