Vision Science Journal Club
Vision Science Journal Club
The Vision Science Journal Club brings together investigators and trainees with a strong interest in the retina and visual system. While the 25 members of the Dalhousie’s Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory form the core of this journal club, the club is eager to involve other labs with common interests in its discussions. In addition to discussing and reviewing recently published manuscripts exploring pathologic mechanisms and therapeutic strategies pertaining to retinal diseases, the club will invite experts to give presentations on specific research areas and methods.
Contact: Tareq Yousef, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Next meeting: February 2nd, 2021
Meeting location: via MSTeams
Topic/Presenter: Dr Melina Agosto, Dept. Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine
Papers from past meetings:
- A noncanonical inhibitory circuit dampens behavioral sensitivity to light / Dr William Baldridge
- Retinal Degeneration Reduces Consistency of Network-Mediated Responses Arising in Ganglion Cells to Electric Stimulation / Dr François Tremblay
- Viral delivery of multiple miRNAs promotes retinal ganglion cell survival and functional preservation after optic nerve crush injury” (Mead et al., 2020) / Delaney Henderson, MSc
- Network Architecture of Gap Junctional Coupling among Parallel Processing Channels in the Mammalian Retina / Tareq Yousef
- Intracameral injection of a chemically cross-linked hydrogel to study chronic neurodegeneration in glaucoma
- Pivotal trial of an autonomous AI-based diagnostic system for detection of diabetic retinopathy in primary care offices
- Summer Student Research Day
- Recap of the annual ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) meeting
- Electrical activation of degenerated photoreceptors in blind mouse retina elicited network-mediated responses in different types of ganglion cells
- Three-Dimensional Transport Model for Intravitreal and Suprachoroidal Drug Injection
2017/18
- In Vivo Laser-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Optoporation Using KV1.1 Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles
- Structural and functional maturation of the retina of the albino Hartley guinea pig
- Quantitative comparisons between optical coherence tomography angiography and matched histology in the human eye
- A survey of current and anticipated use of standard and specialist equipment by UK optometrists
- Inter-eye Asymmetry of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Vessel Density in Bilateral Glaucoma, Glaucoma Suspect, and Healthy Eyes
- GCaMP expression in retinal ganglion cells characterized using a low-cost fundus imaging system
- In Vivo Functional Imaging of Retinal Neurons Using Red and Green Fluorescent Calcium Indicators
- Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning
- Summer students presented papers related to their research projects:
iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2126029
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627316305311?via%3Dihub
jeb.biologists.org.ezproxy.library.dal.ca/content/jexbio/204/14/2553.full.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014483515300439
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3756587/
iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2126836 - Recap of the annual ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) meeting
- Inhibitory masking controls the threshold sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells
- Melanopsin-Containing or Non-Melanopsin–Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells Response to Acute Ocular Hypertension With or Without Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Neuroprotection
2016
- SfN summary and highlights - with a focus on Vision Science and imaging
- Glutamatergic Monopolar Interneurons Provide a Novel Pathway of Excitation in the Mouse Retina
- Effects of PSA Removal from NCAM on the Critical Period Plasticity Triggered by the Antidepressant Fluoxetine in the Visual Cortex
- The functional diversity of retinal ganglion cells in the mouse
- Cannabinoid-Induced Chemotaxis in Bovine Corneal Epithelial Cells
2015
- Imaging multiple phases of neurodegeneration: a novel approach to assessing cell death in vivo
- Dr Tom Toguri - Anti-inflammatory property of the cannabinoid receptor-2-selective agonist JWH-133 in a rodent model of autoimmune uveoretinitis
- Special guest speaker Dr. Manuel Vidal-Sanz presented his recent paper, Retinal neurodegeneration in experimental glaucoma
- From clinical examination of the optic disc to clinical assessment of the optic nerve head: a paradigm change
- Visual Signal Pathway Reorganization in the Cacna1f Mutant Rat Model
- New postdoctoral fellow in vision science, Dr. Sebastien Hermann, presented his PhD research, Modulation mechanisms of horizontal cell coupling in the fish retina
2014
- Calcium channels in rat horizontal cells regulate feedback inhibition of photoreceptors through an unconventional GABA- and pH-sensitive mechanism
- Connective Tissue Growth Factor Causes Glaucoma by Modifying the Actin Cytoskeleton of the Trabecular Meshwork
- Rod vision is controlled by dopamine-dependent sensitization of rod bipolar cells by GABA
- Inhibition of cyclophilin D by cyclosporin A promotes retinal ganglion cell survival by preventing mitochondrial alteration in ischemic injury
- Noninvasive Imaging of Retinal Morphology and Microvasculature in Obese Mice Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Microangiography
- Imaging an optogenetic pH sensor reveals that protons mediate lateral inhibition in the retina
- Differential Calcium Signaling Mediated by Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Rat Retinal Ganglion Cells and Their Unmyelinated Axons