Distinguished Lecture Series April 2026 — Vladimir Kefalov, PhD

Distinguished Lecture Series April 2026 — Vladimir Kefalov, PhD

Our 2026 Doheny Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) April lecture will be delivered by Vladimir Kefalov, PhD, on Friday, April 10, 2026. Please refer to the lecture details below.

• Date: 4/10/26
• DLS Speaker: Vladimir Kefalov, PhD
  Professor, Ophthalmology
  Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
  University of California, Irvine
  Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
• Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Location: Doheny Eye Institute, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 150 North Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, CA
• Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JtiEWjtXTnSLY4E_DhPHsg

Bio:
Vladimir J. Kefalov, PhD investigates how rod and cone photoreceptors function, adapt to light and dark, and degenerate in disease. His lab explores phototransduction, calcium signaling, and the visual cycle (especially chromophore turnover) in healthy and mutant retinas. In recent high-impact work, he and colleagues published a comprehensive review on the retina-based visual cycle, highlighting how Müller glia supplement the canonical RPE pathway to regenerate cone pigments rapidly and sustain daylight vision.