Vision Science Graduate Research Conference 2017

Monday, April 24, 2017 (all day) to Tuesday, April 25, 2017 (all day)

You are cordially invited to attend the 2017 Vision Science Graduate Research Conference, taking place on April 24^th and 25^thin OPT 1129. Presentations will commence at 9:15 a.m. The schedule of presenters is listed below.

Monday April 24, 2017	Presenter	Abstract Title
9:20 – 9:40	Ali Almustanyir	Predicting the CN Lantern Test for Railways with clinical color vision tests
9:40 – 10:00	Suhailah Alamri	Visual Function in Post-Concussion Syndrome
10:00 - 10:20		BREAK - Student Commons
10:20 – 10:40	Varadharajan Jayakumar	Detectability of Supra-Threshold Pneumatic Corneal Stimuli using Signal Detection Theory
10:40 – 11:00	Akshay Gurdita	Subdural infusion of kynurenic acid causes myelin loss in chicken optic nerves
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
11:20 - 11:40	Viquar Unnisa Begum	Effect of artificially disrupted binocular vision on stereocoherence thresholds
11:40 - 12:00	Vivek Labhishetty	How well do progressive myopic children detect and process blur?
12:00 - 1:30		AWARDS PRESENTATION AND LUNCH
1:30 - 1:50	Mohammed Alnawmasi	Investigating the Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on Global Visual Processing in Adolescents
1:50 - 2:10	Debby Yeung	MMP-9 and TIMP-1 Analysis in Tears of scleral lenses wearers: Pilot Study
2:10 - 2:30	Rajkumar Nallour Raveendran	Impaired fixation stability in amblyopia cannot be explained by the visual acuity impairment
2:30 - 2:50	Stephanie Wong	Surface temperature change in soft contact lenses: an in vitro study
2:50 - 3:10		BREAK - Student Commons
3:10 – 3:30	Dania Abuleil	Techniques for understanding the mechanisms that underlie brain plasticity in adults
3:30 – 3:50	Emmanuel Alabi	Conjunctival Vascular Response to Corneal Mechanical Stimulation
3:50 – 4:10	Marieke Creese	Visual function of Para-Nordic Skiers with Visual Impairment
4:10 – 4:30	Alan Yee	Superior dynamic visual acuity performance of athletes

Tuesday, April 25, 2017	Presenter	Abstract Title
9:20 – 9:40	Claudia Martin Calderon	Can cerebellar TMS modulate saccadic control and plasticity?
9:40 – 10:00	Ian Erkelens	Preprogramed response properties predict short-term sensorimotor plasticity in vergence eye movements
10:00 - 10:20		BREAK - Student Commons
10:20 – 10:40	Peyman Gholami	Segmentation and Measurement of Chronic Wounds for Bioprinting
10:40 – 11:00	Norah Alkanhal	Development of Form Visual Acuity in Infants Using Schematic Faces
11:00 - 11:20	Priyanka Roy	Real-time automated segmentation of retinal layers in SD-OCT images
11:20 - 11:40	Clement Afari	The photopic negative response in full-field electroretinograms of optic nerve-sectioned young chicks.
11:40 - 12:00	Amritha Stalin	Determining the feasibility of using sports-specific visual function assessments in Paralympic skiers with visual impairment
12:00 – 1:30		LUNCH WITH Dr. Porreca
3:30 – 4:30	KEYNOTE: Dr. David Porreca	Theme: Vision and Medieval Magic
4:30 – 5:30		RECEPTION - outside of Witer Learning Resource Center