Graduate Course in Visual Neuroscience
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is offering a graduate course entitled “Current Topics in Visual Neuroscience” (Course # Neus 561). Dr. Haohua Qian, associate professor and director of the Neuroscience Research Laboratory, and Dr. Deepak Shukla, associate professor and director of the Ocular Virology Laboratory, serve as the course coordinators.The class meets every Tuesday from 12pm to 2pm in the LIERI Conference Room (1905 West Taylor Street). View a map of the location.
Below is the course schedule:
| 1/15 Organization | |
| 1/22 Structure and Function of the Retina | Dr. Haohua Qian Associate Professor of Neuroscience Director, Neuroscience Research Laboratory |
| 1/29 Mechanism of Viral Entry in Ocular Tissues |
Dr. Deepak Shukla Assistant Professor Director, Ocular Virology Laboratory Laboratory Workshop |
| 2/5 History of Visual Pigment (Rhodopsin) | Dr. Harris Ripps Professor Director, Retinal Neurobiology Laboratory Student Presentation: Hongyu Ying |
| 2/12 RPE and Review of Burke Study |
Dr. Nasser Qtaishat Visiting Research Assistant Professor |
| 2/19 Horizontal Cells and Lateral Inhibition | Dr. Robert Paul Malchow Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Student Presentation: Jen Anderson |
| 2/26 ERG and Color Vision | Dr. Kenneth Alexander Professor Director, Clinical Psychophysics and Electrophysiology Laboratory |
| 3/4 Gap Junction in Lens and Retina |
Dr. Nalin Kumar Professor Director, Integrative Molecular Biosciences Laboratory Student Presentation: Ashley Selner |
| 3/11 Nanoscience in Vision | Dr. David Pepperberg Professor Director, Photoreceptor Research Laboratory Student Presentation: Kevin O'Neill |
| 3/18 Illinois Eye Review (Retina Section) | |
| 3/25 | SPRING BREAK |
| 4/1 Corneal Neovascularization | Dr. Robert Chang Assistant Professor Laboratory Workshop Student Presentation: Lan Yue |
| 4/8 Low Vision | Dr. Janet Szlyk Professor Director, Low Vision Laboratory Student Presentation: Samar Suleman |
| 4/15 AMD and Review of Curcio Study |
Dr. Kenneth Alexander Professor Director, Clinical Psychophysics and Electrophysiology Laboratory Student Presentation: Jing Ming |
| 4/22 Review and Conclusion |