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Sayer Vision Research Lecture and Award 2024: Marla Feller, PhD

December 9, 2024 — 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Riding the retinal wave through visual system development

This year's lecture is presented by Dr. Marla Feller, the Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in Biological Sciences and Member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.

Molecular underpinnings of postnatal foveal cone development

December 3, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Yi-Rong Peng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Jules Stein Eye Institute
University of California, Los Angeles

Characterization of the alternate visual cycle in muller gells for regeneration of cone opsins

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

Bethesda, MD

Gabriel H Travis, M.D.
Professor, Ophthalmology and Biological Chemistry 
Charles Kenneth Feldman Chair in Ophthalmology 
University of California Los Angeles

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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An integrated bioinformatic toolbox for the analysis of rare disease genetic data

October 31, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Carlo Rivolta, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)
University of Basel, Switzerland

Last updated: February 21, 2023