Sundaresan Periasamy, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics
G. Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India
Research at the Aravind Eye Institute toward Eliminating Blindess in India
Date: April 28, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: VSRC Conference Room, Institute Of Pathology 109A

Kang Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology & Human Genetics
University of California at San Diego
Genetic and Stem Cell Based Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Date: May 11, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wood Building, W331

Ilene Gipson, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
The Role of Membrane Tethered Mucins in Mucosal Epithelial Barrier Function
Date: May 21, 2010 at VSRC & May 22, 2010 at Resident Research Day
Time: 1:30 p.m. & 10:20 a.m.
Location: Wood Building, W331 & Biomedical Research Building Auditorium

Peter Campochiaro, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Mechanisms of Cone Cell Death in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Date: June 4, 2010 at the 12th Annual VSRC Symposium
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wolstein Research Building Auditorium

Lee Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pathology, Lab Medicine & Biomedical Engineering
Boston University
Alzheimer's Disease Molecular Pathology in the Lens - Pathway to Laser Diagnostics
Date: August 3, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Biomedical Research Building 105

Orson Moritz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of British Columbia
Mechanisms Underlying Exacerbation of Retinal Degeneration by Light Exposure in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wood Building, W331

J. Mark Petrash, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
Aldose Reductase as a Mediator of Diabetic Complications: A Focus on Eye Disease
Date: October 25, 2010
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robbins Building, E-501

Gerald B. Pier, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a major cause of microbial keratitis
Date: November 2, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wolstein Research Building Auditorium

Dusanka Deretic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Cell Biology & Physiology
University of New Mexico
Ciliary Targeting of Sensory Receptors through the Cooperative Action of Arf and Rab GTPases
Date: November 16, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wood Building, W331

Christine Curcio, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lipoproteins, Aging, and Age-related Maculopathy: the Oil Spill in Bruch's Membrane
Date: February 15, 2011
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wood Building, W331

Narsing Rao, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
AlphaA-crystallin ameliorates damage to photoreceptors from oxidative stress
Date: April 13, 2011
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Biomedical Research Building 105