Oxyopias Archive 2007

Basic, clinical, or applied vision topics hosted by the UCB School of Optometry.

Vision Science Oxyopias

2007	Next Oxyopia
Jan. 12, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	John Pezaris, PhD Research Fellow in Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School Host: Yang Dan Title: Toward a Visual Prosthesis Based on Thalamic Microstimulation Abstract
Jan. 26, 2007 Friday, 11:30 AM 100 Minor Hall	Charles Louis, D.Phil Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside Host: Xiaohua Gong Title: Regulation of Cx43 Gap Junctions in Lens Homeostasis Abstract
Feb. 2, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Kalanit Grill-Spector, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University Host: Michael Silver Title: Functional organization of the human ventral stream: insights from high resolution fMRI and development Abstract
Feb. 9, 2006 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	David Whitney, PhD Assistant Professor, Center for Mind and Brain and Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Davis Host: Michael Silver Title: Coding and perceiving the positions of moving objects Abstract
Feb. 16, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Bosco Tjan, PhD Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Southern California Host: Dennis Levi Title: Form Vision in the Periphery Abstract
Feb. 23, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Donald A. Glaser, PhD Professor of the Graduate School in Physics and Neurobiology; Professor of Vision Science; Professor, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Nobel Laureate 1960, University of California, Berkeley Host: Stanley Klein Title: The role of cortical noise in illusory motion and other brain activities Abstract
Mar. 1, 2007 Thursday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Host: TBA Russell De Valois Memorial Lecture [info] Title: The Evolution of Human Color Vision Abstract
Mar. 2, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	James Chodosh, MD Professor and M.G. McCool Chair in Ophthalmology; Adjunct Professor of Cell Biology; Adjunct Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Molecular Pathogenesis of Eye Infection Research Center; and Dean A. McGee Eye Institutes Host: TBA Title: Molecular Mechanisms in Adenovirus Keratitis Abstract
Mar. 9, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Lynne Isbell, PhD Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis Host: Dennis Levi Title: Eve's Legacy: Snakes and the Origins of Primates Abstract
Mar. 16, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Michael Stern, PhD Vice President, Inflammation Research, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA; Visiting Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Professor of the Masters Program, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain Host: Suzanne Fleiszig Title: The Interaction between T-effector Cells and Mechanisms of Normal Ocular Surface Homeostasis in the Initiation of Chronic Dry Eye Abstract
Mar. 23, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Michael Webster, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno Host: Karen De Valois Title: Compensatory Processes in Color Vision Abstract
Apr. 12, 2007 Thursday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Beau Lotto, PhD Professor, University College, London Host: Bruno Olshausen Title: What Are Illusions and Why Do We See Them? Abstract
Apr. 13, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Charles F. Chubb, PhD Cognitive Sciences Department, University of California, Irvine Host: Stanley Klein Title: New Ways of Analyzing the Functional Architecture of Human Information Processing Abstract
Apr. 19, 2007 Thursday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Jeremy M. Wolfe, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Host: Dennis Levi Title: Visual Search: Is it a matter of life and death? Abstract
Apr. 26, 2007 Thursday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Tomaso Poggio, PhD Eugene McDermott Professor, McGovern Institute, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Brain Sciences Dept, M.I.T. Host: TBA Title: Immediate perception and feedforward models of the ventral steam in viaual cortex: What is next? Abstract
Apr. 27, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	John Reynolds, PhD Assistant Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, University of California, San Diego Host: Michael Silver Title: Mapping the microcircuitry of attention: attentional modulation varies across cell classes in visual area V4 Abstract
May 3, 2007 Thursday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Erica Fletcher, MScOptom, PhD Senior Lecturer Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Melbourne Host: TBA Title: The role of purines in photoreceptor death Abstract
May 4, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Steven J. Luck, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis Host: Stanley Klein Title: Visual Working Memory: Representation, Process, & Function Abstract
Aug. 3, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 100 Minor Hall	Janette Atkinson, PhD Professor of Psychology, Pro-Provost (North America), UCL Coordinator for ATHENA (careers for women in SET - Science, Engineering and Technology), Director - Visual Development Unit, Department of Psychology, University College London Oliver Braddick, PhD Professor of Experimental Psychology & Head of Department, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Host: Dennis Levy Title: Development of the Dorsal and Ventral Visual Cortical Streams: normal infants and children, Williams Syndrome, and infants born very prematurely Abstract
Sept. 14, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Alan Gilchrist , PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University Host: Steve Palmer Title: Frames of reference in the computation of lightness Abstract
Sept. 21, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Alapakkam Sampath, PhD Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Host: Karen De Valois Title: Control of Single-Photon Transmission at the Rod-To-Rod Bipolar Synapse Abstract
Sept. 28, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Marla Feller, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley Host: John Flannery Title: The Assembly of Functional Circuits in Developing Retina Abstract
Oct. 26, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Julie Schnapf, PhD Professor, Division of Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco Host: Austin Roorda Title: Receptive fields of mammalian photoreceptors Abstract
Nov. 2, 2007 Friday, 4 PM 489 Minor Hall	Jason Kerr, PhD Max Planck Institute, Tuebingen Host: Johannes Burge Title: Imaging the neuronal populations in vivo: From the anesthetized to the awake Abstract

Speakers

If you wish to suggest or be an Oxyopia speaker, please contact:

Dr. Dennis Levi
dlevi@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-642-3414
Fax: 510-642-7806

Any basic, clinical, or applied vision topic is suitable.

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