Case Western Reserve University and
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
2010-2011 Guest Speaker Series
April 28, 2010
Sundaresan Periasamy, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics
G. Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India
Research at the Aravind Eye Institute toward Eliminating Blindness in India
12:00 – 1:00 PM
VSRC Conference Room, Institute of Pathology 109A
May 11, 2010
In collaboration with the Department of Pharmacology
Kang Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology & Human Genetics
University of California at San Diego
Genetic and Stem Cell Based Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wood Building, SOM, W331
May 21, 2010
In collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry
Ilene Gipson, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
The Role of Membrane Tethered Mucins in Mucosal Epithelial Barrier Function
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Wood Building, SOM, W428
June 4, 2010
Keynote Speaker - The 12th Annual VSRC Symposium
Peter Campochiaro, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Mechanisms of Cone Cell Death in Retinitis Pigmentosa
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wolstein Research Building Auditorium
August 3, 2010
Lee E. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology,
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering,
Boston University School of Medicine, College of Engineering
Boston University Photonics Center
NIH Alzheimer's Disease Center
Alzheimer’s Disease Molecular Pathology in the Lens –
Pathway to Laser Diagnostics
12:00 – 1:00 PM
BRB 105
September 28, 2010
Orson Moritz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of British Columbia
Mechanisms Underlying Exacerbation of Retinal Degeneration
by Light Exposure in Retinitis Pigmentosa
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wood Building, SOM, W331
October 25, 2010
In collaboration with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics
J. Mark Petrash, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
Aldose Reductase as a Mediator of Diabetic Complications:
A Focus on Eye Disease
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Robbins Building, SOM, E501
November 2, 2010
In collaboration with the Department of Pathology & Cystic Fibrosis Center
Gerald B. Pier, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Microbiologist, Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa as a Major Cause of Microbial Keratitis
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wolstein Research Building Auditorium
November 16, 2010
Dusanka Deretic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Cell Biology & Physiology
University of New Mexico
Ciliary Targeting of Sensory Receptors through the Cooperative Action
of Arf and Rab GTPases
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wood Building, SOM, W331
February 15, 2011
Christine Curcio, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lipoproteins, Aging, and Age-related Maculopathy: the Oil Spill in Bruch’s Membrane
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wood Building, SOM, W331
April 13, 2011
Narsing Rao, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
AlphaA-crystallin ameliorates damage to photoreceptors from oxidative stress
12:00 – 1:00 PM
BRB 105