Autumn 2005
20th September Tuesday at 1:00pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Growth factors in lens development: Roles for FGF and Wnt signalling"
Prof. John McAvoy
Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney
Host: Mike Wride
3rd October Monday at 3:30pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Ocular surface biology and regenerative medicine"
Prof. Shigeru Kinoshita
Dept. of Ophthalmology Kyoto Prefectural, University of Medicine
Host: Andrew Quantock
5th October Wednesday at 1:00pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Perception of object motion"
Dr. Simon K. Rushton
School of Psychology, Cardiff University
Host: Pia Makela
12th October Wednesday at 1:00pm- Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Chemotaxis and morphogenesis"
Prof. Adrian Harwood
School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
Host: Julie Albon
19th October Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"The molecules of the eye lens"
Dr. Christine Slingsby
Dept. of Crystallography, Birkbeck College
Host: Justyn Regini
26th October Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Male-female retinal function discrepancies: Possible impact of the menstrual cycle"
Julie Brule, OD, MSc, FAAO
Clinical Optometry, Hogeschool van Utrecht, Netherlands
Host: Melissa Trego
2nd November Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Reading and children with low vision: An educational perspective"
Dr. Graeme Douglas
School of Education, University of Birmingham
Host: Maggie Woodhouse
9th November Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Dynamic changes in ocular surface temperature"
Dr. Chris Purslow
School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
Host: Alison Binns
16th November Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Quest for limbal stem cells"
Prof. Harminder Dua
Div. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nottingham
Host: Che Connon
23rd November Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"New evidence for blue light phototoxicity and AMD: The need for yellow filters"
Prof. John Marshall
Dept. of Ophthalmology GKT, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London
Host: Keith Meek
30th November Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Corneal surface roughness and topography"
Dr. Jennifer Lewis (Fulbright Fellow)
Dept. of Ophthalmology, William H. Havener Eye Institute, Ohio
Host: Mike Boulton
7th December Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"Early-life factors affecting visual development: Observational data from the ALSPAC study"
Dr. Cathy Williams
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, University of Bristol
Host: Jez Guggenheim
14th December Wednesday at 1.00 pm - Lecture Theatre 2.60C Redwood Building
"CLANs of the trabecular meshwork"
Prof. Ian Grierson, FRCOphth
Unit of Ophthalmology, Dept. of Medicine, University of Liverpool
Host: Mike Boulton