Recent Awards
- Frank Schaeffel | Fellow of ARVO 2009
- Regan Ashby | Attempto Award 2010
- Juan Tabernero | Carl Zeiss Young Investigator Award 2012
- Frank Schaeffel | European Vision Award 2012
- 2013 Guest Professor Central South University, Changsha, China
- 2015 Chew-Sek-Chin Memorial Lectureship, 15th International Myopia Conference, Wenzhou
- 2007 - 2017 Six Teaching Awards for the annual lecture series “Sensory systems - visual system”
- 2018 Honorary Doctoral Degree of Science, State University of New York, SUNY College of Optometry
- 2019 Senior Professor at the University of Tuebingen, Ophthalmic Research Institute (from Oct 1)
- 2020 Guest Professorship at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), from April 1, 2020
- 2021 Swiss Ophtha Award to Barbara Swiatczak for the paper: Swiatczak B, Schaeffel F. Transient Eye Shortening During Reading Text With Inverted Contrast: Effects of Refractive Error and Letter Size. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 Apr 1;11(4):17. doi: 10.1167/tvst.11.4.17
- 2023 RetinAward to Barbara Swiatczak for the paper: Swiatczak B, Schaeffel F. Myopia: why the retina stops inhibiting eye growth. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 15;12(1):21704. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26323-7
- 2024 Pfizer Award to Barbara Swiatczak, for a manuscript (Swiatczak, Scholl, Schaeffel) about measurements of retinal areas that drive emmetropization, using eye tracking to cover parts of the
Invited Presentations
Videos
Video of the german lecture "Myopieentwicklung"
"Presentation at the Innovation Symposium in Düsseldorf, Germany, January 16, 2016 (Organizer: Dr. Hakan Kaymak)
Prof. Dr. Frank Schaeffel - Myopieentwicklung from Breyer, Kaymak & Klabe on Vimeo.
Video of the german lecture "Individualisierte Myopiebehandlung bei Kindern"
2024
| Jan 5 | Hyderabad, Indian Myopia Awareness and Research Conference (4th IMARC), Prof. Pavan Verkircharla, key note: “Connecting myopia theories with practise –translational relevance” |
| Jan 30 | New England College of Optometry, Boston, Dr. Chris Taylor: „Functional changes in the myopic retina interfere with emmetropization” |
| Feb 1 | Zürich, Schweizer Ophthalmologen, Augenklinik des Universitätsspitals Zürich, Fortbildung Myopie, Genese, Folgen, Assoziationen, Prophylaxe (Prof. Dr. Christina Gerth-Kahlert): „Mechanismen der Emmetropisierung - und was geht schief bei Myopie“ |
| Mar 2 | BW Arzthelfer, Baden-Württembergische Augenärzte meeting, |
| April 9 | Shanghai, China, Frontiers in Vision Science Summit - Myopia research: “Functional changes in the myopic retina compromize emmetropization online” |
| April 10 | Dortmund, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Lichttechnik und Lichtgestaltung, Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin: „Rot, Grün oder Blau: Welches Licht hemmt die Kurzsichtigkeit?“ |
| May 8 | Seattle, ARVO Minisymposium - Illuminating myopia: newer insights into the mechanisms and effects of light on myopia. Invited talk: “How focus in different spectral ranges controls emmetropization and accommodation” |
| June 5 | Tübingen, Zeiss Vision Convention 2023: “Visual cues for emmetropization and mechanisms of myopia control” |
| June 19 | Tübingen, Zeiss Vision Convention 2023: “Visual cues for emmetropization and mechanisms of myopia control” |
| June 29 | Euretina Special Focus Meeting on Myopia, Paris: “Functional changes in the myopic retina compromize emmetropization” |
| July 2 | OphthalmoLife, TV podium discussion, Wiesbaden “Myopia” |
| Sept 26 | International Myopie Conference (19th IMC) Hainan, China, Prof. Weizhong Lan: “What changes in the myopic retina” (organization of symposium) |
| Oct 10 | Berlin, Annual meeting der DOG, Symposium Highlights in Translational Science: progessive myopia in childhood: advance in preclinical and clinical research: “Possible mechanisms of myopia inhibition by atropine: results from animal models” |
| Oct 25 | Basel, IOB lecture: “Visual acuity and Contrast Sensitivity, Color vision, Eye Movements” |
| Nov 7 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: “Functional changes in the myopic retina compromize emmetropization” |
2023
| Mar 21 | Columbus, Ohio, The Hill lecture, Prof. Karla Zadnik & Prof. Donald Mutti: “Functional changes in the myopic retina interfere with emmetropization” |
| April 23 | New Orleans, USA, invited talk Sunday symposium ARVO: "Mechanisms Behind Myopia Control Treatments - current hypotheses and unknowns on the mechanisms of myopia development and myopia progression” |
| April 27 | WVAO Wissensforum 2023, online Abend-Event: “Warum sich die Myopie nicht selber hemmt” |
| May 6 | Freiburg, 12. Freiburger Kontaktlinsenforum, Konzerthaus Freiburg (Hecht Kontaktlinsen): „Neues aus der Myopieforschung“ |
| May 31 | Inzlingen, Basel, Leadership meeting IOB: “Current projects of the Myopia Group” |
| June 10 | Manchester, UK, British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) meeting, key note lecture: “Visual cues for emmetropization and mechanisms of myopia control” |
| June 17 | Grindelwald, retreat IOB: “Some current key questions of myopia – and the resulting new projects” |
| June 30 | Aalen, School of Optometry, Prof. Ulrich Schiefer: ”Some current key questions of myopia” |
| July 12 | Harrogate, UK, Physiological Society Annual Meeting: Physiology 2023: “The mechanisms of emmetropization” |
| Oct 14 | Tübingen, Zeiss Vision Convention 2023: “Visual cues for emmetropization and mechanisms of myopia control” |
| Oct 28 | Valencia, Opthalmic Research Award Lecture, 26th EVER meeting: “Functional changes in the myopic retina compromize emmetropization” |
| Nov 3 | Basel, IOB lecture: “Visual acuity and Contrast Sensitivity, Color vision, Eye Movements” |
| Nov 11 | Salzburg, 27. Herbstsymposium der Vereinigung der kontaktlinsenanpassenden Augenärzte (Prof. Gabriela Seher): „Wie die myope Netzhaut verlernt, das Augenwachstum zu hemmen“ |
| Nov 14 | Tübingen, Steinbeiss Center eyetrial, Dr. Tobias Peters: „Grundlagen Myopie und aktuelle Therapieansätze“ |
| Nov 25 | Leipzig, Sächsische Augenärztliche Gesellschaft (SAG), Jahrestagung (Prof. Focke Ziemssen): „Wie das Auge (nicht) myop wird“ |
