FEI Basic Science Seminar Series
Basic Science Seminar Series 2023
If you are interested in learning more about the basic science series or would like to suggest topics or speakers, please contact: Amy Kiernan, PhD
All seminars start at 1:00pm and last for an hour.
March 3, 2023 (Hybrid)
Petr Baranov, MD, PhD
Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Title: Transplantation of retinal ganglion cells: guiding donor cells to their fate
Location: FEI Conference Rm G.3111
Host: Juliette McGregor, PhD
Zoom Link
April 7, 2023 (Hybrid)
Alexandra R. Bowers, PhD MCOptom
Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Title: Did you see that hazard? Scanning and detection deficits of drivers with hemianopia
Location: FEI Conference Rm G.3111
Host: Susana Marcos, PhD
Zoom Link
May 5, 2023 (Hybrid)
Ann E. Elsner, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Indiana University School of Optometry
Title: Advancing retinal imaging and visual function to improve patient management and elucidate disease mechanisms
Location: K-207 (2-6408)
Host: Susana Marcos, PhD
Zoom Link
June 2, 2023 (Hybrid)
Ramkumar Sabesan, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
University of Washington
Title: Mechanisms and applications of the cone optoretinogram (ORG)
Location: K-207 (2-6408)
Host: Jesse Schallek, PhD
Zoom Link
Basic Science Seminar Series 2022
If you are interested in learning more about the basic science series or would like to suggest topics or speakers, please contact: Amy Kiernan, Ph.D.
January 7, 2022 (Virtual)
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, FARVO
SUNY Distinguished Professor and Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of Ophthalmology
Vice-Chairman and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Ira G. Ross Eye Institute University at Buffalo (UB)- The State University of New York (SUNY)
Topic: Retina
Title: Unusual Lipid Metabolism Defects and Retinal Degeneration: A Slippery Slope.
Host: Krystel Huxlin, PhD
February 4, 2022 (Virtual)
Jody Summers, PhD, FARVO
Department of Cell Biology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Topic: Myopia
Title: Visually-Induced Changes in Choroidal Cytokine Production: Implications for Ocular Growth and Disease
Host: Susana Marcos, PhD
March 4, 2022 (Virtual)
Yali Jia, PhD
Jennie P. Weeks Professor of Ophthalmology
Oregon Health Sciences University
Topic: Optical Coherence Tomography
Title: OCT Angiography and Oximetry: Prospects & Challenges
Host: Jesse Schallek, PhD
March 31, 2022 (In person - cosponsored with Dept. Otolaryngology)
Lisa Goodrich, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Topic: Developmental Biology of Sensory Systems
Title: Diversity Matters (for seeing and hearing)
Host: Amy Kiernan, PhD
POSTPONED: June 3, 2022 (Hybrid - in person and online)
12:00pm - G.3111
Ramkumar Sabesan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Topic: Retinal Disease Imaging
Title: Optoretinography to Assess Retinal Function in Health and Disease
Host: Jennifer Hunter, PhD
June 10, 2022 (Hybrid - in person and online)
12:00pm - G.3111
Daniel X. Hammer, PhD
Deputy Director, Division of Biomedical Physics, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health United States Food and Drug Administration
Topic: Adaptive Optics Imaging
Title: Ultra High-speed AO-OCT Imaging for Disease Biomarker Development and Vision Science
Host: Jennifer Hunter, PhD
December 1, 2022 (Hybrid - in person and online)
1:00pm - K-207
Teresa Puthussery, OD, PhD
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Circuit mechanisms driving aberrant neural activity in retinal degeneration
Host: Juliette McGregor, PhD