Eyecatching News ArchiveDistinguished Lecture in Vision Series
20071998Fall Faculty ConvocationDr. Robert Barlow and Dr. Michael Zuber from the Department of Ophthalmology received awards during the Fall Faculty Convocation on September 19, 2007. Dr. Barlow received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Schoarlship and Creative Activities. Dr. Zuber received the President's Award for Excellence and Leadership in Basic Research by a Young Investigator. Both awards were presented to the recipients by President David Smith. The Department extends its congratulations to both award winners.
Ninth Distinguished Lecture in Vision
Pathogenic Mechanisms and Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases
Eighth Distinguished Lecture in Vision
Determination of Retinal Cell Fates Seventh Distinguished Lecture in Vision
Sixth Distinguished Lecture in Vision
David H. Hubel, M.D., Ph.D.
Fifth Distinguished Lecture in VisionNight Blindness and the State of Rod Photo Receptors in Retinitis Pigmentosa Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.
Fourth Distinguished Lecture in VisionFrom Mouse to Man: Characterization and Regulation of Genes Causing Retinal Degeneration Debora B. Farber, Ph.D., D.Phhc.
Third Distinguished Lecture in VisionMolecular Biology of Visual Pigments Jeremy H. Nathans, M.D., Ph.D.
Second Distinguished Lecture in VisionSearching for Visual System Mutations in Zebrafish John E. Dowling, Ph.D.
First Distinguished Lecture in Vision1981 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. "Living Fossils"Dr. Robert Barlow's Vision Research Featured on Discovery Channel Program
The Discovery Channel program, "Living Fossils", broadcast October 14, 1998, featured the research of Dr. Robert Barlow, of the University Center for Vision Research. Dr. Barlow's research centers on horseshoe crabs and how they "see."
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