NTERI Visual Science Journal Club (VSJC)

Tuesday January 24, 2023

• Presenter: Sam Yacoub, Graduate student
• Paper: “Pericyte dysfunction and loss of interpericyte tunneling nanotubes promote neurovascular deficits in glaucoma” Alarcon-Martinez et. al., 2021

Tuesday February 7, 2023

• Presenter: Gretchen Johnson, Graduate student
• Paper: “AAV2-Mediated Expression of HspB1 in RGCs Prevents Somal Damage and Axonal Transport Deficits in a Mouse Model of Ocular Hypertension” Nam et al., 2022

Tuesday February 14, 2023

• Presenter: Rajiv Rangan, Graduate student
• Paper: “How flies are flirting on the fly” Eichorn et al., 2017

Tuesday February 21, 2023

• Presenter: Dr. Yogapriya Sundaresan, Postdoctoral fellow
• Paper: “Cone Photoreceptors in human stem cell-derived retinal organoids demonstrate intrinsic light responses that mimic those of primate fovea” Saha et al., 2022

Tuesday February 28, 2023

• Presenter: Charles Amankwa, Graduate student
• Paper: “Effects of fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines on mitochondria of human retinal MIO-M1 cells” Salimiaghdam et al., 2022

Tuesday March 14, 2023

• Presenter: Dr. Purmina Sharma, Postdoctoral fellow
• Paper: “Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduce Corneal Fibrosis and Inflammation via Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Delivery of miRNA” Shojaati et al., 2010

Tuesday March 14, 2023

• Presenter: Max Petty, Graduate student
• Paper: “Cephalopod retinal development shows vertebrate-like mechanisms of neurogenesis” Napoli et al., 2022

Tuesday March 21, 2023

• Presenter: Calvin Brooks, Graduate student
• Paper: “Atypical visual processing in a mouse model of autism” Cheng et al., 2020

Tuesday September 6, 2022

• Presenter: Gretchen Johnson, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Rajiv Rangan, Graduate student
• Paper: “Retinal genes are differentially expressed in areas of primary versus secondary degeneration following partial optic nerve injury” Chiha et al. 2018

Tuesday September 13, 2022

• Presenter: William Mayhew, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Brenna Hefley, Graduate student
• Paper: “Dopaminergic Retinal Cell Loss and Visual Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease” Ortuño-Lizarán et al. 2020

Tuesday September 20, 2022

• Presenter: Sam Yacoub, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Calvin Brooks, Graduate student
• Paper: “Targeting herpes simplex virus with CRISPR-Cas9 cures herpetic stromal keratitis in mice” Yin et al. 2021

Tuesday September 27, 2022

• Presenter: Charles Amankwa, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Kuda Murinda
• Paper: “Altered bioenergetics and enhaced resistance to oxidative stress in human retinal pigment epithelial cells from donors with age-related macular degeneration” Ferrington et al. 2017

Tuesday October 4, 2022

• Presenter: Jennifer Pham, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Phani Gollamudi, Graduate student
• Paper: “Anti-PANoptosis is involved in neuroprotective effects of melatonin in acute ocular hypertension model” Ye et al. 2022

Tuesday October 11, 2022

• Presenter: Jinmin Zhang, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Pinkal Patel, Post-doctoral Fellow
• Paper: “The Fate of In Situ Lens Regeneration is Determined by Capsulorhexis Size” Tan et al. 2017

Tuesday October 18, 2022

• Presenter: Nana Yaa Nsiah, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Max Petty, Graduate student
• Paper: “Loss of MPC1 reprograms retinal metabolism to impair visual function” Grenell et al. 2019

Tuesday October 25, 2022

• Presenter: Calvin Brooks, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: William Mayhew, Graduate student
• Paper: “Color Vision Loss in Autism Spectrum Disorders” Zachi et al. 2017

Tuesday November 1, 2022

• Presenter: Brenna Hefley, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Jennifer Pham, Graduate student
• Paper: “Effect of Human Corneal Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-derived Exosomes on Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing” Samaeekia et al. 2018

Tuesday November 8, 2022

• Presenter: Max Petty, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Charles Amankwa, Graduate student
• Paper: “Sustained latanoprost release from PEGylated solid lipid nanoparticle-laden soft contact lens to treat glaucoma” Dang et al. 2021

Tuesday November 15, 2022

• Presenter: Phani Gollamudi, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Sam Yacoub, Graduate student
• Paper: “Restoration of mitochondria axonal transport by adaptor Disc1 supplementation prevents neurodegeneration and rescues visual function” Quintero et al. 2022

Tuesday November 21, 2022

• Presenter: Pinkal Patel, Post-doctoral Fellow
• Meeting moderator: Nana Yaa Nsiah, Graduate student
• Paper: “Segmental outflow dynamics in the trabecular meshwork of living mice” Reina-Torres et al. 2022

Tuesday November 29, 2022

• Presenter: Rajiv Rangan, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Gretchen Johnson, Graduate student
• Paper: “A novel isoform of cryptochrome 4 (Cry4b) is expressed in the retina of a night-migratory songbird” Einwich et al. 2020

Tuesday December 6, 2022

• Presenter: Kuda Murinda, Graduate student
• Meeting moderator: Jinmin Zhang, Graduate student
• Paper: “Differential gene expression profiling of large and small retinal ganglion cells” Ivanov et al. 2008