2022
| Jan 12 | Optica (formerly OSA), USA, webinar Myopia- recent davances in technologies and treatment: “Visual cues for emmetropization” |
| Mar 14 | Freiburg, Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Augenoptik und Optometrie (VDCO): „Welche visuelle Information benutzt das Auge zur Emmetropisierung?“ |
| April 1 | Potsdam, ProRetina Foundation, 16th Research Colloquium, (evening lecture): “Current strategies for myopia inhibition” |
| May 1 | Denver, CO, ARVO: “Dynamic OFF stimulation reduces perceived saturation of red color, similarly in myopes and emmetropes” |
| May 14 | Freiburg, 23. Jahrestagung der Bielschowsky-Gesellschaft: “Wirkprinzip und Nutzenbewertung von DIMS-Brillengläsern“ |
| June 17 | IOB retreat talk Grindelwald: “Mechanisms of myopia” |
| Jul 26 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, RCSV-SCO Joint Distinguished lecture: “Visual cues controlling myopia and emmetropization” |
| Aug 26 | Basel, Swiss Ophthalmological Society, Annual meeting: “Why do we become myopic at all?” |
| Sept 3 | Paris, ECLSO meeting, Dr. Mely: “Myopia progression - a review of current fundamental research” |
| Sept 5 | IMC Rotterdam “Systematic analysis of the visual cues that are needed for the sign of defocus detection” |
| Oct 14 | Valencia, 23. EVER meeting: “Contrast polarity and Myopia” |
| Oct 21 | OPTICA Fall Vision Meeting, Rochester, NY, Prof. Susana Marcos: “Early functional changes in the retina compromize emmetropization” |
| Nov 26 | Baseler Fortbildungstage, Biozentrum Basel, Glaukom und hohe Myopie: “Pathomechanismus der hohen Myopie“ |
| Dec 8 | Basel, Mehr Wissen - die öffentliche Vortragsreihe, Universitätsspital Basel: „Das Rätsel der Kurzsichtigkeit“ |
| Dec 20 | Murcia, 8th LOUM christmas meeting, Prof. Pablo Artal: “Myopia - why does the eye grow out of range?” |
2021
| Jul 16-18 | EYEFOX Myopie Symposium Berlin, Prof. Kaymak: “Myopieforschung gestern-heute-morgen: am Anfang stand das Huhn“ |
| Sept 30 | DOG symposium: „Blaues Licht und Myopieprävention“ |
| Oct 7 | Tübingen, lecture series of Striatech (Dr. Thomas Münch): “IR Photorefraction and IR Photokeratometry –measuring refractive state and corneal curvature in animals and humans” |
| Oct 8 | VDCO - Sichtkontakte: „Myopiehemmung - welche Strategien werden aktuell verfolgt ? |
| Oct 23 | Aalen, Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik:“Welche visuellen Stimuli braucht die Netzhaut für die Emmetropisierung?“ |
| Nov 8-9 | Basel, Scientific Advisory Board Meeting IOB: “Review of work done by the myopia group at IOB” |
| Nov 19 | UFA Eye Research Institute, Prof. Mukharram Bikbov, Russia (invited by Prof. Jost Jonas): “Visual cues for emmetropization” |
| Nov 20 | Salzburg, 25. Herbstsymposium Vereinigung kontaktlinsenanpassender Augenärzte Salzburg, Prof. Gabriela Seher: (1) Licht, Seherfahrung, Atropin und Myopie“, (2) Optische Strategien zur Myopiehemmung“ |
2020
| Feb 15 | Freiburg, ProRetina - Makula Fachtagung, Schwerpunkt Myopie: „Mechanismen der Myopie“ |
| Feb 19 | Webinar Zeiss: “Mechanisms of Myopia” |
| Oct 19 | Wien, Wiener Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (WOG), Prof. Christina Leydolt: „Mechanismen der Myopie“ |
| Oct 22 | OphthalmoLive, Fernseh-Podiumsdiskussion, Wiesbaden: “Myopie-Entwicklung” |
| Nov 7 | Myopia Symposium Argentina, organized by Prof. Rafael Iribarren: “Reading and myopia” |
2019
| January 19 | Düsseldorf, Innovationssymposium Augenchirurgie: „Individualisierte Myopiebehandlung bei Kindern“ (Organisator Dr. H. Kaymak) |
| January 23 | Stuttgart: „Atropinbehandlung bei Kindern“ (Dr. Kaymak, Dr. Schwahn) |
| February 21 | Tübingen, Lehrerfortbildung des Schülerlabors Neurowissenschaften, Centrum für integrative Neurowissenschaften: „Visuelle Steuerung des Augenwachstums und Kurzsichtigkeit“ (Organisator Prof. Uwe Ilg) |
| March 25 | University of Murcia, Symposium 25 years LOM: „Myopia and physiological optics - the Tuebingen Murcia interactions“ (Prof. Pablo Artal) |
| May 2 | Vancouver, ARVO meeting: “Can manipulation of the retinal ON-OFF pathways prevent myopia?” |
| May 8 | Frühjahrssymposium Ophthalmologie, Laserforum eV: „Wie lässt sich die Myopieprogression beeinflussen? Atropin und neue optische Korrekturen“ |
| May 25 | DOC 2019, 32. Internationaler Congress der Ophthalmochirurgen: „Myopie - Prävention was ist Legende, was funktioniert ?“ |
| June 4 | Heiligkreuztal, Retreat CRC 1233 Robust vision: “Where and how is the retinal image jitter from fixational eye movements perceptually stabilized?” (Prof. M. Bethge) |
| June 26 | Zeiss Oberkochen, MyFUN final meeting: “Myopia - what is new and what is old?” (Organizer: Prof. Siegfried Wahl) |
| August 13 | University of Lviv, Ukraine, Symposium on Vision in the ageing eye: “Visual function across life span” (Organizer: Prof. Olga Garaschuk) |
| September 14 | Tokyo, 16th International Myopia Conference: “Watching spatially filtered movies that enhance ON or OFF stimulation changes choroidal thickness” (organizer Prof. Ohno-Matsui) |
| September 27 | Berlin, 117. Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft: “Current hot topics in myopia research“ (Organisator Prof. W. Lagreze) |
| October 11 | Tübingen, Tag der offnen Tür der Augenklinik: „Wie Tier sehen - Spezialisten auf Ihrem Gebiet“ (Organisator Prof. K-U Bartz-Schmidt) |
| October 16 | Düsseldorf, Gesundheitsamt Neuss, Ärztekammer Nordrhein: „Aktuelles aus der Myopieforschung“ |
| October 26 | Herrsching, 28. Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik: „Änderungen der Fundusreflektivität als Biomarker für Myopieentwicklung?“ |
| November 16 | Cluy, Transsilvania, 5. EurOK meeting: „Animal models in myopia control” |
2018
| February 5 | Tuebingen, Midterm review meeting EC network MyFun (“coordinator’s report”) |
| February 24 | Tuebingen, Invited plenary lecture at the annual meeting of opthalmologists of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Title: “Mechanisms of Vision” |
| April 30 | ARVO meeting Honolulu, lecture “Reading white text on black paper may cause less myopia than black text on white paper” |
