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The Division of Intramural Research Seminar Series

A public lecture series, hosted by the NEI Intramural Research Program on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Thursdays, Noon to 1 p.m. ET

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Past Seminars

Geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration: A tale of two stages

June 5, 2025 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

The seminar will be presented by Tiarnan Keenan, M.D, Ph.D., Stadtman Investigator in the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications.

Dr. Keenan's research is focused on adult retinal disease, particularly age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of legal blindness in all developed countries. This includes research into the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of AMD, together with disease mechanism discovery.

His experience and research span multiple disciplines. In genetics, his research into genotype-phenotype relationships has suggested that AMD consists of multiple partially distinct disease entities. His biochemical and anatomical research has provided insights into how AMD arises at the molecular level. In the clinical arena, his research involves examining how AMD behaves over time and how its progression may be slowed. For example, he has completed a landmark study of geographic atrophy, the dry form of advanced AMD, and is currently undertaking a detailed study showing how particular dietary patterns can slow down AMD progression.

His lecture, titled “Geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration: a tale of two stages,” expands further on this ongoing research and the novel discoveries resulting from such studies.

Hybrid event (in-person and online)
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The neuroscience of human communication: A multisensory perspective

December 12, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Michael Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Hybrid event (in-person and online)
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Cholesterol and the retina: fundamental processes and clinical implications

November 7, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Irina Pikuleva, Ph.D.
Carl F. Asseff Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Hybrid event (in-person and online)
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Shared neural circuitry of visuomotor integration and visual cognition

June 13, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Tirin Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology
Stanford University/Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Resolving the functions of novel primate retinal ganglion cell types: a multimodal approach

May 30, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Teresa Puthussery, O.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Optometry & Vision Science
University of California Berkeley  

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

The promise of complement-based therapies for dry AMD

April 18, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Catherine Bowes-Rickman, Ph.D.
George and Geneva Boguslavsky Distinguished Professor of Eye Research
Duke University

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Mechanisms of Memory and Cognition

March 14, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Elizabeth Buffalo, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington

This seminar is now exclusively virtual.

Mature retina is resilient to partial photoreceptor loss

February 22, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Felice Dunn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco

Hybrid event

Orienting eye movements in dreams and wakefulness

February 1, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Massimo Scanziani, Ph.D.
Professor/HHMI Investigator
University of California, San Francisco/HHMI

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Water's at the Heart of Vision: how water movement in opsins allows phototransduction to be investigated in photoreceptors in vivo

December 14, 2023 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Edward Pugh, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
University of California, Davis

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Echolocation in blind and sighted humans

November 30, 2023 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Lore Thaler, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Durham University

Please note: This seminar will be virtual only.

Brain in Silico

November 2, 2023 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Kwabena Boahen, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering & Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Transforming eye care with artificial intelligence

October 12, 2023 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Pearse Keane, M.D.
Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence
University College London

Last updated: May 13, 2025