Vision DIGM Calendar

The Vision Discovery Institute Group Meetings (DIGM) are held each month on the 2nd Monday. These meetings allow for discussions of research from individual labs as well as brainstorming sessions to facilitate clinical-research interactions. They are held in CA 2109, located in the Life Sciences Innovation Center located on the 2nd floor on the Research Center Laboratory Building, 1462 Laney Walker Boulevard. Meetings begin at 4:00 p.m. with light refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact (706) 721-2727.

2012 Calendar

 

Date	Speaker 1	Speaker 2	Topic(s)
February 13	Rudolf Lucas, Ph.D.- Vascular Biology		"TNF, what you don't see is what you get"
March 12	Manuela Bartoli, Ph.D.		"Rare eye diseases"
April 9	Modesto Rojas, MD., Ph.D.	Saif Ahmad, Ph.D.	The Role of IL6 in Intraretinal Neovascularization"/"Microglial Activation in Traumatic Optic Neuropathy (TON)"
May 14	Barbara Mysona, Ph.D.		"Inflammatory Role of proNGF/P75NTR in the Diabetic Retina"
June 11
July 9	Not meeting
August 13
September 10	Lakshman Segar, Ph.D.
October 8
November 12
December 10

2011 Calendar

Date	Speaker 1	Speaker 2	Topic(s)
January 27	Mark Trevino, M.D.		Ocular Drug Delivery
February 14 (Retreat)	Manuela Bartoli, Ph.D.		Paper discussion “Zebrafish larvae lose vision at night” – John Dowling, Ph.D.
March 14	Manuela Bartoli, Ph.D.		Paper Discussion - “GDF11 Controls the Timing of Progenitor Cell Competence in Developing Retina” – Anne Calof, Ph.D.
April 28	Priya Narayanan, Ph.D.	Preethi Ganapathy, Ph.D.	“Deletion of Arginase 2 reduces neurodegeneration and improves retinal function in a mouse model of retinopathy of prematurity via P53 dependent pathway”/ “Homocysteine-mediated modulation of mitochondrial dynamics in retinal ganglion cells”
May 16	Special guest: David Calkins, Ph.D.		“Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma: Where is the Window of Opportunity?”
June 13	Alan Saul, Ph.D.	Sylvia Smith, Ph.D.	"Late onset of inner retinal dysfunction in mice lacking sigma 1 receptor"
July 11	Abiodun Akinwuntan, Ph.D.		"Retraining of Driving Related Visual Attention Skills after a Neurological Condition"
August 8	Jeffrey Mumm, Ph.D.		"Pesci vivi, a (multi) Plate of Live Fish for all your Drug Discovery Needs"
September 12	Mohammed Abdelsaid, Senior Graduate Student		"The Role of Thioredoxin Interacting Protein (TXNIP) in Retinal Angiogenesis"
October 10	Deeksha Gambhir, Graduate Student	Wanwisa Promsote, Graduate Student	"Novel Strategies for Reducing Inflammation in the Retina"
November 14	Lane Ulrich, M.D.	Kathryn Bollinger, M.D., Ph.D	"The Proteomics of Aqueous Humor in Glaucoma: A Bioinformatic Approach to Translational Research"

 

If you would like to address the members at a DIGM meeting, please contact the VDI at 706-721-2727 or by email at vdi@georgiahealth.edu to find out about available dates.