STRUCTURE, FUNCTION & DEVELOPMENT OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
July 6 - 19, 2007
Application Deadline: March 15, 2007

Instructors:
Martin Usrey, University of California, Davis
Barbara Chapman, University of California, Davis

This lecture/discussion course will explore the functional organization and development of the visual system as revealed by the use of a variety of anatomical, physiological and behavioral methods. It is designed for graduate students and more advanced researchers who wish to gain a basic understanding of the biological basis for vision and to share in the excitement of the latest developments in this field. Topics will include: phototransduction and neural processing in the retina; functional architecture of striate cortex; cellular basis of cortical receptive field properties; the anatomy, physiology and perceptual significance of parallel pathways; functional parcellation of extrastriate cortex; the role of patterned neuronal activity in the development of central visual pathways; and molecular mechanisms of development and plasticity in the visual system.

Faculty for the 2007 course include:
Katja Brose, Cell Press
E. J. Chichilnisky, Salk Institute
Dennis Dacey, University of Washington
James DiCarlo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marla Feller, University of California, San Diego
David Fitzpatrick, Duke University
Bill Guido, Louisiana State University Medical Center
Michael Hawken, New York University
Judith Hirsch, University of Southern California
Nancy Kanwisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rich Krauzlis, Salk Institute
Tirin Moore, Stanford University
Tony Movshon, New York University
Jay Neitz, Medical College of Wisconsin
Tatiana Pasternak, University of Rochester
Clay Reid, Harvard Medical School
Ed Ruthazer, McGill University
Mike Shalden, University of Washington
Murray Sherman, University of Chicago
Lee Stone, NASA Ames Research Center
Marty Usrey, University of California, Davis
David Williams, University of Rochester

The course will be held at the Laboratory’s Banbury Conference Center located on the north shore of Long Island. All participants stay within walking distance of the Center, close to tennis court, pool and private beach.

This course is supported with funds provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute