Past Events

Kristen Kwan, PhD
Professor
University of Utah

Dr. Kristen Kwan and her laboratory study the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis: the process by which a group of cells achieves its proper cellular organization and shape. Using the vertebrate eye as a model, they want to understand how the cells that comprise the vertebrate optic cup – neural retina, retinal pigmented epithelium, and lens – form the stereotyped structure that is critical for visual function.

David Freedman, PhD

Professor
University of Chicago

Dr. David Freedman and his laboratory use advanced neurophysiological and behavioral techniques, in parallel with machine learning approaches for studying cognitive computations in artificial neural networks. Together, their work is providing insights into the brain mechanisms of visual learning, recognition and decision making.

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine, University of California

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk's lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of aging in the age-related eye and brain conditions. They study processes regulating gene expression in age-related diseases, with emphasis on how aging affects cellular, metabolic, and transcriptional programs. Mechanism of senescence and polyunsaturated fatty acids metabolism are the two major areas of interest in the lab.

Przemyslaw (Mike) Sapieha, Ph.D.

Professor
University of Montreal, Montreal

Dr. Sapieha is the University of Montreal Endowed Chair in Translational Vision Research, Canada Research Chair in retinal cell biology and full professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry. His team identified mechanisms implicating semaphorins, deregulation of neuronal metabolism, innate immune memory and cellular senescence in retinal vascular diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Han-Yu Shih, PhD

Stadtman Investigator/ Chief NIRU NEI/NIH

Dr. Han-Yu Shih and the Neuro-Immune Regulome Unit (NIRU) aims to understand the mechanisms that precisely regulate gene expression in lymphoid cells through multidisciplinary genomic approaches. Lymphoid cells communicate the perturbation of homeostasis by production of cytokines, dysregulation of which results in neural and ocular inflammation in many disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, uveitis, and age-related macular degeneration.

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