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.

2025

Upcoming Vision Science Research Series Speakers

October 2, 2025 10:00am (PRC 4001 in-person with zoom option)
Michael Telias, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, University of Rochester, An inconvenient truth: pathophysiological remodeling of the inner retina in photoreceptor degeneration

October 23, 2025 10:00am (PRC 4001 in-person with zoom option)
Chi Zhang, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Jackson Laboratory, Columbia University Medical Center, IOP-induced blood-retinal barrier compromise contributes to RGC death in glaucoma

October 30, 2025 10:00am (PRC 4001 in-person with zoom option)
Menglu Yang, MD, PhD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Electrifying solutions: Microcurrent stimulation for corneal nerve regeneration

Previous Events:

February 13, 2025
Karthik Shekhar, Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkley, Evolution and spatial patterning of retinal cell types

March 13, 2025
Anjali Sharma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University (virtual) Dendrimer Nanostructures for Selective Cellular Targeting and Drug Delivery 

April 4, 2025 
ViSOR Speed Networking

July 31, 2025
Qing Lin, MD, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innate Immune Cells in Wound Healing

August 21, 2025
Nivedita Singh, PhD, Research Fellow, National Eye Institute, “Multi-omics of dexamethasone treated trabecular meshwork uncovers 78 causal genes for intraocular pressure and primary open-angle glaucoma”

September 4, 2025
Yen-Lin Chen, PhD, Research Scientist, University of Virginia, Vascular calcium signaling nanodomains in health and disease