Welcome

Welcome to the Southeastern Vision Research Conference organized by Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Emory University, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

2024 Info:

Date: November 11^th and 12^th
Location: Marriott at Vanderbilt – Nashville, TN

Registration & Abstract Submission Link:
https://redcap.link/SVRC2024
Marriott Registration:
https://book.passkey.com/e/50784216

david-calkins 2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
David J. Calkins, PhD
Vice President for VUMC Research
Vice Chair for Strategy, Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Director, Vanderbilt Vision Research Center
Denis M. O’Day Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Title: “There and Back Again: A Vision Scientist’s Journey”

Co-Hosted By:

2017 SEVRC hosted by Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Photos of the 2017 Southeastern Vision Research Conference held at the Marriott at Vanderbilt University, which collaboratively between Vanderbilt, Emory and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Morehouse School of Medicine, Alabama Eye Bank, UTHSC Hamilton Eye Institute, Meharry Medical College and Georgia Institute of Technology also in attendance. Poster session. (Vanderbilt University /Steve Green)

Schedule

Monday Oct. 2, 2017	5:00pm – 7:00pm	Reception/Poster Session 1
Monday Oct. 2, 2017	7:00pm – 9:00pm	Dinner and Keynote Speaker James F. Jorkasky Executive Director National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR)/Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) Advocacy and Education for Federally Funded Vision Research
Tuesday Oct. 3, 2017	7:00am – 8:00am	Breakfast
	8:00am – 10:00am	Speaker Session 1 8:00 – 8:15 Rafael Grytz, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Scleral Growth vs Scleral Remodeling 8:15 – 8:30 Lawrence Sincich, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Vision and the Single Photoreceptor 8:30 – 8:45 Michael Iuvone, PhD, Emory University Consequences of Circadian Clock Disruption in the Retina 8:45 – 9:00 Jeffrey Boatright, PhD, Emory University Exercise Protects Retinal and Visual Function 9:00 – 9:15 Alexander Maier, PhD, Vanderbilt University Suppressive Feedback Modulation of Primary Visual Cortex 9:15 – 9:30 Jeff Schall, PhD, Vanderbilt University Neurons, Circuits, Decisions and Actions
	10:00am – 11:00am	Coffee Break/Poster Session 2
	11:00am – 12:30pm	Speaker Session 2 11:00 – 11:15 Christopher A. Girkin, MD, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham Race and Glaucoma Susceptibility 11:15 – 11:30 Crawford Downs, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Ocular Biomechanics in Glaucoma 11:30 – 11:45 John Kuchtey, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Young Microfibril Deficient Mice are Susceptible to Pressure-Induced RGC Degeneration 11:45 – 12:00 Elena G. Sergeeva, PhD, Emory University Partial Regeneration of the Optic Nerve and Recovery of Visual Function With Allopregnanolone Treatment Following Optic Nerve Crush In Adult Mice 12:00 – 12:15 Shanu Markand, PhD, Emory University Myopia and Retinal Degeneration (Rd) in the Inter-Photoreceptor Retinoid-Binding Protein (IRBP) Deficiency. 12:15 – 12:30 Sabine Fuhrmann, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Ventral Optic Cup Morphogenesis: Closing the Gap
	12:30pm – 2:00pm	Lunch/Poster Session 3
	2:00pm – 3:30pm	Speaker Session 3 2:00 – 2:15 Christine A. Curcio, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Validating Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) For Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD): Calcific Nodules in Drusen Signal Progression. 2:15 – 2:30 Vsevolod V. Gurevich, PhD, Vanderbilt University Designing Enhanced Arrestin-1 To Compensate For Congenital Defects in Rhodopsin Phosphorylation. 2:30 – 2:45 Katie L. Bales, BS, University of Alabama at Birmingham Congenital Knock-Out of Transition Zone Protein BBS5 Reveals Cone-Rod Dystrophy With Protein Mislocalization 2:45 – 3:00 Varunika Goyal, MSc, Morehouse school of Medicine Effects of Dopamine 2 Receptors Removal on the Retina and RPE 3:00 – 3:15 Sujoy Bhattacharya, PhD, UTHSC Hamilton Eye Institute Apoptosis and Autophagy Pathways Alter Homeostasis in the Aging Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Implications for Age-related Macular Degeneration 3:15 – 3:30 Gianluca Tosini, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine Melatonin Protects Photoreceptors During Aging
	3:30pm – 4:00pm	Closing Discussion

Welcome

2024 Info:

Co-Hosted By:

2017 SEVRC hosted by Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Location

Registration and Abstract

Schedule