| May 16 | Tuebingen Seminar of the Ophthalmic Research Institute, “Role of the ON-OFF pathways in myopia development” |
| May 25 | New York SUNY College of Optometry “Levels of spatio-temporal adaptation and potential effects on eye growth” |
| June 16 | Annual meeting of the German Ophthalmo surgeons (DOC), Nuremberg, “Myopie - Entstehung und Prophylaxe?” (Myopia - development and prophylaxis) |
| June 20 | Helios Eye Clinics Pforzheim, “Myopie - biologische Mechanismen, warum nimmt sie zu und wie können wir sie hemmen?“ (Myopia - biological mechanisms, why does it increase, and how could we inhibit its progression) |
| August 21 | Basel, La Roche, “Myopia - biological mechanisms and possible strategies for its inhibition” |
| September 22 | ESCRS meeting Vienna, “Myopia - Biological Mechanisms” |
| September 27 | Bonn, Annual Meeting of the German Ophthalmologists, „DOG kontrovers - ist eine Beeinflussung der Myopieentwicklung bei Kindern möglich?“ |
| September 28 | Bonn, Annual Meeting of the German Ophthalmologists , „Ansätze zur Prävention der Myopie“ |
| October 27 | Luebeck, Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, “ Levels of adaptation and their potential interactions with myopia” |
| November 1 | Basel, Institute of Ophthalmology (IOB) and University Eye Hospital, “Myopia - biological mechanisms and possible interventions” |
| November 10 | Stuttgart, 102. Arbeitstagung Interlens Contactlinsen Institute e.V., „Myopiekontrolle - biologische Mechanismen der Myopie, und wie können wir sie hemmen?“ |
| November 14 | Düsseldorf, Breyer, Kaymak & Klabe Augenchirurgie, „Atropin and photorefraction“ |
| November 17 | ProRetina Patiententag, Tuebingen, „Entstehungsmechanismen der Myopie“ |
| November 20 | AIER Eye Conference, Changsha, China,“Levels of adaptation and their potential interactions with myopia” |
2017
| January 17 | Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Augenoptik und Optometrie (WVAO), Freiburg: „Die Myopie auf dem Vormarsch - was kann man tun?“ |
| January 28 | Koblenzer und Trierer Gespräche, Fortbildungsveranstaltung der Landesapothekerkammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz: „Kurzsichtigkeit -warum das Auge immer weiter wächst und was wir dagegen tun können“ |
| February 22 | Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Augenheilkunde (Prof. B. Seitz), 81. Augenärztliche Fortbildung, Homburg, Saar: „Neues aus der Myopieforschung Licht, Linsen, Atropin“ |
| March 17 | Berufsverband der Orthoptistinnen Deutschlands e.V., auf der AAD Düsseldorf: „Behandlung der Myopie: Licht, Linsen, Atropin“ |
| May 13 | Berufsverband der Orthoptistinnen Deutschlands e.V., auf der DOC Nürnberg: „Licht, geänderte optische Korrekturen: neue Strategien zur Myopiehemmung“ |
| June 10 | Koblenzer und Trierer Gespräche, Fortbildungsveranstaltung der Landesapothekerkammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Trier: „Kurzsichtigkeit -warum das Auge immer weiter wächst und was wir dagegen tun können“ |
| June 11 | ProRetina, Makula-Patiententag in Münster: „Myopieforschung 2017“ |
| September 14 | International Myopia Conference Birmingham, UK, several posters |
| September 28 | Annual meeting of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER), Nice, France: “Myopia - biological mechanisms and unresolved questions” |
| October 6 | European Retina Meeting (ERM 2017), Paris: “Retinal control of myopia - lenses, light and atropine” |
| October 14 | Klinikum Esslingen, 1. Strabologisches Treffen, Esslingen: „Myopie - biologische Mechanismen, warum nimmt sie zu und wie können wir sie hemmen?“ |
| October 26 | MyFUN Murcia Summer School, Murcia, Spain: „Contrast vision and Contrast adaptation“ |
| November 22 | Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt a.M., Augenstern e.V., Fortbildung: neuester Stand der Amblyopie und Myopieforschung, Frankfurt: „Licht - Linsen - Atropin: neue Wege zu Hemmung der Myopie“ |
| December 15 | Webinar: “solving the myopia puzzle”, organized by the Optical Society of America (Brian Vohnsen): “Understanding myopia in the chick model” |
2016
| January 16. | Innovationssymposium Augenchirurgie . Breyer, Kaymak & Klabe Augenchirurgie Düsseldorf. Thema: „Myopieentwicklung: Neueste Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung“ (Dr. Hakan Kaymak). |
| February 23. | Kick-off meeting des Madam Curie Netzwerks „MyFUN“, in Tuebingen. Talks: (1) “Questions in myopia which need fundamental understanding” (2) “Inter-individual variability of myopia” (3) “Why suddenly myopia?” (MyFUN Network) |
| April 16. | Frühjahrsfortbildung am Augenzentrum Würzburg. „Ursachen und Risiken der Myopieentwicklung, Verhaltens- und medikamentöse Therapieempfehlungen für Schulkinder“ (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schrader) |
| May 18. | PhD examination: Aiswaryah Radhakrishnan. Visual Optics and Biophotonics Lab, Instituto de Óptica "Daza de Valdés", Spanish Council for Scientific Research, CSIC, Madrid (Prof. Dr. Susana Marcos) |
| June 8. | Akademie für Medizinische Fortbildung. Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe. Bochum. „The myopia boom Bildschirmarbeit an Tablet und Notebook. Aktuelle Erkenntnisse der Myopieforschung“ |
| June 30. | University of Crete, Institute of Vision and Optics, Chania. 12thAegean Summer School on Visual optics. (1) “Biological mechanisms of myopia: results from animal models”, (2) “Peripheral refraction: why does it matter?” (3) “Visual performance in animals” (Dr. Sotiris Plainis & Prof. I.G. Pallikaris) |
| October 2. | Annual meeting of the German Ophthalmologists (DOG), Berlin. „Myopie – was wusste man 1890 und was weiss man heute?“ (Professor Dr. M. Rohrbach) |
| November 13. | Jährliche Tagung der Bielschowski Gesellschaft, Jena. „Biologische Mechanismen der Myopie und abgeleitete Interventionsmöglichkeiten“ (Dr. Ulrich Voigt) |
| November 28-30. | Annual meeting and winter school MyFUN network. (1) “Current research on myopia”. (2) “Refraction techniques over the past 50 years”. (MyFUN network) |
| November 30. | Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft e.V., München. „Kurzsichtigkeit - warum das Auge immer weiter wächst und was wir dagegen tun können“. (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Winter) |
