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Distinguished Lecture in Vision Series

2007

1998

Fall Faculty Convocation

Dr. 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.

Dr. Smith and Dr. Barlow    Dr. Smith and Dr. Zuber 
Left: Dr. David Smith with Dr. Robert Barlow   Right: Dr. David Smith with Dr. Michael Zuber

Ninth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

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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

Pathogenic Mechanisms and Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Lecture Held: March 8, 2008

Eighth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

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Constance L. Cepko, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Department of Genetics and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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

Hereditary Photoreceptor Diseases

Lecture Held: Friday, March 10, 2006

Sixth Distinguished Lecture in Vision


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

Vision and Brain: Possible Physiological Basis for Some Common Illusions

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

1981 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
Research Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard University

Lecture held: Friday, April 1, 2005

Fifth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

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

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

Director of the National Eye Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

Lecture held: Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Fourth Distinguished Lecture in Vision

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

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 held: Tuesday, April 16, 2002

Third Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Molecular Biology of Visual Pigments

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

Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Lecture held: Monday, March 26, 2001

Second Distinguished Lecture in Vision

Searching for Visual System Mutations in Zebrafish

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 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.

"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."