Center for VISION RESEARCH

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Noteworthy

William J. Brunken, PhD, Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of the Center for Vision Research, has been elected to serve on the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology's Research Director's Council for five years.

Dr. William J. Brunken was named the Vice Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology.

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Distinguished Lectures

Robert B. Barlow Twelfth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Claude Desplan, Ph.D. Dr. Desplan

New York University

Director, Center for Developmental Genetics

Lecture Title: Processing of Color Information in Drosophila

Lecture Date: October 19, 2012

Robert B. Barlow Eleventh Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Samuel Miao-Sin Wu, Ph.D. Dr. Wu

Cullen Eye Institute

Baylor College of Medicine

Lecture Title: Rod and Cone Signaling Pathways in Normal, Mutant and Diseased Retinas

Lecture Date: October 17, 2011

Robert B. Barlow Tenth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Gregory S. Hageman, Ph.D. Dr. Hageman

The University of Utah School of Medicine

John A. Moran Eye Center

Director, John A. Moran Center for Translational Research

John A. Moran Presidential Professor of Ophthalmology

Lecture Title: A New Era in Our Understanding of Age-related Macular Degeneration

Lecture Held: October 7, 2010

Ninth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Robert S. Molday, Ph.D.

The University of British Columbia

Canada Research Chair in Vision and Macular Degeneration

Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Director, Centre for Macular Research

Lecture Title: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Lecture Held: March 8, 2008

Eighth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Constance L. Cepko, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

Department of Genetics and

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Lecture Title: Determination of Retinal Cell Fates

Lecture Held: October 19, 2007

Seventh Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Thaddeus P. Dryja, M.D.

Director, Cogan Eye Pathology Laboratory

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Lecture Title: Hereditary Photoreceptor Diseases

Lecture Held: Friday, March 10, 2006

Sixth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

David H. Hubel, M.D., Ph.D.

1981 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology

Research Professor of Neurobiology

Harvard University

Lecture Title: Vision and Brain: Possible Physiological Basis for Some Common Illusions

Lecture held: Friday, April 1, 2005

Fifth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of the National Eye Institute

Bethesda, Maryland

Lecture Title: Night Blindness and the State of Rod Photo Receptors in Retinitis Pigmentosa

Lecture held: Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Fourth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Debora B. Farber, Ph.D., D.Phhc.

Professor of Ophthalmology

Associate Director of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, and Co-Chief of the Vision Science Division

Lecture Title: From Mouse to Man: Characterization and Regulation of Genes Causing Retinal Degeneration

Lecture held: Tuesday, April 16, 2002

Third Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Jeremy H. Nathans, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Lecture Title: Molecular Biology of Visual Pigments

Lecture held: Monday, March 26, 2001

Second Distinguished Lecture in Vision

John E. Dowling, Ph.D.

Harvard College Professor and

Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Natural Science

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Harvard University

Lecture Title: Searching for Visual System Mutations in Zebrafish

Lecture held: Friday, March 3, 2000

First Distinguished Lecture in Vision

1981 Nobel Laureate, Torsten N. Wiesel, MD, FRS visited Syracuse on March 4, 1999. Dr. Wiesel is President Emeritus and Director of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior at Rockefeller University. He is also an Advisory Board Member for the University Center for Vision Research.

Robert B. Barlow, Ph.D., of University Center for Vision Research hosted Dr. Wiesel's lecture entitled, "Brain Mechanisms of Vision." Dr. Barlow described Dr. Wiesel as a "hero" and "a most outstanding role model for young scientists."

After his lecture, which was standing room only in the Alumni Auditorium of Weiskotten Hall, Dr. Wiesel was guest of honor at an exclusive lunch. Exceptional neuroscience graduate students, and program candidates lucky enough to be touring the S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical University's campus that day, were invited to attend. The group enjoyed this unique opportunity to talk openly with a renowned researcher. One student said of Dr. Wiesel, "Not only is he a great scientist, he's such a nice person."

Dr. Wiesel rounded out his visit with an informal meeting with the vision scientists of University Center for Vision Research.