February 10, 2026
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM ET
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=57217
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).
In 2006, Dr. Jane Sayer, a National Institute of Health (NIH) research scientist in National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), established the Sayer Vision Research Lecture and Award at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), in partnership with the National Eye Institute (NEI) at NIH, to honor her family and the memory of her parents, Winthrop and Laura Sayer.
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