Dear Hoover,
Please post on the CVNET list this note about a SIG at the '99 ARVO
meeting.
Many thanks, Ron
******Optical Function, Structure and Development of the Lens******
SIG #9, Tue 2 - 4 pm, Room 122, organized by Ronald Kroeger and Steven
Bassnett.
To achieve sufficient optical quality of the retinal image, the lens has
to meet strict requirements regarding transparency, refractive index
distribution, and flexibility. Furthermore, the lens is exposed to
damaging radiation and grows throughout life. In spite of these
complications and although most of the cells appear to be dead, lens
function is maintained for decades. Due to the unique properties of the
lens, it is also ideally suited to study developmental mechanisms, cell
differentiation, components of the cytoskeleton, protein biochemistry
etc. With this SIG we want to stimulate exchange between the different
lines of research.
Speakers (in alphabetical order): Steven Bassnett (development and image
formation, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis), Donita
Garland (proteins, NIH, Bethesda), Adrian Glasser (accommodation and
ageing, College of Optometry, Houston), Ronald Kroeger (optical
constraints, Institute of Anatomy, Tuebingen, Germany), Jerome Kuszak
(structure-function relationships, Rush College, Chicago), Donald Mutti
(refractive development, School of Optometry, Berkeley). The order of
presentations will be decided at the meeting, depending on whether there
will be further contributions.
For more information, contact the organizers:
kroeger@anatu.uni-tuebingen.de, BassnettS@am.seer.wustl.edu