| December 3. 23. | Erfurter Tage, Symposium zur Prävention arbeitsbedingter Gesundheitsgefahren und Erkrankungen, Kaisersaal Erfurt. „Zunahme der Kurzsichtigkeit - Folge moderner Technik?“ (Frau Bianka Thierfelder) |
2015
| Jan 19-23 | Moderator at the Final meeting of the EC Initial Training Network OpAL, Murcia, Spain |
| Feb 26 | Interview Swiss TV about myopia in children |
| Mar 4 | Fielmann Castle in Plön, Germany, presentation "Myopia research - what do we know today?" (Prof. Hans-Jürgen Grein) |
| April 16 | University Eye Hospital Zuerich, Switzerland, presentation "Do humans become more and more myopic?" (Prof. Jens Funk) |
| May 16 | Concert hall Freiburg, Germany, 10th Contact lens forum, organized by Hecht Contact lenses, presentation: "Biological mechanisms of myopia in children and intervention strategies" (Frank Widmer, CEO) |
| June 15 | University Medical Center Rotterdam, Holland, presentation "Myopia - lessons learned from mouse studies", and PhD examination of Dr. Virginie Verhoeven (Prof. C.C.K. Klaver) |
| July 2 | Breyer-Kaymak Augenchirurgie Düsseldorf, "Measurement of lens tilt and decentration with Purkinje images" (Dr. H. Kaymak) |
| Sept 23 | Wenzhou, China, Zeiss International Myopia Symposium, presentation: "Attempts to interfere with myopia development: light, optics, atropine" (Dr. Christian Lappe) |
| Sept 25 | Wenzhou, China, 15th International Myopia Conference, The Sek-Chin Chew memorial lecture "Myopia - what is new and what is old?" (selected by IMC committee) |
| Oct 2 | Berlin, Germany, Annual meeting of the German Ophthalmological Society, Organization of a Symposium on "Vision in aninmals", presentations "Depth perception: how do animals determine the distance to their prey?" and "Limits of light sensitivity in the animal kingdom" (Prof. Bartz-Schmdit) |
| Oct 4 | Berlin, Germany, Annual meeting of the German Ophthalmological Society, presentation "Mechanisms of myopia progression" (Prof. W. Lagreze) |
| Oct 5 | Cologne, Germany. Live Interview on the ARD "Morgenmagazin" (TV) |
| Oct 10 | Heilbronn, Germany, patients' meeting of ProRetina, presentation "Progress in myopia research" (Bettina Blau) |
| Oct 24 | Jena, Germany, annual meeting of the Working group on Ophthalmic Optics ("Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik"), presentation "Myopia - what did we know in 1860 and what do we know today?" (Dr. Ingo Koschmieder) |
| Oct 30 | Tübingen, Germany, Symposium in honor of Prof. Zrenner's 70th birthday, presentation "Current interventions of myopia progression in children" (Prof. Üffing) |
| Nov 15 | Essen, Germany, Meeting of the Optometrists of NRW, Oktogon, Zeche Zollverein, presentation "Development of myopia and its interventions" (Ute Limberg, CEO) |
| Nov 25 | Tübingen, Germany, Meeting of the Ophthalmologist and Residents, presentation "How can we slow the progression of myopia in children?" (Prof. Bartz-Schmidt, Prof. Dominik Fischer) |
2014
| January 18 | "Light and Emmetropization", International Myopia Conference, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China | |
| January 21 | "Grenzen des Sehens bei Mensch und Tier", Abendvortrag Fachhochschule Aalen (Prof. Schiefer) | |
| January 22 | "Warum wachsen Augen länger? Neues aus der Myopieforschung", Fachhochschule Aalen (Prof. Schiefer) | |
| March 9 | "Neue Wege in der Myopieforschung", Optometry 14, keynote lecture VDCO meeting in Cologne | |
| April 1 | "Das Sehen verstehen - neurowissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse", Photonics BW, Kompetenznetz Optische Technologien (organisiert vom Zeiss Vision Lab) | |
| May 6 | Moderator ARVO meeting Orlando, USA | |
| May 22 | Moderator, Annual meeting of ITN OpAL, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| June 4 | "Wie genau ist die Linse positioniert? Messtechnik und klinische Schlussfolgerungen", Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Prof. Gekeler | |
| August 25 | "Contrast vision and contrast adaptation" keynote lecture at the 7. International Conference on Visual and Physiological Optics, Wroclaw, Poland | |
| October 2 | "Biological mechanisms of myopia development", Symposium on Myopia, EVER meeting, Nice, France (Dr. Mike Francke and Franziska Rauscher) | |
| October 14 | "Kurzsichtigkeit - warum das Auge immer weiter wächst und was wir dagegen tun können", Abendvortrag (gemeinsame Fortbildungsveranstaltung der Landesapothekerkammer Hessen, der Deutschen Pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main), Frankfurt | |
| October 17 | "Biologische Mechanismen der Myopie und daraus abgeleitete Eingriffmöglichkeiten bei Kindern", Symposium "Visuelle Rehabilitation bei Kindern", Inselspital Bern, Switzerland | |
| October 25 | "Foveales Blauskotom und seine Beziehung zur Geometrie der Fovea und zur Verteilung des Makulapigments", Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, Ilmenau |
2013
| February 26, | „Gast im Studio“, Schwäbisches Tageblatt Tübingen |
| March 4, | Midterm review meeting of EC-ITN OPAL, Brussels, presentation about the progress of the ITN fellows |
| March 27, | “Current progress in myopia research in Tübingen”, St. Thomas Hospital London (Prof. C. Hammond) |
| April 13, | “Normale Refraktions- und Sehentwicklung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen”, VDCO meeting, Aalen |
| May 8, | Moderator of two sessions (Myopia and Emmetropization and Refractive errors, Myopia II) at the annual ARVO meeting, Seattle, USA |
| June 15, | “Warum wachsen Augen länger? – Neues aus der Myopieforschung“, DOC meeting Nurenberg, Seminar für die Praxis des Augenarztes |
| June 21, | “Vom Huhn zum Mensch – das Rästel der Myopie” EyeCademy, Augenärztetagung Bremen, Germany |
| July 8, | “Vision in animals”, and “Current projects in the Section of Neurobiolgy of the Eye” two invited talks at annual meeting and summer school of OpAL, Santorini, Greece (Prof. G. Haris) |
| September 28, | “Mechanismen der Myopie und Komplikationen bei hoher Myopie” ProRetina meeting about high myopia, Cologne, Germany (Ruth Forschbach) |
