Upcoming
Aging Eye Summit
Date: Monday, May 15, 2023
Location: Miami University in the Psychology Building, Room 125, 90 N. Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH 45056.
Parking is available at the North Campus Garage, 645 E Withrow St., Oxford, Ohio 45056.
Registration, continental breakfast, and exhibits will open at 9:00 am and the program will begin at 9:30 am. We will conclude with lunch at 1:00 pm.
3.5 Continuing Education Units are available for ACVREP, Occupational Therapy, and Optometry.
Speaker bios, presentations, and the agenda will be posted here on the Summit Webpage: https://bit.ly/3K9oX8m
Past Seminars
“Stem cell-derived retinal organoids: from developmental insights to therapeutic promise”
Speaker: Natalia Vergara, Assistant Professor of Opthamology and Director, Ocular Development and Translational Technologies
Institute: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Location: 218 Pearson Hall
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.
Host: Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of Biology
“Navigating the academic journey as a minority: thoughts, experiences and lessons learned”
Speaker: Natalia Vergara, Assistant Professor of Opthamology and Director, Ocular Development and Translational Technologies
Institute: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Location: 7 Pearson Hall
Date: Friday, March 31, 2023 at 4:30 p.m., presentation starts at 5pm
Host: The SACNAS Chapter
Speaker: Samarenda Mohanty, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Institute: NanoScope Technologies
Location: Shriver Center, John Dolibois Room AB
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. Reception immediately following in Shriver Center
Host: Department of Physics
Speaker: Dr. Ruth Ashery-Padan
Institute: Tel Aviv University
Location: Farmer School of Business, Room 27
Date: Friday, April 27, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.
Hosts: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis and Dr. Michael Robinson
Speaker: Dr. Kapil Bharti
Institute: National Eye Institute
Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2018 at 4:15 p.m.
Hosts:Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis and Dr. Michael Robinson
Speaker: Dr. Frank J. Lovicu
Institute: Department of Biology, The University of Sydney, Australia
Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
Host: Dr. Michael Robinson
Speaker: Dr. Vincent Billock
Institute: College of Optometry at The Ohio State University
Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218
Date: Thursday March 31, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Host: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
Speaker: Dr. Ying Xia
Institute: Department of Environmental Health, The University of Cincinnati
Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218
Date: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.
Host: Dr. Michael Robinson
Speaker: Dr. Muriel Perron
Institute: Institute of Neurobiology A. Fessard, University of Paris-Sud ORSAY Cedex, France
Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218
Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.
Host: Dr. Katie Del Rio – Tsonis
Dr. Perron is an expert on stem cell biology and early eye Development and uses Xenopus as her model organism.
2008-2014
SEMINAR – A Network of Growth Factor Signaling Determines Lens Polarity and Its Precise 3-Dimensional Cellular Architecture Speaker: Dr. John McAvoy Institute: Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218 Date: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Host: Dr. Michael Robinson
SEMINAR – Human Pluripotent Stem Cell- Derived Retinal Ganglion Cells: Basic Science Applications and Translational Implications Speaker: Dr. Jason Meyer Institute: Department of Biology, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218 Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. Hosts: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
SEMINAR – Modeling Human Eye Development and Disease Using Zebrafish Speaker: Dr. Jeff Gross Institute: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, The University of Texas at Austin Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218 Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Hosts: Dr. Michael Robinson
SEMINAR – Roles of Epha-ephrin-A System in Chicken Retinotectal Topographic Map Formation Speaker: Dr. Luciano Fiore Institute: Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218 Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Hosts: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness: Bipolar Cell G-Protein Cascade Mutants and Complex Functional Outcomes Speaker: Dr. Maureen McCall Institute: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville Location: Pearson Hall, Room 218 Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Host: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
Synchronized Neurons and Sensor-Fused Rattlesnakes: How Coupled Neural Oscillators Integrate and Transform the Senses Speaker: Dr. Vincent Billock Institute: National Research Council, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Location: Culler Hall, Room 46 Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. Hosts: Miami University Physics Department
Regulation of retinal progenitor cell properties by homeobox genes during mouse eye development Speaker: Dr. Ed Levine Institute: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, University of Utah Location: Pearson Hall 218 Date: Thursday February 10, 2011 at 4 PM p.m. Hosts: Center for Visual Sciences at Miami University (CVSMU) and Department of Zoology
Conservation of Phototransduction and Light-directed Behavior in a Cave-adapted Beetle Speaker: Dr. Markus Friedrich Institute: Dept. of Biological Sciences Wayne State University Location: Pearson Hall 218 Date: Thursday December 2, 2010 at 4 PM p.m. Host: Dr. Yoshinori Tomoyasu
Optimizing Retinal Regeneration Speaker: Dr. Deborah Stenkamp Institute: Dept. of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Location: Pearson Hall 218 Date: Thursday March 4, 2010 at 4 PM p.m. Host: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
Regulation of eye development by TGFbeta and Wnt signaling Speaker: Dr. Sabine Fuhrmann Institute: Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Utah Health Sciences Center Location: Pearson 218 Date: Thursday October 22, 2009 at 4 PM p.m. Host: Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
The Eyes Have It: Control Systems, Neural Integration and Motor Learning Speaker: Dr. Jo Hopp Institute: University of Wisconsin – Stout Location: Culler #46 Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Host: Paul Urayama
On the Perception of Lightness and Brightness Speaker: Dr. Alan Gilchrist Institute: Department of Psychology Rutgers University Location: Psychology Building (90 N. Patterson Ave.), Room 125 Date: Friday, March 14, 2008 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Host: Dr. Lynn Olzak Other: Reception in the atrium will follow.