Past events

MONDAY 14^TH OCTOBER, 2019 (2.00PM - 5.00PM): 

2.00 – 2.30 pm 
The neurochemistry of the human visual cortex during functional processing
Betina Ip
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics

2.30 – 3.00 pm
TBD
Hannah Dury
Oxford Foundation for Theoretical Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence

3.00 – 3.30 pm
Coffee/Tea

3.30 – 4.00 pm
A case of simultanagnosia after bilateral occipital damage
Kathleen Vancleef
Translational Neuropsychology Group, Department of Experimental Psychology

4.00 – 4.30 pm
How do we know where we stand: Judging and discriminating eye-height
Brian Rogers
Department of Experimental Psychology

4.30 – 5.00 pm
Wine reception

MONDAY 25^TH MARCH, 2019 (2.30PM - 5.30PM): 

2.30 – 3.00 pm 
Update on enhanced electronic vision
Iain Wilson
Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Oxford Eye Hospital

3.00 – 3.30 pm
Genome engineering for inherited retinal degeneration
Lewis Fry
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

3.30 – 3.45 pm
Coffee/Tea

3.45 – 4.15 pm
Adaptive Optics and the retina
Mital Shah
Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Oxford Eye Hospital

4.15 – 5.00 pm
Seeing double: twin studies and the genetic epidemiology of common eye diseases
Chris Hammond
Kings College London

5.00 – 5.30 pm
Wine reception

MONDAY 8^TH October, 2018 (2PM - 5PM): 

MONDAY 5^TH March, 2018 (2PM - 5PM): 

MONDAY 7^TH NOVEMBER, 2016 (2PM - 6PM): 

Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College

PROGRAM

2.00 - 2.30 pm                      

Mr Hildward Vandormael

Department of Experimental Psychology

Title: Robust sampling of decision information during perceptual choice

2.30 - 3.00 pm                      

Dr Manuel Spitschan

University of Pennsylvania
, USA

Title: Melanopsin sensitivity in the human visual system

3.00 - 3.30 pm                      Tea and Coffee

3.30 - 3.50 pm                      

Dr Takao Sasaki

Department of Zoology

Title: Collective navigation in homing pigeons

3.50 - 4.10 pm     

Dr Takuma Morimoto

Department of Experimental Psychology

Title: Illuminant estimation based on optimal colors and its application to #TheDress

4.10 - 4.40 pm                      

Dr Laura Young

Department of Experimental Psychology

Title: High-resolution retinal imaging in Oxford: Clinical and psychophysical measurements with an AOSLO

4.40 - 6.00 pm                     Wine reception

MONDAY 7^TH MARCH, 2016 (2PM - 5PM): 

PROGRAM

2.00 - 2.30 pm              Dr Paul Azzopardi

Department of Experimental Psychology

2.30 - 3.00 pm              Dr Alun Barnard

Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology

3.00 - 3.30 pm              Tea and Coffee

3.30 - 3.40 pm              Miss Hannah Dury

Department of Experimental Psychology (OFTNAI)

3.40 - 3.50 pm              Mr Edwin Dalmaijer

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences / Department of Experimental Psychology

3.50 – 4.00 pm             Miss Anna-Katharina Hauperich

4.00 – 4.30 pm            Prof. Kristine Krug

4.30 – 6.00 pm            Wine reception

4.30 – 6.00 pm            Optional break-out group

MONDAY 19^TH OCTOBER, 2015 (2PM - 5PM): 

Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College

PROGRAM

2.00 - 2.30 pm              Prof Brian Rogers

Department of Experimental Psychology

2.30 - 3.00 pm              Ms. Christie Campla

Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology

3.00 - 3.15 pm              Tea and Coffee

3.15 - 3.45 pm              Dr Alistair Muldal

Department of Pharmacology

3.45 - 4.15 pm              Dr. Matthew Simunovic

Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Oxford Eye Hospital

4.15 – 4.45 pm             Torr Computer Vision group

10 minute research updates from:

                                             - Dr. Stuart Golodetz

                                             - Dr. Sadeep Jayasumana

                                             - Miss Daniela Massiceti

4.45 pm onwards                 Wine reception

Monday 9^TH March 2015, John Radcliffe Hospital, OXFORD

Clinical Training Session

This event will present both basic and clinical research, and will seek to explore links between them.

PROGRAM (2:00-5:00 PM)

2:00-2:45 Electronic retinal implant

Dr Thomas Edwards, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology

TUESDAY 11^TH NOVEMBER 2014, PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD

The clinical assessment and rehabilitation of deficits to vision: from the retina to the cortex

This event will seek to explore the potential benefits in learning about diagnosis and rehabilitation procedures used with deficits at different levels (retinal and cortical) of visual processing.

PROGRAM (2:00-5:00 PM)

2:00-2:30 Assessing common retinal deficits to vision

Susan Downes, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology / Oxford Eye Hospital

2:30-3:00 Smart specs - Assessing the benefit of a low vision intervention 

Joram van Rheede, Division of Clinical Neurology

3:00-3:15 Coffee / Tea

3:15-3:45 Assessing common cortical deficits to vision

Glyn Humphreys, Department of Experimental Psychology

(with input from Celine Gillebert and Lee de-Wit, Cognitive Neuropsychology Centre)

3:45-4:15 Training the visual cortex: Can rehabilitation help the cortically blind to see?

Holly Bridge, FMRIB

4:15-5:00 and beyond.. Wine reception

The causes of visual deficits can be very different, but accessing what 'functional' vision is, remains a common problem, which could benefit from techniques used at different levels. From setting selection criteria, to defining positive outcomes of a rehabilitation program, this event will seek to share tools and knowledge used at different levels involved in the clinical assessment and study of visual deficits.

Problems in visual perception can arise from damage at many levels of the visual system. The rapid development of new tools for testing vision at particular levels of visual processing (retina/cortex) could result in techniques that are also useful at other levels of the system. This event will seek to explore the benefits that might come from a greater degree of cross talk between clinicians and researchers working at different levels. 

Neuropsychologists and psychologists using behavioural tests need to be aware of the range of potential problems that can occur at the level of the input. Importantly this is true not just in the assessment of cortical visual function per se, but in all behavioural testing that relies on visual stimuli. Similarly those studying the retina could benefit from the range of tests used by Neuropsychologists to access whether the cortex is able to functionally use the signals sent from the retina, particularly in the context of setting selection criteria and defining desirable outcomes for a rehabilitation or restoration procedure. 

The first half of this event will involve two tutorial based lectures that cover the 'top-5' cortical and retinal deficits to visual perception, with a particular focus on their functional consequences for the patient, and how they are accessed. The second half will focus on different rehabilitation programs in Oxford, that either seek to restore retinal function, provide surrogate input for things the participant cannot see using things they can, and the rehabilitations of cortical deficits.