| October 4, | “The role of peripheral optics in the development and progression of myopia”, OSA Vision meeting, College of Optometry, Houston |
| October 11, | “Biological mechanisms of myopia”, Changsha Myopia meeting, Changsha, China (with appointment as a guest Professor) |
2012
| 15.-17. Jan, | University of Murcia, Doctoral Examination, organized by Prof. P Artal |
| 18.-19. Jan, | Augenklinik Rendsburg, Herrenhaus Kluvensiek, "Das Rätsel der Myopie", organized by N Borgwardt |
| 7.-14. March, | Wenzhou Medical College Wenzhou "Current myopia projects in Tuebingen", organized by Dr. Liqin Jiang |
| 21. March, | Europäisches Patentamt München "Das Rätsel der Myopie", organized by Dr D Vasquez |
| 28. April 2012, | Ophthalmologische Schlossgespräch Ahaus, "Das Rätsel der Myopie", organized by Augenklinik Ahaus, Dr. Gerll |
| 2.-4. May, | University of Houston, Doctoral examination, organized by Prof. A Glasser |
| 5.-11. May, | ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale |
| 28.-31. July, | Bernstein Summer School Computational Neuroscience, Freudenstadt, "Optics of the Eye", organized by Prof. M Bethge |
| 17.-21. Sept, | Summer School of ITN "OPAL", Madrid, "Role of accommodation in emmetropization". Organized by Prof. S Marcos, FS scientific coordinator. |
| 10.-13. Oct, | EVER meeting Nizza, Award lecture "European Vision Award", "From chickens to humans - learning about the puzzles of myopia", and Zeiss Symposium "Genesis, genetics and control", here "Ocular and refractive development in children" organized by Carl Zeiss Vision (Dr. C Lappe) |
| 20. Oct, | Patientensymposium Heilbronn, ProRetina, "Physiologische und pathologische Myopie - Therapieversuche", organized by B Blau |
| 21.-22. Nov, | Augenklinik Hannover, "Vom Huhn zum Menschen - die Rätsel der Myopie" |
| 28.-30. Nov, | Freiburg, Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, "Transverse chromatische Aberration und Linsendicke", organized by Dr S Heinrich und Prof. M Bach |
2011
| 11. Feb, | Baden-Württembergische Augenärztetagung Tübingen, "Myopie - ein Forschungsgebiet mit vielen Überraschungen" |
| 17. April, | Augenklinik Düsseldorf, (International Innovative Ophthalmosurgery) "Demonstration of new lens scanner", organized by H. Kaymak |
| 29. April - 7. May, | ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale |
| 16.-17. May, | Kick-off meeting ITN "OPAL", scientific coordinator |
| 20. June, | University of Jena, Zenrtum für Medizinische Optik und Photonik, "Kontrastsehen und Kontrastadaptation", organized by Prof. R Kowarschik et al |
| 28. June, | FH Darmstadt, "Sehen der Tiere" organized by Prof. R Blendowske |
| 6. July, | Myopia Workshop Zeiss-Oberkochen "Myopie-Entstehung und Myopie-Kontrolle" and "Stellungnahme", organized by Dr. H Krug |
| 30. Sept - 2. Oct, | Tagung der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, Berlin "Regulation des Bulbuswachstums des myopen Auges", organized by PD Dr. A Hassenstein |
| 6.-7. Oct, | Patientenveranstaltung von ProRetina, Bremen "Physiologische und pathologische Myopie - Therapieversuche", organized by I Rathleff |
| 8.-10. Oct, | Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik Aalen, "Random dot stereopsis despite sever independent spatial jitter in both eyes", organized by Dr. H Krug |
| 24.-26. Nov, | Augenklinik Wien, "Physiologische und pathologische Myopie", organized by Prof. O Findl |
2010
| 17.-21. Jan, | University of Murcia, Spain, Winter school of RTN MyEuropia "Power and limits of photorefraction", organized by Prof. P Artal |
| 15.-19. Mar, | University of Murcia, Spain, "Myopia Updates", organized by Prof. P Artal |
| 16.-17. April, | Augenärzte-Symposium, Bergisch Gladbach, Lerbach, "Ursachen der Myopie - epidemiologische Untersuchungen, Genetik und Einfluss der Netzhaut", organized by Dr. H Kaymak |
| 30. April - 8. May, | ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale |
| 5.-9. July, | Summer School Visual Optics, Crete, "Emmetropization and myopia development" and "Principles of photorefraction and applications", organized by Prof. I Pallikaris and Prof. P Artal |
| 26.-29. July, | 13th International Myopia Conference Tübingen, Chairman and scientific organizer (with Dr. M Feldkaemper) |
| 29. Sept, | 10. Darmstädter Augenärztliches Symposium, "Das Rätsel der Myopie - experimentelle und epidemiologische Studien", organized by Augenklinik Darmstadt |
| 8.-10. Oct, | Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, Bad Homburg, "Calibration and precision of a self-calibrating video gaze tracker", organized by Prof A Langenbucher |
| 12.-16. Oct, | Kalmar, Sweden "Optical aberrations, adaptation and myopia" organized by Prof J Gustafsson, and Lund, Sweden "Optical tricks of the eye", organized by Prof. RR Kröger |
| 21. Oct, | Neurokolloquium Tübingen "The role of ambient illumination in ocular development in chickens", organized by Prof. P Thier et al |
| 2. Dec, | Aalen, Carl Zeiss Vision "Myopia and possible ways of intervention", and Zeiss Oberkochen "Binocular vision and stereopsis", organized by Dr. H Krug |
| 6. Dec, | Augenklinik Düsseldorf (International Innovative Ophthalmosurgery), "Measurements of visual functions with intraocular lenses" organized by Dr. H Kaymak |
2009
| 16. Jan, | 2. Interdisziplinäres Forum Schnittstelle Mensch, Hören und Sehen, Tübingen, "Sehen Tiere anders als der Mensch" organized by Prof. |
| 26.-29.1., | Midterm review meeting RTN "MyEuropia", Venice, Italy, scientific coordinator |
| 11.-13. Mar, | International Myopia meeting Madrid/ Valladolid, "Modelos experimentales animales. La experiencia Tubingen", and "Optical treatments of myopia" organized by Prof. J Merajo |
| 23.-25. April, | Leopoldina Symposium Rostock "Intelligent implants", "Measurement of lens tilt and decentration, and chromatic aberration in the eye", orgnized by Prof. R Guthoff. |
| 1.-9. May, | ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale |
| 19.-20. June, | DOC meeting, Nurenberg, Germany "Die progressive Myopie - verstehen wir die Ursachen heute besser?" organized by Dr G Kulmbach |
| 23.-25. June, | European Projects in Vision Research, "European Training in Myopia Research", organized by Dr T Wheeler-Schilling |
