You are cordially invited to attend the 2017 Vision Science Graduate Research Conference, taking place on April 24th and 25th in OPT 1129. Presentations will commence at 9:15 a.m. The schedule of presenters is listed below.
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Monday |
Presenter |
Abstract Title |
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Ali Almustanyir |
Predicting the CN Lantern Test for Railways with clinical color vision tests |
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9:40 – 10:00 |
Suhailah Alamri |
Visual Function in Post-Concussion Syndrome |
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10:00 - 10:20 |
BREAK - Student Commons |
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10:20 – 10:40 |
Varadharajan Jayakumar |
Detectability of Supra-Threshold Pneumatic Corneal Stimuli using Signal Detection Theory |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Akshay Gurdita |
Subdural infusion of kynurenic acid causes myelin loss in chicken optic nerves |
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11:00 - 11:20 |
Mosaad Alhassan |
Visual Information Processing in Parkinson’s disease Patients: Understanding the Differences in Perceptual Speed Deficits between Freezers and Non-Freezers |
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11:20 - 11:40 |
Viquar Unnisa Begum |
Effect of artificially disrupted binocular vision on stereocoherence thresholds |
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11:40 - 12:00 |
Vivek Labhishetty |
How well do progressive myopic children detect and process blur? |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
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AWARDS PRESENTATION AND LUNCH |
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1:30 - 1:50 |
Mohammed Alnawmasi |
Investigating the Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on Global Visual Processing in Adolescents |
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1:50 - 2:10 |
Debby Yeung |
MMP-9 and TIMP-1 Analysis in Tears of scleral lenses wearers: Pilot Study |
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2:10 - 2:30 |
Rajkumar Nallour Raveendran |
Impaired fixation stability in amblyopia cannot be explained by the visual acuity impairment |
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2:30 - 2:50 |
Stephanie Wong |
Surface temperature change in soft contact lenses: an in vitro study |
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2:50 - 3:10 |
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BREAK - Student Commons |
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3:10 – 3:30 |
Dania Abuleil |
Techniques for understanding the mechanisms that underlie brain plasticity in adults |
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3:30 – 3:50 |
Emmanuel Alabi |
Conjunctival Vascular Response to Corneal Mechanical Stimulation |
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3:50 – 4:10 |
Marieke Creese |
Visual function of Para-Nordic Skiers with Visual Impairment |
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4:10 – 4:30 |
Alan Yee |
Superior dynamic visual acuity performance of athletes |
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Tuesday, |
Presenter |
Abstract Title |
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9:20 – 9:40 |
Claudia Martin Calderon |
Can cerebellar TMS modulate saccadic control and plasticity? |
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9:40 – 10:00 |
Ian Erkelens |
Preprogramed response properties predict short-term sensorimotor plasticity in vergence eye movements |
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10:00 - 10:20 |
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BREAK - Student Commons |
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10:20 – 10:40 |
Peyman Gholami |
Segmentation and Measurement of Chronic Wounds for Bioprinting |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Norah Alkanhal |
Development of Form Visual Acuity in Infants Using Schematic Faces |
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11:00 - 11:20 |
Priyanka Roy |
Real-time automated segmentation of retinal layers in SD-OCT images |
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11:20 - 11:40 |
Clement Afari |
The photopic negative response in full-field electroretinograms of optic nerve-sectioned young chicks. |
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11:40 - 12:00 |
Amritha Stalin |
Determining the feasibility of using sports-specific visual function assessments in Paralympic skiers with visual impairment |
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12:00 – 1:30 |
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LUNCH WITH Dr. Porreca |
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3:30 – 4:30 |
KEYNOTE: Dr. David Porreca |
Theme: Vision and Medieval Magic |
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4:30 – 5:30 |
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RECEPTION - outside of Witer Learning Resource Center |
Please RSVP to this event by emailing: sforsyth@uwaterloo.ca
