[visionlist] 4th Annual Berkeley Conference on Translational Research, Nov 21, 2010

[Austin Roorda]

*4th Annual Conference on Translational Research: *

*"Technological Advances and the Changing Face of Ocular Diagnosis and
Therapy: Bringing Translational Research to Clinicians"*

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Stanley Hall, UC Berkeley, November 21, 2010

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For complete details and to register for this meeting, please link to: * ***
*http://optometry.berkeley.edu/bcsdp-conference.html*

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*Session 1: Advances in Optical Imaging for Understanding Retinal Disease*

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   - David Birch, PhD (Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX)
– *Structure
   and Function in Retinal Degenerative Diseases*
   - Cynthia Toth, MD (Duke University) – *From Bench to Bedside: Taking
   Optical Coherence Tomography Beyond Ophthalmic Photography*
   - David Williams, PhD (University of Rochester)- *Microscopy of the
   Living Retina*

*Session 2: Advances in Treating and Curing Retinal Disease*

   -  Artur Cideciyan, PhD (University of Pennsylvania) - *Leber congenital
   amaurosis due to RPE65 mutations and its treatment with gene augmentation
   therapy*
   - Kenneth Greenburg, PhD (UC Berkeley) – *Optical Neuromodulator-Based
   Gene Therapy for Retinal Degeneration*
   - Jacque Duncan, MD (UC San Francisco) - *Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser
   Ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO): An Effective and Robust Technology for Monitoring
   Cones in Retinal Degenerations*

*Session 3: Advances in Non-optical Diagnostic Technology for Understanding
Retinal Disease*

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   - Brian Wandell, PhD (Stanford University) – *MRI of Visual Cortex:
   Clinical Applications*
   - Marc Bearse, PhD (UC Berkeley)  - *Neural Retina Function Assessed in
   the Lab and Clinic using Multifocal Techniques*
   - Tom Budinger, MD, PhD (UC Berkeley) – *Thinking Beyond the Photon.*

*Panel Discussion* (chaired by Tony Adams): What are the technology needs
for advancing health care?



*Wine/Cheese and Posters*


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Austin Roorda, PhD,
Professor of Vision Science and Optometry
Chair, UC Berkeley Vision Science Graduate Group
UC Berkeley School of Optometry
Berkeley, CA 94720-2020
tel: 510-642-2380      fax: 510-643-5109
labpage: vision.berkeley.edu/roordalab
VS graduate program: http://vision.berkeley.edu
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