| 14.-15. Sept, | ESCRS Congress, "The mystery of myopia", organized by Dr. Kermani |
| 23.-25. Oct, | Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, Schwerte, "Measurement of longitudinal chromatic aberration with polychromatic eccentric photorefraction", organized by W Jaschinski |
| 27.-31. Oct, | SUNY College of Optometry, New York, "Current research into myopia: which approaches could work to reduce its progression?" organized by Prof. D Troilo |
| 6.-7. Nov, 22. | Mindener Workshop, "Was beeinflusst die Entwicklung der Myopie - experimentelle Ergebnisse bei Mensch und Tier", organized by Augenklinik Minden |
2008
| 16.-19. Jan, | annual meeting of the AMO, Zermatt (I) "Objective measurement of lens tilt and decentration in normal phakic subjects" (organized by Prof. U Mester et al) |
| 25. Mar, | Doctoral examination, RWTH Aachen, organized by Prof. H Wagner |
| 26.-31. May, | Doctoral examination, Hong Kong, organized by Prof. CH To |
| 9.-13. May, | daily lectures at the summer school of RTN "MyEuropia", Tübingen, organized by S. Diether and T Wheeler-Schilling |
| 7.-12. July, | 12th International Myopia Conference, Cairns, Australia "Cues to the sign of defocus: chromatic and monochromatic optical aberrations and contrast adaptation" (organized by Prof N McBrien and Prof I Morgan) |
| 21.-24. Sept, | Annual meeting of RTN "MyEuropia", Maurach, Lake Constance, scientific moderator |
| 9.-11. Oct, | Doctoral examination, Valladolid, Spain, organized by Prof. S Marcos |
| 13.-14. Oct, | University of Mainz, "Infrared photorefraction in goldfish", organized by Prof. C Neumeyer |
| 17.-19. Oct, | Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, Plöns, "Diurnal variations in refractive state and the effect of positive lenses" |
| 27.-28. Nov, | "Euro-Myopia 2008", Toulouse, France, "Current state of myopia research", organized by Prof. F Malecaze |
2007
| 4.-7. Mar, | Murcia "Investigacion en Miopia: Avances recientes" (organized by the Spanish optics network, Prof. P Artal) |
| 18. Apr, | Bonner Augenärzteabend "Warum wächst das Auge zu lang und wie könnte man es verhindern? Stand der Myopieforschung" |
| 4.-12. May | ARVO |
| 14.-16. May, | Wittenberg, Genetics of Vision and Cognition (organized by Prof. J. Graw) "New test systems in the mouse" |
| 19.-22. June, | Summer school, Jacca, Spain, organized by Prof. P Artal und Prof. S Marcos |
| 27. June, | Knappschafts Krankenhaus, Sulzbach (U. Mester & H Kaymak) "Optical measurement of crystalline lens tilt and decentration" |
| 24.-30. Sept, | Wenzhou Medical College, China (I) "How to publish experimental results" and "Animal studies in myopia" |
| 12.-14. Oct, | Arbeitskreis Ophthalmische Optik, Hersching, organized by A Seidemann, "Messung der Linsenneigung und -Zentrierung bei normalen phaken Probanden" |
| 15.-17. Oct, | Annual meeting of RTN "MyEuropia", London, "Rapid measurements of central and peripheral defocus and its effects on visual performance - experimental plans and preliminary results" organized by Prof. C Hammond |
| 2.-5. Dec, | Europian Vision Summit, Interlaken, Switzerland, organized by the European Vision Institute "Studies on the role(s) of the retina in development of myopia" |
| 10.-11. Dec, | InterNeuro, Graduiertenkolleg Leipzig "Control of eye growth and emmetropia", orgnaized by Prof. A Reichenbach |
| 19.-21. Dec, | Doctoral examination, Murcia, Spain, organized by Prof. P Artal |
2006
| 14.-15. Jan, | Ophthalmologisch-Optische Fortbildung in Münster " Welche Rolle spielt die Bildschirmarbeit bei der Entwicklung der Myopie?" |
| 16.-19. Mar, | Myopia & Visual Science Academy Conference, Wenzhou, China "Studies on the visual control of eye growth and myopia in chicks and mice" and "Optical techniques to measure visual performance and optical properties of the eyes in mice" |
| 30. Apr, | Ft. Lauderdale, Moderator, Sunday Symposium "Developments in biochemistry and cell biology of myopia" |
| 19.-21. May, | Gottweig, Krems, Annual meeting of the Austrian Ophthalmological Society "Tierexperimentelle Modelle der Myopie - ihre Relevanz für die Klinik" |
| 15.-20. August, | Singapore, 11th International Myopia Conference "Myopia studies in an animal model that does not care about refractive errors: the mouse" |
| 29. Sept, | Freiburg "Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Kurzsichtigkeit" (organized by Prof. KF Fischbach) |
| 13.-15. Oct, | AOO, Magdeburg, "Einfluss der peripheren Refraktion auf der Kurzsichtigkeitsentwicklung - neue Randbedingungen für die Optik von Brillengläsern" (organized by M. Hoffmann) |
| 6.-7. Nov, | Oberjoch, Seventh conference of the junior neuroscience scientists "Me and my data: how to present and publish your results" |
| 23.-24. | Nov, Valladolid, Spain "What we can learn from animal models of myopia" (organized by Prof. J Marayo) |
2005
| 20. Jan, | Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, "Chromatische Aberration, Sehschärfe und Fehlsichtigkeitsentwicklung" (organized by H. Weigand) |
| 17.-20. Feb | Göttingen, Neurobiologentagung |
| 8. Mar, | Carl-Zeiss-Optikkolloquium, Jena (I) "Chromatische Aberration, Sehschärfe und Fehlsichtigkeitsentwicklung" (organized by R. Kowarschik) |
| 8. Apr, | Erlanger Augenärzteabend "Myopie: Entstehung, Prävention und medikamentöse Therapieansätze" (organized by M Kuechle) |
| 29. Apr - 7. May | ARVO |
| 14.-19. June, | Tel Aviv, Israel, "Experimental efforts to understand retinal image processing for the control of myopia" (organized by Prof. J. Sivak) |
| 25.-26. June, | DOC Nuremberg, "Die progressive Myopie" (organized by Dr. Kulmbach) |
| 6.-8. July, | Zoologisches Kolloquium RWTH Aachen (I) "Kurzsichtigkeit" (organized by Prof. H. Wagner) |
| 29. July | Madrid, Recent advances in myopia research, organizer: Prof. S. Marcos |
| 2. October, | VDC meeting, Augsburg, "Was tun bei Myopie? Voll-, Über-, Unterkorrektur und / oder Visual Training?" |
| 5.-9. Oct | EVER meeting Vilamura, Portugal, "Mouse Vision Phenotyping" (organized by J. Graw) and "Optical techniques to measure natural accommodation" (organized by Prof. A. Glasser) |
| 17.-18. Nov, | Rodenstock, Munich " Measurement of gaze direction through spectacle lenses" |
