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.
Class meets every Tuesday, from 12:00 to 1:50 in the LIERI Conference Room (1905 West Taylor Street .)
Below is the course schedule:
1/15 Organization |
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1/22 Structure and Function of the Retina |
Dr. Haohua Qian, Associate Professor of Neuroscience |
1/29 Mechanism of Viral Entry in Ocular Tissues |
Dr. Deepak Shukla, Assistant Professor Laboratory Workshop |
2/5 History of Visual Pigment (Rhodopsin) |
Dr. Harris Ripps, Professor 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 Student Presentation: Jen Anderson |
2/26 ERG and Color Vision |
Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Professor |
3/4 Gap Junction in Lens and Retina |
Dr. Nalin Kumar, Professor Student Presentation: Ashley Selner |
3/11 Nanoscience in Vision |
Dr. David Pepperberg, Professor Student Presentation: Kevin O'Neill |
3/18 Illinois Eye Review (Retina Section) |
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3/25 |
SPRING BREAK
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4/1 Corneal Neovascularization |
Dr. Robert Chang, Assistant Professor Laboratory Workshop |
4/8 Low Vision |
Dr. Janet Szlyk, Professor Student Presentation: Samar Suleman |
4/15 AMD and Review of Curcio Study |
Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Professor Student Presentation: Jing Ming |
4/22 Review and Conclusion |
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