Upcoming Speakers
Upcoming Vision Science Research Series Speakers
The Vision Research Series is an interdisciplinary meeting of scientists who have expertise in ophthalmology, genetics, pathology, immunology, animal models of eye diseases, advanced imaging, and biomedical engineering.
Previous Speakers
Previous Vision Science Research Series Presentations
March 13, 2025
Anjali Sharma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University (virtual)
Anjali Sharma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University (virtual)
February 13, 2025
Karthik Shekhar, Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkley
November 14, 2024
Tony Gover, NEI
October 31, 2024
Dr. Martine Jager, Professor of Ophthalmology, Leiden University
March 28, 2024
Gary (Guan) Xu, PhD - Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering "Photoacoustic Imaging in Vision Research"
January 25, 2024
Sayoko Moroi, MD, PhD - Endowed Professor and Chair, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences “Foundation & Other Private Funding Opportunities”
November 30, 2023
Essam Essat Ayad, MD, PhD - Cairo University, Egypt
"Digital pathology and computational image analysis in clinic and research"
September 21, 2024
Simon Kaja, PhD - Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Molecular Pharmacology & Neuroscience Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
"Novel Drug Discovery Strategies for Ocular Surface Disease"
September 14, 2024
Krishnakumar Kizhatil, PhD - Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Molecular basis of intraocular pressure regulation"
July 20, 2023
Nawajes Mandal, MSc., PhD; Association of Sphingolipids in the Pathobiology of Eye Diseases
Sandip Basu, PhD; Sphingosine-7-Phosphate: a Contributor of Corneal Fibrosis
March 9, 2023
VISOR Presentation for ARVO Session for Graduate Students and PostDocs
February 9, 2023
Padmanabhan Pattabiraman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
Transcriptional Regulation of Lipid Biogenic Pathways in Trabecular Meshwork in Intraocular Pressure
December 8, 2022
NIH Data Management Policy Presentation
September 8, 2022
Robert F. Mullins, PhD -Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Martin Carver Chair in Ocular Cell Biology,University of Iowa Health Care,Carver College of Medicine
“Understanding Mitochondrial Retinal Disease: A Multiomic Approach”
June 9, 2022
Michael H. Farkas, PhD – Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Ophthalmology
"An AMD-associated Inc RNA: Functional of just deadly?"
April 7, 2022
Christine Curcio, PhD, FARVO - White-McKee Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology,
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, EyeSight Foundation of Alabama Vision Research Laboratories
“Neovascular AMD and its precursor deposits, a journey including clinicopathologic correlation”
November 9, 2021
Mary Hoffman Pancake, MS, PMP - Program Manager, Biomedical Devices The Ohio State University College of Engineering Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME) and Medical Modeling Materials and Manufacturing Lab
"Bench to Bedside - Clinicians and Engineers Partnering to Translate Healthcare Innovations"
September 14, 2021
Ayellet V. Segre, PhD - Associate Professor Harvard University
"Integrating expression and splicing QTLs and single-expression data with GWAS uncovers casual genes and pathogenic cell types for glaucoma"
July 13, 2021
Amany Mohamed Tawfik, MD - Associate Professor Augusta University
"Homocysteine: A Potential Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Retinal Diseases"
June 10, 2021
Nagaraj Kerur, PhD – The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Innate Immunity, Oxidative Retinal Damage, and Angiogenesis"
April 8, 2021
Barbel Rohrer, PhD – Endowed Chair, Gene & Pharmaceutical Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Disease, Medical University of South Carolina
2021 "Exosome-communication in the retinal pigment epithelium, potential contributions to age-related macular degeneration"
May 11, 2021
ARVO Week: "ViSOR" Vision Sciences Ohio State Research
Post Docs Presenting
March 9, 2021
David Antonetti, PhD – Research Faculty, University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
"Regulation of the neurovascular unit and preservation of vision in diabetic retinopathy"
February 11, 2021
Nathan Doble, PhD – Research Faculty, Ohio State University College of Optometry
"Full Field OCT for Cellular Level Structural and Functional Retinal Imaging"
January 12, 2021
Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, PhD - Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Ocular pigmentation and eye diseases"
December 8, 2020
Colleen Cebulla, MD, PhD – Physician and Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"MIF Work"
November 10, 2020
Colleen Cebulla, MD, PhD – Physician and Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"MIF in the Retina Questions"
October 13, 2020
Shigeo Tamiya, PhD - Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Cell Signaling Involved in the Development of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy"
Carol Toris, PhD - - Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
“Pre-clinical Studies of New Glaucoma Therapies”
September 8, 2020
Andy Fischer, PhD - Professor, Ohio State University Department of Neuroscience
Structural and Functional Assessments Core:
Raymond Gao, PhD – Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Bioinformatics and Genetic Analysis Core:
Jeff Walline, OD, PhD - Associate Dean For Research and Grad Education, Ohio State University College of Optometry
Srinivasan Parthasarathy, PhD - Ohio State University Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Informatics
Data Science Core:
David Reed, PhD and Raymond Gao, PhD – Research Faculty, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
P30 experiences
August 11, 2020
Abby Larsen – Clinical Research Manager, Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
"Email Security and Compliance"
Also Discussed: P30 Grant Application, COVID Lab re-opening, Recruitment New Research Interview Committee