VisionScienceList: Berkeley Optometry Anniversary Symposium

VisionScienceList Moderator (vslistmoderator@visionscience.com)
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 09:55:33 -0800

The UC Berkeley School of Optometry
and Graduate Group in Vision Science
invite you to attend a

V I S I O N S C I E N C E S Y M P O S I U M
December 14-15, 1998

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of
the School of Optometry
University of California, Berkeley

SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION IS FREE - BUT YOU MUST
REGISTER BY DEC 1, 1998
Please email (fstone@spectacle.berkeley.edu) -
I will be attending the VS Symposium !2/14 & 15.
NAME & AFFILIATION:
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TOPICS: 1. Optics and Visual Optics
2. Cellular and Molecular Biology Of Eye Disease
3. Vision Perception and Eye Movements

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PROGRAM
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*Monday, December 14 San Francisco Hilton & Towers
2:30 - 6:00 pm Sequential Plenary Speakers

"Adaptive Optics for the Human Eye"
David Williams, Center for Visual Science, University of
Rochester

"Pathogenesis of Bacterial Corneal Infection "
Suzanne Fleiszig, School of Optometry, UC Berkeley

"Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease"
John Flannery, School of Optometry, UC Berkeley

"Biomechanical Analysis of Strabismus"
Joseph Demer, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of
Medicine

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*Tuesday, December 15 School of Optometry
University of
California, Berkeley

8:00 - 5:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 pm Reception

OPTICS AND VISUAL OPTICS

Session I: Utilizing Optics to Visualize Retinal Receptors and
to Assess the Quality of the Retinal Image

Session II: Utilizing Optics to Probe Retinal Structure and
Function

Session III: Utilizing Optics to Advance Ophthalmic
DiagnosticTechniques

Speakers include: A. Roorda, U. Houston, L. Thibos, U.
Indiana, M. Campbell, U. Waterloo, G. Westheimer, UC
Berkeley, J. Enoch, UC Berkeley, S. Burns, Harvard, V.
Lakshminarayan, U. Missouri, S. Marcos, Harvard, S.
Klein, UC Berkeley, R. Schuchard, Emory, E. Sutter, SKERI
San Francisco, A. Dreher, Laser Diagnostic Technologies,
San Diego

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF EYE DISEASE

Session I: Molecular and Cellular Biology: Application to
Understanding and Treating Anterior Eye Disease

Session II: Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease

Speakers include: D. Dartt, Harvard, M. Willcox, U. New
South Wales, Australia, J. Nelson, Stanford, C. Bertozzi, UC
Berkeley, S. Fleiszig, UC Berkeley, J. Flannery, UC
Berkeley, L. Hjelmeland, UC Davis, M. LaVail, UC
San Francisco, D. Farber, UCLA, S. Fisher, UC Santa
Barbara

VISION PERCEPTION AND EYE MOVEMENTS

Session I: Eye Movements: New Concepts in Strabismus

Session II: Vision and Visuomotor Behavior

Speakers include: J. Maxwell, UC Berkeley, L. Optican, NEI,
Bethesda, A. Scott, SKERI, San Francisco, J. Miller, SKERI,
San Francisco, C. Schor, UC Berkeley, M. Banks, UC
Berkeley, I. Howard, York U., Toronto, R. Andersen, Caltech,
M. Goodale, U. Western Ontario

Steering Committee:
Jay Enoch, Sheldon Miller, Martin Banks

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For Complete Symposium Information go to -
http://spectacle.berkeley.edu/anniversary/

*** REGISTRATION - NO FEE REQUIRED ***
However, for planning purposes,
YOU MUST REGISTER BY *DECEMBER 1st*
by email to: fstone@spectacle.berkeley.edu
or by phone to: Fran Stone (510)642-9804
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