What a brilliant opportunity to view the recent work of Young Vision Scientists and their supporting laboratories and clinics.
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Thank you to all those who submitted their presentation. The following posters were presented at the Annual ARVO Meeting 2009 and made available by the first author(s) and their supervisors.
List of Posters
(in alphabetical order of the first author)
Interferometric measurements of aberrations in isolated porcine lenses
- Name:
- Eva Acosta
- E-mail:
- eva.acosta[at]usc.es
- Title
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Interferometric measurements of aberrations in isolated porcine lenses
- Author(s)
- Eva Acosta, Christina Schwarz, Juan M. Bueno and Pablo Artal
- Affiliation(s)
University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Murcia
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- Interferometric measurements of aberrations in isolated... [pdf]
A comparison of psychophysical and optical methods for determining the spatial profile of Macular Pigment
- Name:
- Tos TJM Berendschot
- E-mail:
- t.berendschot[at]ohk.unimaas.nl
- Title
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A comparison of psychophysical and optical methods for determining the spatial profile of Macular Pigment
- Author(s)
- Tos TJM Berendschot, Rob LP van der Veen, Maria Makridaki, Dave Carden and Ian J Murray2
- Affiliation(s)
University Eye Clinic Maastricht, The Netherlands; Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- A comparison of psychophysical and optical methods for... [pdf]
Ray-tracing prediction of intraocular lenses power: effect of corneal aberrations
- Name:
- Carmen Canovas
- E-mail:
- carmen.canovas[at]alu.um.es
- Title
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Ray-tracing prediction of intraocular lenses power: effect of corneal aberrations
- Author(s)
- Carmen Canovas, Salome Abenza*, Eloy A. Villegas, Jose Mª Marin* and Pablo Artal
- Affiliation(s)
Laboratorio de Optica, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain *Servicio de Oftalmologia, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Ray-tracing prediction of intraocular lenses power: effect... [pdf]
Peripheral Refraction and Wavelengths: Off-axis Chromatic Aberration
- Name:
- Bart Jaeken
- E-mail:
- bart.jaeken[at]um.es
- Title
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Peripheral Refraction and Wavelengths: Off-axis Chromatic Aberration
- Author(s)
- Bart Jaeken, Linda Lundström, Alejandro Mira-Agudelo and Pablo Artal
- Affiliation(s)
Laboratorio de Óptica, Universidad de Murcia, Caampus de Espinardo (Ed. CiOyN), Murcia, SPAIN
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- Peripheral Refraction and Wavelengths: Off-axis Chromatic... [pdf]
Role of PKA on photoreceptor degeneration in the rd1 mouse model
- Name:
- Stefan Kustermann
- E-mail:
- stefan.kustermann[at]uni-tuebingen.de
- Title
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Role of PKA on photoreceptor degeneration in the rd1 mouse model
- Author(s)
- Stefan Kustermann1, Theo van Veen1,2, Wolfgang Raffelsberger3, Per Ekström2, Francois Paquet-Durand1
- Affiliation(s)
Theo van Veen1,2, Wolfgang Raffelsberger3, Per Ekström2, Francois Paquet-Durand1 1Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Centre for Ophthalmology, Tübingen, GERMANY.
2 Dept. Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences, Lund, University of Lund, BMC-B13, SE-22184 Lund/SWEDEN
3 IGBMC, Strasbourg, FRANCE
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- Role of PKA on photoreceptor degeneration in the rd1 mouse... [pdf]
Identification of novel genetic defects in cone-rod dystrophy patients from an outbred population by using homozygosity mapping

- Name:
- Karin W Littink
- E-mail:
- k.littink[at]antrg.umcn.nl
- Title
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Identification of novel genetic defects in cone-rod dystrophy patients from an outbred population by using homozygosity mapping
- Author(s)
- Karin W. Littink1,2, L. Ingeborgh van den Born1, Rob W.J. Collin2,3, Klaus Rohrschneider4, Maria M. van Genderen5, Mary J. van Schooneveld6, Marijke N. Zonneveld1,2, Anneke I. den Hollander2,3,7, Frans P.M. Cremers2,3
- Affiliation(s)
1 The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2 Dept. of Human Genetics, and 3 Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 4 Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;5 Bartiméus Institute for the Visually Impaired, Zeist, The Netherlands; 6 Dept. of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 7 Dept. of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Identification of novel genetic defects in cone-rod... [pdf]
Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Surface Properties of Intraocular Lenses
- Name:
- Marco Lombardo
- E-mail:
- mlombardo[at]visioeng.it
- Title
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Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Surface Properties of Intraocular Lenses
- Author(s)
- Lombardo M, Carbone G, Lombardo G, De Santo MP, Barberi R.
- Affiliation(s)
Vision Engineering, Reggio Calabria, Italy
CNR-INFM LiCry lab, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Surface Properties of... [pdf]
Activity of protein kinase G (PKG) causes photoreceptor degeneration in two mouse models for Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Name:
- Francois Paquet-Durand
- E-mail:
- francois.paquet-durand[at]klinikum.uni-tuebingen.de
- Title
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Activity of protein kinase G (PKG) causes photoreceptor degeneration in two mouse models for Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Author(s)
- François Paquet-Durand 1,2, Stefanie Hauck 3, Theo van Veen 1,2, Marius Ueffing 3,4, Per Ekström 2
- Affiliation(s)
1 Universität Tübingen, Centre for Ophthalmology, Röntgenweg 11, 72076 Tübingen, GERMANY
2 University of Lund, Ophthalmology Department, BMC-B13, Klinikgatan 26, 22184 Lund, SWEDEN
3 Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg/GERMANY
4 Technical University of Munich, Institute of Human Genetics, 81675 Munich/GERMANY
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- Activity of protein kinase G (PKG) causes photoreceptor... [pdf]
Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation in rd1 Mouse Photoreceptors
- Name:
- Javier Sancho Pelluz
- E-mail:
- javier.sancho-pelluz[at]klinikum.uni-tuebingen.de
- Title
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Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation in rd1 Mouse Photoreceptors
- Author(s)
- J Sancho-Pelluz1,2, M Alavi3,4, A Sahaboglu-Tekgoz1, S Kustermann1, T van Veen1,4, FJ Romero2, F Paquet-Durand1, P Ekström4
- Affiliation(s)
1 Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Centre for Ophthalmology, Tübingen, GERMANY.
2 Fundación Oftalmológica del Mediterráneo (FOM), Valencia, SPAIN.
3 Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, Tübingen, GERMANY.
4 Dept. Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences, Lund, University of Lund, SWEDEN.
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- Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation in rd1 Mouse... [pdf]
Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) in population-based epidemiology: normative values and a definition of glaucomatous optic neuropathy

