2012-2013
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 2012
September 10:
Diego Contreras
The Structure of Neuronal Correlations in Mouse V1 and the Role of Layer 6 Studied With Optogenetic Methods
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Joshua Gold
September 24:
Emilio Salinas
From Guessing To Knowing: Neural Correlates of Random and Informed Decisions During Rapid Choices
Wake Forest University
Host: Diego Contrerras
October 8:
Gregory Horwitz
Exploring Primary Visual Cortex with Closed-Loop and Optogenetic Methods
University of Washington
Host: David Brainard
October 22:
Tudor Badea
Molecular Genetics of Retinal Ganglion Cell Diversification
National Institutes of Health
Host: Wenqin Lou
November 5:
Hendrik Scholl
Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Genetic, Immunologic and Systemic Disease
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Host: Artur Cideciyan
November 19:
Kirill Martemyanov
G Protein Mediated Synaptic Transmission of Visual Signals in the Retina
The Scripps Research Institute, Florida
Host: Noga Vardi
December 3:
Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan
Photoreceptors and Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Partners in Normal Vision and Retinal Disease
Weill Cornell Medical College
Host: Claire Mitchell
December 17:
Jessica Morgan
Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy and its Application for High Resolution Study of Choroideremia
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Jean Bennett
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Spring 2013
January 7:
Konstantin Petrukhin
Fighting Macular Degeneration: From Gene Discoveries to Drug Development
Columbia University
Host: Gus Aguirre
January 28:
Yang Dan
Visual Cortical Processing: Clones, Interneurons, and Cholinergic Modulation
University of California, Berkeley
Host: Joshua Gold
Febuary 11:
Bosco Tjan
Measuring the Relationship between the fMRI BOLD Response and Neuronal Activity from a Subject without the Optic Chiasm
University of Southern California
Host: Geoff Aguirre
February 25:
Anuradha Dhingra
G-proteins in Retina: Role in Signaling Cascades and Beyond
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Noga Vardi
March 11 :
David Gamm
Modeling Retinal Development and Disease with Human iPS Cells
University of Wisconsin
Host: Jean Bennett
April 1:
Heidi Hofer
Visual Perception and the Retinal Mosaic
University of Houston
Host: David Brainard
April 15:
Joshua Singer
Synaptic Dynamics Determine Retinal Circuit Function
University of Maryland
Host: Robert Smith
April 29:
Alessandra Angelucci
Circuits for Contextual Integration in Primary Visual Cortex
University of Utah
Host: Diego Contrerras
May 20:
David Freedman
Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Categorization and Decision Making
University of Chicago
Host: Nicole Rust
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