2025 VN Schedule

Friday, August 1

5:00-7:30PM

Dinner and introductions starting at 5PM

Welcome party after dinner

Saturday, August 2

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
John Dowling: Overview of the visual system
Michael Do: Generating biological signals from light

12:00-1:15PM

Lunch

1:15-2:00PM

Workshop: 
Rich Kramer: Techniques in patch-clamp electrophysiology

2:00-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Lagnado
Pod B: Schwartz
Pod C: Kling
Pod D: Angueyra
Pod E: Peng

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Sunday, August 3

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures: 
David Zenisek: Transmission by ribbon synapses in the retina

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Lagnado
Pod B: Schwartz
Pod C: Kling
Pod D: Angueyra
Pod E: Peng

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Monday, August 4

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures: 
Juan Angueyra: Color Vision
Leon Lagnado: Synaptic transfer of visual information in the retina

12:00-1:15PM

Lunch

1:15-2:00PM

Workshop:
Brittany Carr: Superior light microscopy for biological imaging

2:00-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Angueyra
Pod B: Lagnado
Pod C: Schwartz
Pod D: Peng
Pod E: Pungor

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Tuesday, August 5

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
Greg Schwartz: Functional typology of RGCs using single-cell electrophysiology and morphology
Alexandra Kling: Functional diversity and naturalistic processing in the primate retina revealed by MEA population recordings

12:00-1:15PM

Lunch

1:15-2:00PM

Workshop:
Alexandra Kling:  Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) Recordings and Analysis of Vertebrate Retina

2:00-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Angueyra
Pod B: Lagnado
Pod C: Schwartz
Pod D: Peng
Pod E: Pungor

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Wednesday, August 6

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
Greg Schwartz: Functional and biophysical specializations of amacrine cells
Yirong Peng: Transcriptomic Insights into the Generation and Specification of Diverse Retinal Cell Types Across Vertebrates

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Pungor
Pod B: Peng
Pod C: Lagnado
Pod D: Kling
Pod E: Angueyra

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Thursday, August 7

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures: 
Juan Angueyra: Optics and eye design in vertebrates
Brittany Carr: Vertebrate comparative retinal anatomy

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Pungor
Pod B: Peng
Pod C: Lagnado
Pod D: Kling
Pod E: Angueyra

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

Special Event
Speck Auditorium

Rich Kramer: Retinal remodeling triggered by photoreceptor degeneration further corrupts vision: an inconvenient truth with a hopeful solution.
Seminar: 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Reception: 8:30 - 9:30 PM

9:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Friday, August 8

Free Day

Saturday, August 9

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
Roger Hanlon: Visual biology of cephalopods
Judit Pungor: Vision and visual behaviors across the animal kingdom

12:00-1:15PM

Lunch

1:15-2:00PM

Workshop:
JoAnn Buchanan: Electron microscopy sample preparation, imaging, and analysis

2:00-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Schwartz
Pod B: Pungor
Pod C: Carr
Pod D: Adesnik
Pod E: Kramer

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Sunday, August 10

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
Rich Kramer: Retinal disease, blindness, and vision restoration

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Schwartz
Pod B: Pungor
Pod C: Carr
Pod D: Adesnik
Pod E: Kramer

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Monday, August 11

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
Hillel Adesnik: Visual processing in the brain

12:00-1:15PM

Lunch

1:15-2:00PM

Workshop:
Greg Schwartz: Effective science communication

2:00-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Buchanan
Pod B: Kramer
Pod C: Pungor
Pod D: Carr
Pod E: Adesnik

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Tuesday, August 12

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
David Berson: Retina to brain connectivity

12:00-1:15PM

Lunch

1:15-2:00PM

Workshop:
David Berson: Neuroglancer for analyzing 3D electron microscopy data

2:00-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Buchanan
Pod B: Kramer
Pod C: Pungor
Pod D: Carr
Pod E: Adesnik

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Wednesday, August 13

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
David Berson: Intrisically photosensitive RGCs

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Adesnik
Pod B: Carr
Pod C: Buchanan
Pod D: Pungor
Pod E: Schwartz

6:00-7:30PM

Banquet Dinner

7:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Thursday, August 14

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures: 
Greg Schwartz: Retinal computation and neuromorphic computing

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-5:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules: Part 1
Pod A: Adesnik
Pod B: Carr
Pod C: Buchanan
Pod D: Pungor
Pod E: Schwartz

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

Special Event
Speck Auditorium

Michael Resier: Eye-opening discoveries in fly vision
Seminar: 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Reception: 8:30 - 9:30 PM

9:30PM
Loeb 160

Lab Modules - Part 2

Friday, August 15

9:00-11:30AM
Starr 209

Lectures:
Hillel Adesnik: Visual processing in the brain, part 2

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

6:00-7:30PM

Dinner

Special Event

Final events: TBA
Final Reception
Time: TBA