| 24.-27. Nov, | Madrid, "Current research into myopia" |
| 30. Nov, | Karlsruhe Augenärzteabend (I) "Refraktionsentwicklung im Kindes- und Jugendalter", organized by Prof. W Lieb |
2004
| 7-8. Feb, | WVAO Annual meeting, Bad Herrenalb "Myopie - Unter- oder Vollkorrektion?" |
| 18.-22. Feb, | New England College of Optomotry, Boston, USA "Myopia in the Mouse" |
| 23.-30. April, | ARVO |
| 2. June, | 105. Tagung der DGaO, Bad Kreuznach "Chromatische Aberration, Sehschärfe und Fehlsichtigkeitsentwicklung" |
| 6.-7. July, | MEA meeting Reutlingen "Detection of defocus by retinal ganglion cells in the chick retina in vitro" |
| 9.-11. July, | Bielschowski Meeting, Munich "Myopie - immer noch ein Rätsel?" |
| 27. July, | Rodenstock, Munich, "Myopia research: an overview" |
| 21. Sept, | Meeting of the European Society for Physiological Optics, Granada "A battery of optical tests to measure visual function and myopia in alert mice" |
| 24. Sept, | Madrid (I) "Myopia" (organizer: S Marcos) |
| 20. Sept, | Berlin, Charité "Myopie - immer noch ein Rätsel?" (organizer: Prof. K. Rüther) |
| 29.-31. Oct, | Cologne, AOO "Measurement of ocular dimensions in the mouse with low coherence interferometry" (with C Schmucker) |
| 6. Nov, | Jena Optics colloquium "Aktuelles aus der Myopieforschung" (organizer: Prof. H.-J. Grein) |
| 23.-24. Nov, | Med. Gesellschaft Freiburg (I) "Die Entstehung der Myopie: immer noch ein Rätsel?" (organizer Prof. T. Reinhard) |
| 8.-9. Dec, | Rodenstock München "Chromatische Aberration, Sehschärfe und Fehlsichtigkeitsentwicklung" (organizer: A Seidemann and D Uttenweiler) |
| 10. Dec, | Mainzer Augenärztliche Fortbildung, Augenklinik (I) "Wie entsteht Kurzsichtigkeit?" |
2003
| January 29 | University Eye Hospital Heidelberg, (I) Title: "Myopia - undercorrection or full correction?"; |
| May 14 | University Eye Hospital Erlangen, (I) Title: "Myopia - experimental results and clinical consequences"; |
| September 10 | ARTEMIS Laserklinik, Frankfurt, (I) 4. Refraktiv-chirurgisches Symposium, Title: "Stand der Forschung zur Genese der Myopie: Grundlagenwissenschaft und Klinik"; |
| October 11 | Annual Meeting of the Swedish Optometrists, Stockholm, (I) Title: "The puzzle of myopia: Did animal models help us to understand myopia development in children?"; |
2002
| March 16 | University of Houston, Dept Optometry. Title: "Techniques to measure accommodation dynamically"; |
| April 17 | IOBA, University of Valladolid |
| April 18 | IOBA, University of Madrid (3 presentations); |
| May 10 | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, ARVO Special interest group on Infant vision screening. Title: "Use of the PowerRefractor for Vision Screening"; |
| June 8 | School of Optometry, Waterloo, Canada. (The Clair Bobier Distinguished Lecture); |
| June 16 | Annual meeting of the German Ophthalmic Surgeons, Nürnberg. Title: "The PowerRefractor"; |
| October 9 | ISER meeting, Geneva Title: "Roles of contrast adaptation, ZENK and glucagon in the visual control of eye growth"; |
| November 11 | Keynote lecture at the 9th International Conference on Myopia, Hong Kong Title: "Molecular biology of myopia"; |
| December 4 | Adventssymposium laserforum eV, Köln Title: "Das Geheimnis der Myopie"; |
2001
| January 31 | Augenklinik Erlangen. Title: "Dynamische Photorefraktion"; |
| March 12 | Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, Wien. Title: "Visuelle Steuerung des Augenlängenwachstums: Experimentelle Ergebnisse von Tier und Mensch"; |
| April 28 | Augenklinik Giessen. Title: "Visuelle Kontrolle des Augenwachstums und Myopie"; |
| May 17 | Symposium Myopia, University Eye Hospital Geneva. Title: "Visual control of eye growth - results from animal models and humans" and "Techniques to measure refraction form a distance"; |
| July 7 | Augenklinik Erlangen. Titel: "Techniken zur dynamischen Akkommodations-messung"; |
| September 28 | Vereinigung Deutscher Contactlinsen-Spezialisten, Weimar. Titles: (1) "The lag of accommodation". (2) "Myopie 2010"; |
| October 1 | Jahrestagung der Deutschen Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, Berlin. Title: "Methoden zur dynamischen Akkommodationsmessung"; |
| October 17 | Symposium über Myopie, Novartis, Basel. Title: "Role of glucagon, ZENK and contrast adaptation in the visual control of eye growth"; |
2000
| February 11 | Ophthalmologisch-Optische Fortbildung des Berufsverbandes der Augenärzte in Münster. Title: "Risikofaktoren der Myopie"; |
| March 1 | Berufsverband der Augenärzte Oberbayerns, München. Title: "Myopie - Ergebnisse von Tierexperimenten und Risikofaktoren beim Menschen" |
| March 22 | Berufsverband der Augenärzte Niederbayerns, Deggendorf. Title: "Myopie - Ergebnisse von Tierexperimenten und Risikofaktoren beim Menschen"; |
| March 26 | Schwerpunktstagung der wissenschaftlichen Vereinigung der Augenoptiker in Jena. Title: "Myopie, Ergebnisse von Tiermodellen und Untersuchungen am Mensch"; |
| March 27 | Deutschen Hygiene Museums, Dresden. Demonstration PowerRefractor auf der Ausstellung "Kosmos im Kopf"; |
| May 7 | DASA, Dortmund. Präsentation der Photorefraktion auf der Ausstellungseröffnung "Mensch, Arbeit, Technik" |
| September 23 | Jahrestagung der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, Berlin Title: "Visuelle Steuerung des Augenwachstums und Risikofaktoren für die Myopienentwicklung" (Referat); |
| 2000, September 30 | Internationale Arbeitstagung der Vereinigung Deutscher Contactlinsen-Spezialisten, Würzburg. Title: "Myopie - ein Steuerungsproblem?"; |
| October 11 | School of Optometry, Cardiff, UK. Title: "Visual control of eye growth and myopia"; |
1999
| April 8 | School of Optometry, Berkeley, San Francisco. Title: "The visual control of eye growth: Systems analysis, optics and biochemistry"; |
| September 16 | Augenklinik Würzburg. Title: "Myopie - Neurobiologie, Optik und Systemanalyse"; |
| September 23 | Key note lecture European Optical Society in Wroclaw, Polen. Title: "Optics, Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Myopia"; |
| October 19 | Abschlußsymposium des SFB 307 in Tutzing. Title: "The myopic eye"; |
