Vision Seminar Series

All seminars will be held in person on alternate Mondays at 12:00pm in room 102AB Richards Labs, and will also stream via Zoom.

For the Zoom link, please contact Jessica Marcus: jmarcus@upenn.edu.

 

Spring 2025

Jan 27
Robert Mullins
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa
“Annoyed in the choroid: complement activation and its role in macular degeneration”
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Feb 10
John Ash
Director, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center
University of Pittsburgh
“Stress-induced resilience”
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Feb 24
Wilma Bainbridge
Department of Psychology
University of Chicago
“Memory is predictable from our visual world”

 

Mar 17
Dora Hermes
Mayo Clinic
Title and abstract forthcoming

 

Mar 31
Richard Krauzlis
Senior Investigator, Visual Circuits Section
NEI
Title and abstract forthcoming

 

Apr 7
Noelle Stiles
Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Associate
Cal Tech
Title and abstract forthcoming

 

Apr 21
Sara Thomasy
Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology
UC Davis
Title and abstract forthcoming

 

Fall 2024

Sep 30
Janey Wiggs
Associate Chief, Ophthalmology Clinical Research
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
“Advances in glaucoma genetics: New opportunities for diagnosis and therapy”
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Oct 14
Daniel Butts
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
“Understandable or inscrutable? How and why is information from the two eyes combined in the visual cortex?”
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Oct 28
Bevil Conway
Senior Investigator, Sensation, Cognition, and Action Section
NEI
“Concepts: origins & neural mechanisms”
This seminar was not recorded.

 

Nov 11
Bikash Pattnaik
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Wisconsin – Madison
“Genomic medicine influxes ions through channels”
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Nov 25
Michael Marks
CHOP Research Institute
“Tales from the Dark Side: Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Syndromic Albinism”
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Dec 9
Donald Miller
Indiana University School of Optometry
“Exploring Adaptive Optics OCT Imaging for Improved Clinical Insights”
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Click here for the Vision Seminar Series archive