Thursday the 24th - Sunday the 27th of September, 2009
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Tentative Schedule:
| Date | Time | Course Program |
| Th 24.09.2009 | 09.00 | Arrival and lodging |
| 21.00- | LIGHT EVENING MEAL AND FREE DISCUSSIONS | |
| Fr 25.09.2009 | 08.00-09.00 | BREAKFAST |
| 09.00-09.50 | Arrival, checking in and paying the bill | |
| 09.50-10.00 | Introduction to Visionarium VIII | |
| 10.00-10.45 | Kefalov, Vladimir Cone visual cycle in the mammalian retina | |
| 10.45-11.10 | Firsov, Misha cAMP impact on phototransduction | |
| 11.10-11.35 | Astakhova, Lyuba cAMP dynamic in photoreceptor | |
| 11.35-12.00 | Heikkinen, Hanna Light adaptation in the cone-driven flash responses of mouse transretinal electroretinogram. | |
| 12.05-13.00 | LUNCH | |
| 13.00-13.25 | Vinberg, Frans Generation of the fast PIII component in mouse retina | |
| 13.25-13.50 | Golobokova, Elena Lateral diffusion of rhodopsin in photoreceptor membranes | |
| 13.50-14.15 | Korenyak, Daria Photoreactions of Metarhodopsin II | |
| 14.15-14.40 | Zak, Pavel Age related retinal dystrophy at deficit of oxycarotenoids in diet | |
| 14.40-14.50 | COFFEE | |
| 14.50-15.15 | Bozzano, Anna Retinal topography in wrasses: a trade-off between adaptation and evolution | |
| 15.15-15.40 | Kondrashev, Sergei Retinal specialization for polarization and colour vision in anchovies (Engraulidae, Clupeiformes) | |
| 15.40-16.05 | Pushchin, Igor Topography, morphology, and diversity of the retinal ganglion cells in Notophthalmus viridescens, a North American newt | |
| 16.05-16.30 | Maximov, Vadim A computer model of orientation selectivity in retinal ganglion cells | |
| 16.30-17.30 | DINNER | |
| 17.30-19.00 | POSTER SESSION I Bernath, Balazs Degrees of polarization of reflected light eliciting polarotaxis in dragonflies (Odonata). Frolov, Roman Ionic currents and their role in photoreceptor function of Periplaneta americana. Honkanen, Anna The compound eye of the minute moth Ectoedemia argyropeza. Khamidakh, Amn Abu The screening pigment effects on spectral sensitivity of opossum shrimp Mysis relicta. Kondrashev, Sergei Changes of ambient illumination switch visual pigment ratio in marine fish: Microspectrophotometry confirmed by the HLPC. Orlov, Oleg Regional specialization of the RPE in some vertebrates. Salmela, Viljami Visual vorking memory for shapes. Weckström, Matti Light-activated conductances in cockroache photoreceptors. Zak, Pavel Differences in ommochrome granules between sea and lake populations of M. relicta. | |
| 19.00-22.00 | SAUNA, LIGHT EVENING MEAL | |
| Sa 26.09.2009 | 08.00-09.00 | BREAKFAST |
| 09.00-09.45 | Sampath, Alapakkam Optimal processing of the rod photoresponse is critical for scotopic vision | |
| 09.45-10.15 | Warrant, Eric Optimum spatiotemporal receptive fields for vision in dim light. | |
| 10.15-10.40 | Baird, Emily Dim light landing precision in Megalopta | |
| 10.40-11.10 | COFFEE AND SYMPOSIUM PHOTO | |
| 11.10-11.35 | Dacke, Marie Nocturnal orientation in beetles. | |
| 11.35-12.00 | Henze, Miriam Female color-polymorphism and male spectral sensitivity in a damselfly species. | |
| 12.00-13.00 | LUNCH | |
| 13.00-13.25 | Goyret, Joaquin Nectar-guides use in a nocturnal and diurnal hawkmoth. | |
| 13:25-13:50 | Immonen, Esa-Ville EAG-like potassium conductance and its modulation by light in cockroach | |
| 13.50-14.15 | Maximova, Elena Presynaptic and postsynaptic light-evoked responses in the goldfish tectum as revealed by a calcium channel blocker. | |
| 14.15-14.40 | Colmenero, Anabel Optical properties in anglerfish | |
| 14.40-15.20 | COFFEE AND POSTER SESSION II | |
| 15.20-15.45 | Gustafsson, Ola Evolutionary aspects of lenses and lens suspensions of basal vertebrates | |
| 15.45-16.10 | Schartau, Marcus Manipulating the refractive index of cichlid lenses | |
| 16.10-16.35 | Gagnon, Yakir Multifocal lenses work! | |
| 16.35-17.00 | Kröger, Ronald Space-saving advantage of the inverse retina | |
| 17.00-17.30 | Govardovskii, Victor Light pipes and light concentrators in retina | |
| 18.00- | BOAT EXCURSION AND PARTY | |
| Su 27.09.2009 | 08.00-09.00 | BREAKFAST |
| 09:00-09:40 | Orlov, Oleg Neuroethology: What the frog's eye tells us since 1959. | |
| 09:40-10:05 | Kilpeläinen, Markku Effect of luminance changes on human contrast sensitivity. | |
| 10:05-10:25 | COFFEE | |
| 10:25-10:50 | Maximov, Paul Even more plausible model of a novelty filter in the visual system that simulates the McCullough-effect | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Donner, Kristian Molecular evolution of opsin in the crustacean genus Mysis | |
| 11.20-11.15 | Discussion about prospective continuation of the Visionarium concept. | |
| 12:00-13:00 | LUNCH AND DEPARTURE |
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