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Oxyopias

Seminars on basic, clinical, or applied vision topics hosted by the UC Berkeley School of Optometry (more at Description). Open and free to the public.

Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be scheduled at 4:00 PM on Fridays in Room 489 Minor Hall (see map).

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Vision Science Oxyopias 2009 Schedule



Feb. 6, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Aaron Seitz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
Host: TBA

Title: The Role of Reward in Perceptual Learning

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Feb. 20, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Benedict Ng
International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
Host: Ralph Freeman

Title: The avian visual wulst: Functional analogue to the primary visual cortex?

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Feb. 27, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Frederic Gosselin, PhD
Associate Professor, Département de Psychologie. Université de Montréal
Host: Stan Klein

Title: The use of visual information in letter identification and reading

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Mar. 20, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Hany Farid, PhD
Professor, Image Science Group, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
Host: Martin Banks

Title: Image Forensics

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Apr. 2, 2009
Thursday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Wilson S. Geisler, PhD
David Wechsler Regents Professor of Psychology, Center for Perceptual Systems and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
Host: TBA

DeValois icon  Russell De Valois Memorial Lecture [info]

Title: Natural Systems Analysis of Visual Search

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Apr. 10, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Inigo Novales Flamarique, PhD
Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Visiting scientist, U.S.-Canada Fulbright Chair at the Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara
Host: Dennis Levi

Title: Transcriptional regulation of opsin expression and its ecological significance

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May 15, 2009
Friday, 12 PM (noon)
489 Minor Hall

Cathy Cheng, PhD
Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of Califronia, Berkeley
Host: Xiaohua Gong

Title: Dissecting the Mechanisms for Intercellular Protein Transport and Transparency in the Lens: Functional Studies of Gap Junction Communication and α-crystallins

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June 5, 2009
Friday, 5 PM
489 Minor Hall

Alex Huk, PhD
Assistant Professor, Section of Neurobiology, Dept. of Psychology, and Center for Perceptual Systems, University of Texas, Austin
Host: Michael Silver

Title: Neural basis of 3D motion perception

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June 19, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

David Ress, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Research, Department of Neurobiology, Center for Perceptual Systems, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Michael Silver

Title: Topography of visual stimulation and attention in human superior colliculus

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June 23, 2009
CANCELLED
489 Minor Hall

Christiane Thiel, PhD
Professor of Cognitive Neurobiology, Institute of Biology and Environmental Science, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
Host: Michael Silver

Title: Cholinergic modulation of visuospatial attention in the human brain

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June 30, 2009
Tuesday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Donald Mitchell, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Host: Dennis Levi

Title: When daily visual input is mixed: A fresh look at the role of early visual experience in the development of vision

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July 23, 2009
Thursday, 4 PM
100 Minor Hall

Susan Barry, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Host: Dennis Levi

Title: Fixing My Gaze: Acquiring Stereovision in Adult Life

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Sept. 11, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Andrew Huberman, PhD
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
Host: Marla Feller

Title: Genetic dissection of visual circuits

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Sept. 18, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Sara Mednick, PhD
Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Sleep and Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
Host: Stanley Klein

Title: The role of sleep in cognition: from perception to creativity

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Sept. 25, 2009
Friday, 11 AM
5101 Tolman Hall

James Pomerantz, PhD
Department of Psychology, Rice University; Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: TBD

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Title: Grouping and Emergent Features in Vision: An Approach to Basic Gestalts

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Oct. 9, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Michael Webster, PhD
Foundation Professor of Psychology, Graduate Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
Host: Karen De Valois

Title: Adapting images to observers

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Oct. 23, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Alessandra Angelucci, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Host: Michael Silver

Title: Contextual effects in primary visual cortex: pathways and mechanisms

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Oct. 30, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Fred Rieke, PhD
Associate Professor, Investigator HHMI, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle
Host: Marla Feller

Title: Cone noise and the sensitivity of cone vision

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Nov. 6, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Preeti Verghese, PhD
Scientist, Visual Psychophysics Laboratory, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Host: Michael Silver

Title: Active search for multiple targets under time pressure: where to look next?

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Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Daniel Graham, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Mathematics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Host: Bruno Olshausen

Title: The Efficient Artist: Statistical Regularities in Art and Their Relationships with Visual Coding

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Dec. 4, 2009
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Satchin Panda, PhD
Assistant Professor, Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA
Host: Marla Feller

Title: Molecules and Circuits of Melanopsin Signaling

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Vision Science Oxyopias 2010 Schedule



Jan. 22, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Gordon Legge, PhD
Professor, Professor, Minnesota Laboratory for Low-vision Research, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Host: Susana Chung

Title: The Visual Accessibility of Indoor Spaces

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Feb. 5, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Edward Conner, PhD
Director and Associate Professor, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Host: TBA

Title: TBA

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Feb. 12, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Maneesh Agrawala, PhD
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Host: Marty Banks

Title: TBA

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Feb. 19, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Paul Harmatz, MD
Pediatric GI and Nutrition, Children's Hospital, Oakland
Host: Karsten Gronert

Title: TBA

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Mar. 4, 2010
Thursday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Jay Neitz, PhD
Bishop Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle
Host: Karen De Valois

DeValois icon  Russell De Valois Memorial Lecture [info]

Title: TBA

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Mar. 12, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Katherine Rauen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, NF/Ras Pathway; Clinic Director, AFP Program; Associate Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program, UC San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Host: Deborah Orel-Bixler

Title: TBA

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Apr. 2, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Zhong-Lin Lu, PhD
William M. Keck Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering; Co-Director, University of Southern California
Host: Susana Chung

Title: TBA

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Apr. 9, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
489 Minor Hall

Harry Quigley, MD
Director, Glaucoma Service, and Director, Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Host: Suzanne Fleiszig

Title: TBA

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Apr. 16, 2010
Friday, 4 PM
100 Minor Hall

Martin Usrey, PhD
Associate Professor, Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis
Host: TBA

Title: TBA

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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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Past Oxyopias

Archived Oxyopias

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