VisionScienceList: SUNY Vision Symposium

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Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:45:47 -0800

PROTEINS TO PEOPLE
THE FIRST SUNY VISION SYMPOSIUM
State University of New York, College of Optometry
The Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research (SIVR)
March 26, 1999
New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street, NYC

Session I: Ocular Mechanisms (8:30 - 10:00)
Peter Reinach, Ph.D., SUNY College of Optometry
Cytokine Mediated Control of Corneal Epithelial Growth and
Differentiation
Craig Evinger, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook
Keeping the Eyes Open - Understanding the Development of Benign Essential
Blepharospasm
Richard Mathias, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook
Transport Properties of the Lens

Session 2: Retina (10:15 - 11:45)
Nisson Schechter, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook
Intermediate Filament Proteins and Homeobox Gene Expression in Goldfish
and Zebrafish Visual Pathways
Barry Knox, Ph.D., SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
Gene Expression in the Retina
Malcolm Slaughter, Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo
Multiple Roles for GABA Receptors in Retinal Information Processing”

Dr. Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute (11:45)

Session 3: Clinical Issues (1:30 - 3:00)
Phil Kruger, O.D., Ph.D., SUNY College of Optometry
Ocular Sensitivity to the Vergence of Light
Dean Yager, Ph.D., SUNY College of Optometry
How Can We Help People With Bad Visual Acuity and/or Scotomas to Read
Faster?
Cristina Leske, M.D., M.P.H., SUNY at Stony Brook
The Barbados Eye Studies

Session 4: Central Visual Processes (3:15 - 4:45)
S. Murray Sherman, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook
Control of Gating Through the LGN
James W. Gnadt, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook
Eye Movements in Depth: What does the Monkeys Parietal Cortex tell the
Superior Colliculus?
Qasim Zaidi, Ph.D., SUNY College of Optometry
Rethinking the Perception of Shape From Texture

Reception (5:00-6:00)

Organizers: Jerry Feldman, Steven Schwartz, S. Murray Sherman, Qasim Zaidi

*** FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED ***
For Symposium Information visit:
http://sivrconference.sunyopt.edu

For Free Registration, Please E-mail:
zenia@sunyopt.edu
Be sure to include your name, affiliation.