2011-2012
Talks are typically alternate Mondays, 12:15-1:15 pm, in Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Building), but see below for occasional exceptions.
Students (and postdocs): We encourage you to have lunch with a speaker or two during the year. Please contact the speaker's host (in advance, if possible).
Fall 2011
September 19:
Gautam Awatramani
Parallel Mechanisms Encode Directional Selectivity in the Retina
Dalhousie University
Host: Robert Smith
October 3:
John Flannery
Optogenetic Approaches for Vision Restoration
University of California
Host: William Beltran
October 17:
Wilson Geisler
Detection and Fixation Search in Naturalistic and Natural Images
University of Texas at Austin
Host: Diego Contreras
October 31:
Nick Marsh-Armstrong
Phagocytic Astrocytes and Glaucoma
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Host: Claire Mitchell
November 21:
Marlene Cohen
When attention wanders: how uncontrolled fluctuations in attention affect performance
University of Pittsburgh
Host: Nicole Rust
December 5:
Joseph Carroll
High-Resolution Imaging of the Human Retina: Development and Disruption
Medical College of Wisconsin
Host: Artur Cideciyan
December 19:
Joan O’Brien
Genetics of Ocular Tumors
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Jean Bennett
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Spring 2012
January 9:
Anand Swaroop
A tale of tiny cilium: CEP290, primary cilia dysfunction and retinal degeneration
National Eye Institute
Host: Gus Aguirre
January 23:
Alexander Borst
In Search of the Holy Grail of Fly Motion Vision
Max Planck Institute
Host: Joshua Gold
Febuary 6:
Barchi
Library 12:15 - 1:15
Penn Vision Research Center Faculty Meeting
Overview of VRC Facilities and Discussion of Ways to Enhance Vision
Research on Campus
University of Pennsylvania
Host: David Brainard
February 20:
Neal Peachey
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness: New Genes, Mouse Models and Clinical Implications
Cleveland Clinic
Host: Daniel Chung
March 12:
Wei Li
A tale of two seasons: synapses and circuits in the ground squirrel retina
National Institutes of Health
Host: Noga Vardi
March 26:
Nicolas Bazan
Decoding principles to sustain hippocampal neurons and photoreceptor survival:significance of essential fatty acids
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Host: Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia
April 16:
Jose-Manuel Alonso
Neural representations of darks and lights in visual cortex
SUNY College of Optometry
Host: Larry Palmer
April 30:
Stephen Lisberger
How does the brain get its notion of motion
Duke University
Host: Alan Stocker
May 21:
Tonia Rex
Erythropoietin gene therapy protects retinal ganglion cells in two mouse models
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Host: Jean Bennett
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