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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

 

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

 

 
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