- Name:
- Wishal Ramdas
- E-mail:
- w.ramdas[at]erasmusmc.nl
- Title
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Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) in population-based epidemiology: normative values and a definition of glaucomatous optic neuropathy
- Author(s)
- Wishal D. Ramdas, MD,1 Roger C.W. Wolfs, MD, PhD,1,2 Albert Hofman, MD, PhD,1 Paulus T.V.M. de Jong, MD, PhD,1,3,4 Johannes R. Vingerling, MD, PhD,1,2 Nomdo M. Jansonius, MD, PhD1,5
- Affiliation(s)
1) Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 2) Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 3) Department of Ophthalmogenetics, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, RNAAS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 4) Department of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 5) Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) in population-based... [pdf]
CFH, ARMS2 and C3 Confer Risk for Susceptibility but not for Disease Progression of Geographic Atrophy due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

- Name:
- Hendrik P.N. Scholl
- E-mail:
- hendrik.scholl[at]ukb.uni-bonn.de
- Title
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CFH, ARMS2 and C3 Confer Risk for Susceptibility but not for Disease Progression of Geographic Atrophy due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Author(s)
- Hendrik P.N. Scholl 1, Monika Fleckenstein 1, Lars Fritsche 2, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg 1, Arno Göbel 1, Christine Adrion 3, Christine Herold 4,
Claudia N. Keilhauer-Strachwitz 5, Friederike Mackensen 6, Andreas Mößner 7, Daniel Pauleikhoff 8, Andreas W.A. Weinberger 9, Ulrich Mansmann 3,
Frank G. Holz 1, Tim Becker 4, Bernhard H.F. Weber 2
- Affiliation(s)
1 Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. of Bonn;
2 Institute for Human Genetics, Univ. of Regensburg;
3 Dept. of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, LMU, Munich;
4 Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Univ. of Bonn;
5 Department of Ophthalmology, Univ. of Würzburg;
6 Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. of Heidelberg;
7 Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. of Leipzig;
8 Dept. of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus Hospital, Münster;
9 Dept. of Ophthalmology, RWTH Aachen University
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- CFH, ARMS2 and C3 Confer Risk for Susceptibility but not... [pdf]
Modelling Aberrations from Surface Measurements of ex-vivo isolated Human Crystalline Lenses
- Name:
- Christina Schwarz
- E-mail:
- christina.schwarz[at]alu.um.es
- Title
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Modelling Aberrations from Surface Measurements of ex-vivo isolated Human Crystalline Lenses
- Author(s)
- Christina Schwarz , Eva Acosta*, Juan M. Bueno, Concepción Molero# and Pablo Artal
- Affiliation(s)
Laboratorio de Óptica, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo (Ed. CiOyN), 30071 Murcia, SPAIN
*Facultad de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN
#Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, SPAIN
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- Modelling Aberrations from Surface Measurements of ex-vivo... [pdf]
Genetic etiology and clinical consequences of complete and incomplete achromatopsia

- Name:
- Alberta AHJ Thiadens
- E-mail:
- a.thiadens[at]erasmusmc.nl
- Title
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Genetic etiology and clinical consequences of complete and incomplete achromatopsia
- Author(s)
- AAHJ Thiadens1A,2, NWR Slingerland1A, S Roosing2, MJ van Schooneveld3, JJC van Lith-Verhoeven4, N van Moll-Ramirez5, LI van den Born6, CB Hoyng4, FPM Cremers2, CCW Klaver1A,1B
- Affiliation(s)
1. Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, A.Department of Ophthalmology, B.Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
2. Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
3. Department of Ophthalmology, Utrecht Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands,
4. Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
5. Sensis, Centre for care, education and services for visually impaired people, Grave, The Netherlands,
6. The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Genetic etiology and clinical consequences of complete and... [pdf]
Refractive Efficacy Of Light Adjustable Intraocular Lenses
- Name:
- Eloy A. Villegas
- E-mail:
- villegas[at]um.es
- Title
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Refractive Efficacy Of Light Adjustable Intraocular Lenses
- Author(s)
- E.A. Villegas, E. Rubio, E. Alcon, C. Canovas, S. Manzanera, J.M. Marin, P. Artal
- Affiliation(s)
Universidad de Murcia / Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca de Murcia
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- Refractive Efficacy Of Light Adjustable Intraocular Lenses [pdf]