The second Wednesday of each month at 11 AM, researchers gather in the 3rd floor conference room of HC4 for scientific presentations focused on research that is in progress in the laboratories of the Roski Eye Institute. Faculty, graduate students, fellows and staff provide input on 30-60 min presentations on working projects, help refine experimental questions, and suggest alternative approaches. Presentations from individuals at all career stages are welcome.
Research Roundtable Schedule
HC4 6th Floor Conference Room
| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic |
| February 14, 2018 | Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD | Electrical Stimulation of Retinal Ganglion Outgrowth |
| December 6, 2017 | Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD | Predictive Models of Angle Closure Disease Based on Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Measurements |
| November 1, 2017 | Wen Li, PhD (Dr. Humayun’s group) | MEMS-Based Opto-Electronic Neural Interface Devices for Optogenetics |
| October 4, 2017 | Cosimo Arnesano and Erin Baker (Dr. Fraser’s group) |
Introduction to Ophthalmic Applications using CLARITY Imaging and the Phasor Approach to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) and its Use in Metabolic Imaging |
| September 6, 2017 | Andrew MacKay, PhD | Elastin-Like Polypeptides for Treatment of Ocular Diseases |
| August 2, 2017 | Biju Thomas, PhD | Vision Recovery and Connectivity by Fetal Retinal Sheet Transplantation in an Immunodeficient Retinal Degenerate Rat Model |
| June 7, 2017 | Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD Wannita Klinngam (graduate student) |
Tear biomarkers and Sjogren’s syndrome Increased cathepsin S in tears can activate pro-inflammatory cytokines, proteases, and protease-activated receptors leading to ocular surface inflammation |
| April 5, 2017 | Rachel Qu (Dr. Zhou/Humayun group) | Quantified elasticity mapping of the retina using acoustic radiation force optical coherence elastography |
| March 1, 2017 | Hardeep Singh, PhD (Dr. Cobrinik’s group) | Circuitry underlying cone cell development and retinoblastoma initiation |
| February 1, 2017 | Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD | Imaging retinal oxygen metabolism |
| January 4, 2017 | J. Bradley Randleman, MD | Collagen Cross-Linking |
| December 7, 2016 | Qifa Zhou, PhD | Ultrasound imaging and electrography |
| November 2, 2016 | Zhe Li (MacKay lab) | Elastin-like polypeptides as tools for exploring EGF receptor trafficking |
| October 5, 2016 | Jack Whalen, PhD | Biocompatibility and performance of a novel hydrogel material in an in vivo model of open globe ocular trauma |
| May 11, 2016 | Damien Rodger, MD, PhD | Flexible parylene-based multielectrode array technology for high-density neural stimulation and recording |
| April 6, 2016 | Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD Mihir Shah (Lab member) |
Discovery of tear biomarkers Topical rapamycin for Sjogren’s syndrome |
| March 16, 2016 | Grace Richter, MD, MPH | Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography of the Peripapillary Retina in Glaucoma |
| February 3, 2016 | Austin Mircheff, PhD | Multiplicities of experimental inflammatory phenotypes in rabbit lacrimal glands |
| January 6, 2016 | Elizabeth Fini, PhD Shinwu Jeong, PhD |
Clusterin Seals the Ocular Surface Barrier in Mouse Dry Eye |
