AVN's visiting speakers comprise leading investigators whose research spans the breadth of Ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience. Their visits to the Universities of Alberta and Calgary have been co-supported by of our funding partners†
† Walter MacKenzie Visiting Speaker Fund; Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute; Department of Biological Sciences; and Ocular Gene Therapy AIHS CRIO Team Grant
Mar 3, 2021 | ![]() |
Dr. Brian Clark Washington University School of Medical in St. Louis Functional genomics of retinal development |
Feb 3, 2021 | ![]() |
Dr. Ryan MacDonald University College London Development and maintenance of glial-neuronal contacts in the retina |
Jan 13, 2021 | ![]() |
Dr. Brittany Carr University of British Columbia When poor construction leads to destruction: Examining the role of prominin-1 in photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis and cone-rod dystrophy |
Dec 2, 2020 | ![]() |
Dr. Natalia Vergara University of Colorado School of Medicine Stem-cell derived retinal organoids: from human development to therapeutic innovation/i> |
Nov 4, 2020 | ![]() |
Dr. Vilaiwan Fernandes University College London Building maps in the visual system, with help from glia |
Oct 7, 2020 | ![]() |
Dr. Pierre Mattar University of Ottawa Transcriptional control of neural progenitor multipotency in the retina |
Mar 23, 2020 | ![]() |
Dr. David Hipfner IRCM, Université de Montréal Complex roles of G protein-coupled receptor kinases in the Hedgehog signaling pathway |
Nov 19, 2018 | ![]() |
Dr. Orson Moritz University of British Columbia Using genetically modified X. laevis to examine mechanisms underlying inherited retinal degenerations |
May 14, 2018 | ![]() |
Dr. Yevgenya Grinblat University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Shaping the vertebrate Head from Z(ic) to A(lx) |
May 11, 2018 | ![]() |
Dr. Richard Harbottle University of Heidelburg, Germany Building a Novel DNA Vector Platform for Human Gene and Cell Therapy |
May 9, 2018 | ![]() |
Dr. Peter Carlsson University of Gothenburg, Sweden FoxF2 in development and disease of the CNS vasculature |
April 24, 2018 | ![]() |
Dr. Joe Corbo Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Extreme Color Vision |
June 5, 2017 | ![]() |
Dr. Michel Cayouette Cellular Neurobiology Research Unit, University of Montreal Temporal identity factors - new approaches for stem cell therapies |
March 31, 2017 | ![]() |
Dr. Sabine Fuhrmann Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Morphogenesis of the ventral optic cup: closing the gap |
December 5, 2016 | ![]() |
Dr. Jeff Gross Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Eye Development |
October 11, 2016 | ![]() |
Dr. Jod Meta Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Genetic Corneal Dystrophies |
June 1, 2016 | ![]() |
Dr. Anneke den Hollander Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Annual Research Day, Guest Speaker Genetics of multifactorial eye diseases |
April 19, 2016 | ![]() |
Dr. Ann Morris Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, USA Visual system development and regeneration: a fish-eye view |
January 29, 2016 | ![]() |
Dr. Elise Héon Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto Bardet-Biedl syndrome: how the genetics are changing our understanding |
December 11, 2015 | ![]() |
Dr. Deborah Stenkamp Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, USA Seeing Double: Regulation of Tandemly-Duplicated Cone Opsins in the Zebrafish |
November 13, 2015 | ![]() |
Dr. Isabelle Brunette Department of Ophthalmology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada The future of corneal endothelial cell transplantation |
October 26, 2015 | ![]() |
Dr. Tom Kume Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA Forkhead box transcription factors in cardiovascular & eye development |
October 9, 2015 | ![]() |
Dr. Mike Sapieha Centre de Recherche, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Canada New Tricks from Old Neurons: Neurovascular Paradigms in Ischemic Retinopathies |
† Walter MacKenzie Visiting Speaker Fund; Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute; Department of Biological Sciences; and Ocular Gene Therapy AIHS CRIO Team Grant