| Oktober 24 | Tagung des Berufsverbands der Augenoptiker. Title: "New Aspects of Myopia"; |
| November 15 | Augenklinik Hamburg. Title: "Retinale Kontrolle des Augenwachstums und Myopie"; |
| November 26 | Annaual meeting of the Italian Ophthalmologists in Rome. Titles: "New Concepts of Myopia" and "Clinical application of photorefraction" (2 presentations); |
1998
| February 3 | Universitäts-Augenklinik Münster. Title: "Warum Hühner keine Brille brauchen: experimentelle Ergebnisse zur Entstehung von Kurzsichtigkeit"; |
| February 10 | New England College of Optometry, Boston. Title: "Features of the retinal defocus detector: are there correlates to technical autofocus systems?"; |
| March 21 | Ophthalmologisch-Optische Fortbildung der Augenärzte, Münster. Title: "Ist Myopie beim Menschen primär die Folge eines schlecht fokusierten Netzhautbildes? Experimentelle Ergebnisse von Tier und Mensch"; |
| May 8 | Second Annual Vision Research Conference on "Retinal development, degeneration and functional restitution", Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Title: "Long-term changes in retinal contrast sensitivity from frosted occluders and drugs: relations to myopia?"; |
| June 8 | Paul Flechsig Institut für Hirnforschung, Leipzig. Title: "Bildverarbeitung in der Netzhaut bestimmt das Augenlängenwachstum und Fehlsichtigkeiten"; |
| November 11 | Fachhochschule für Augenoptik in Aalen. Title: "Neue Ergebnisse aus der Myopieforschung"; |
1997
| May 20 | Hauptvortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft-in Mainz. Title: "Neuronale Kontrolle des Augenwachstums bei Vögeln"; |
| December 4 | Institut für Humangenetik und Zentrum für molekulare Neurobiolgie, Hamburg. Title: "Steuerung des Augenlängenwachstums durch Bildverarbeitung in der Netzhaut"; |
1996
| February 29 | Pharmacia, Uppsala, Schweden. Title: "Experimental myopia and the role of dopamine"; |
| April 23 | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Title: "Blur- Physics and Psychophysics"; |
| September 23 | 6th International Conference on Myopia in Hakone, Japan. Title: "Deprivation myopia - systems analysis and biochemistry"; |
| September 27 | Toyko Science University, Japan. Title: "Power and limits of automated infrared photorefraction"; |
| October 23 | Universitäts-Augenklinik Düsseldorf. Title: "Retinale Kontrolle des Augenlängen-wachstums und Kurzsichtigkeit"; |
| December 5 | Zoologisches Kolloquium, Inst. für Zoologie, Mainz. Title: "Warum Hühner keine Brille brauchen: Feinsteuerung des Augenwachstums durch Sehen"; |
1995
| February 2 | Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Title: "Diffuse image degradation versus defocus: the complex interaction of local eye growth control and accommodative mechanisms"; |
| April 7 | New England College of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Title: "Diffusion versus Defocus: local versus central control of eye growth"; |
| September 22 | International Symposium on "Current Concepts on Myopia", Rome, Italy. Title: "What can we learn from animal models about human myopia"; |
| December 1 | Fakultät für Biologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Title: "Steuerung der Augenentwicklung durch Bildverarbeitung in der Netzhaut"; |
| December 14 | Laboratoria Optica, Dept. Fisica (Prof. Pablo Artal), Murcia, Spanien. Title: "Pitfalls and powers of automated infrared photoretinoscopy"; |
1994
| Juni 29 | Universität Konstanz, Fakultät für Psychologie. Title: "Wie wird das Bild auf der Netzhaut scharf - Experimente mit fehlsichtigen Hühnern"; |
| July 1 | Universität Düsseldorf, Fakultät Biologie. Title: "Wie wird das Bild auf der Netzhaut scharf - Experimente mit fehlsichtigen Hühnern"; |
| October 19 | Ruhr Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Biologie. Title: "Feinsteuerung des Augenwachstums durch Sehen"; |
1993
| February 20 | Dept. Optometry, University of Birminghman, Alabama, USA. Title: "Dopaminergic mechanisms in Myopia"; |
1992
| February 7 | Vortrag auf dem Freiburger Augenärzteabend. Title: "Neues zur Myopieforschung"; |
| August 27 | McGill University, Dept of Ophthalmology, Montreal, Canada. Title: "Myopia - Experimental results from animals and humans"; |
| October 1 | Vortrag vor der Bielschowsky Gesellschaft anlässlich der DOG 1992, Heidelberg. Title: "Myopie-visuell kontrolliert oder genetisch vorbestimmt?"; |
1991
| January 14 | Wiener Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, Wien. Title: "Kurzsichtigkeit - genetisch vorprogrammiert oder umweltbedingte Fehlentwicklung - experimentelle Ergebnisse von Tier und Mensch"; |
| March 7 | Meeting of the National Academy of Science on Infant Vision (Irvine, California). Topic: "Visual-guided control of refractive development-results from animal models"; |
| September 22 | Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung des Schweizer Berufsverbandes für Augenoptik und Optometrie SBAO, Luzern, Schweiz. Title: "Myopie im Tiermodell"; |
| November 5 | Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the the Optical Society of America, San Jose, Californien. Title: "Optimizing refractive state by visual feedback control"; |
| November 21 | Pressekonferenz anlässlich der Tagung des Berufsverbandes der deutschen Augenärzte, Wiesbaden. |
1990
| April 26 | Baden-Württembergische Augenärzte Tagung. Title: "Kritische Bewertung der Rolle des Akkommodationstonus bei der Entwicklung von Myopie"; |
| Juli 6 | Oxford University, Laboratory of Physiology. Title: "A role for accommodation in eye growth and myopia?"; |
| Juli 25 | Neurologische Universitätsklinik Freiburg. Title: "Rolle des Akkommodationstonus bei der Entwicklung von Kurzsichtigkeit? Überblick über experimentelle Ergebnisse von Tier und Mensch"; |
| August 3 | International Conference of the Society of Eye Research, Helsinki, Finland. Title: "Critical evaluation of the role of accommodation during emmetropization" ; |
| December 3 | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Abt. Neurobiologie. Title: "Selbstregulation der Abbildungsschärfe im wachsenden Wirbeltierauge"; |
1988
| November 30 | Institut für medizinische Optik, Universität München. Title: "Wie erlangt das Auge seine hohe optische Qualität?"; |