VSSS and WIPS Schedules

Join us in-person or virtually for these monthly events

The Department of Ophthalmology's Visual Sciences Seminar Series (VSSS) features basic scientists from national and international institutions who present on a range of ophthalmic and visual sciences topics. VSSS talks can be attended in-person or via Zoom. Please RSVP to Carey Chafouleas to attend these lunchtime talks.

The Works-in-Progress Series (WIPS) provides graduate students and postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to present their research to peers on a monthly basis.

VSSS Lectures

Zoom link for all lectures | Meeting ID 955 438 7682

• 2025-2026 Schedule

  Date/Time/Location	Speaker	Title
  November 6, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Robert Mullins, M.S., Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA)	A Certain Kind of Hurtin': Complement Injury in Macular Degeneration
  December 4, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Bryan W. Jones, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT)	TBA
  January 8, 2026 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Anupam Mondal, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology UT Southwestern	TBA
  February 5, 2026 12-1pm Room E6.200	Ashok Kumar, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI)	TBA
  April 2, 2026 12-1pm Room E6.200	Matthew J. Van Hook, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE)	TBA
  May 14, 2026 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Marek Napierala, Ph.D. Professor of Neurology UT Southwestern	TBA

WIPS Series

• 2025-2026 Schedule

  Date/Time/Location	Speaker
  August 21, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Ashley Rowe (Wert Lab)
  September 18, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Tiffany Yee and Emily Nettesheim (Wert Lab)
  October 16, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Bogale Aredo, Ph.D. (Ufret-Vincenty Lab) and Noriyoshi Takahashi (Wang Lab)
  November 20, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Noah Mathew (Park Lab) and Dogan Kirman, Ph.D. (Ufret-Vincenty Lab)
  December 18, 2025 12:00-1:00pm Room E6.200	Chaimaa Kinane, Ph.D. (Park Lab)