IOG Colloquia Series Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:30 am The Freer House, 71 E. Ferry St, Detroit 48202 2nd Floor Hoobler Room map Free & Open to All

Tuesday, November 7

Oxidative Stress and Its Functional Consequences Measured  In Vivo  Using MRI Bruce Berkowitz, PhD Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology Professor, Opthalmology Wayne State University Dr. Berkowitz' research focuses on transformational  in vivo  MRI evaluation of oxidative stress in emerging diseases such as neurodegeneration -- without the need to inject a contrast agent to determine how and when antioxidant treatment efficacy is best achieved. This new ability enables earlier evaluation of disease progression and anti-oxidant treatment efficacy than is currently possible with conventional methods. Most of Dr. Berkowitz' new assays of excessive free radical production and function are based on endogenous contrast mechanisms, which will greatly facilitate their translation into patients.

BIO Bruce Berkowitz, PhD , received undergraduate degrees in chemistry and philosophy from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Washington University. He held postdoctoral positions in NIH before taking a faculty position in the Department of Ophthalmology / Southwestern University in Dallas. In 1996, he moved to WSU School of Medicine. He sits on the editorial board of IOVS, is a special issue editor for NMR in Biomedicine on “MRI of Retinal and Optic Nerve Physiology”, and part of the 2009 inaugural class of ARVO Fellows. Since 1992, Dr. Berkowitz is a Gold level ARVO fellow, is a Mary Jane Kugel Awardee from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and has been continuously funded by grants from the NIH, institutions, private foundations, or pharmaceutical companies.

2017 Fall Colloquia Schedule

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