Questionnaire - Presentation of the European Vision Research Groups

European Vision Research Groups

Questionnaire for the basic presentation of the European vision research groups
Draft Version (2008-06-30)

1  Research Group

Name of Institution:
Name of your research group:
Postal Address
Address 1:
Address 2:
Address 3:
Zip:
City:
Country:
Phone-Number:
Fax-Number:
Website:

1.1.  Short Description of the Research Group

1.2.  Current Research Projects

up to 5 of your current projects, a headline/project is sufficient

Project 1:
Project 2:
Project 3:
Project 4:
Project 5:
Methodology:
(up to 3 lines free-text)
Recommended Links:

1.3.  Scientific Cooperations

Cooperation 1:
Cooperation 2:
Cooperation 3:
Cooperation 4:
Cooperation 5:


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Scientific Research Topics

(Tick up to 10 keywords)

o / ACAID
o / Acanthamoeba
o / accessory optic system/pretectum
o / accomodation
o / acetylcholine
o / adaptation: blur
o / adaptation: chromatic
o / adaptation: motion
o / adaptation: pattern
o / adenosine
o / adenovirus
o / age-related macular degeneration
o / aging
o / aging: visual performance
o / AIDS/HIV
o / amacrine cells
o / amblyopia
o / amoeba
o / anatomy
o / anterior chamber
o / anterior segment
o / antibiotics/antifungals/antiparasitics
o / antigen presentation/processing
o / antioxidants
o / antiviral drugs
o / apoptosis/cell death
o / aqueous
o / astigmatism
o / astrocyte
o / astrocytes: optic nerve head
o / astroglia: optic nerve head
o / autoimmune disease
o / bacterial disease
o / binocular vision/stereopsis
o / bipolar cells
o / blood supply
o / brightness and lightness
o / Bruch's membrane
o / calcium
o / candidate gene analysis
o / CAR
o / carbon dioxide
o / carbonic anhydrase
o / carotenoids/carotenoid binding proteins
o / cataract
o / cell adhesions/cell junctions
o / cell-cell communication
o / cell membrane/membrane specializations
o / cell survival
o / chaperones
o / chorioretinitis
o / choroid
o / choroid: neovascularization
o / chromatic mechanisms
o / ciliary body
o / ciliary muscle
o / ciliary processes
o / circadian rhythms
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: biostatistics/epidemiology methodology
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: health care delivery/economics/manpower
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: natural history
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: outcomes/complications
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: prevalence/incidence
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: risk factor assessment
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: systems/equipment/techniques
o / clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: treatment/prevention assessment/controlled clinical trials
o / clinical laboratory testing
o / clinical research methodology
o / color appearance/constancy
o / color pigments and opsins
o / color vision
o / comparative anatomy
o / computational modeling
o / conjunctiva
o / conjunctivitis
o / connecting cilium
o / constancy
o / contact lens
o / contrast sensitivity
o / cornea: clinical science
o / cornea: basic science
o / cornea: endothelium
o / cornea: epithelium
o / cornea: storage
o / cornea: stroma and keratocytes
o / cornea: surface mucins
o / cornea: tears/tear film/dry eye
o / corticosteroids
o / crystallins
o / cyclosporine
o / cytokines/chemokines
o / cytology
o / cytomegalovirus
o / cytoskeleton
o / degenerations/dystrophies
o / depth
o / detection
o / development
o / diabetes
o / diabetic retinopathy
o / disease gene mapping
o / differentiation
o / discrimination
o / dopamine
o / drug toxicity/drug effects
o / drusen
o / edema
o / eicosanoids
o / electrophysiology: clinical
o / electrophysiology: non-clinical
o / electroretinography: clinical
o / electroretinography: non-clinical
o / emmetropization
o / EMT (epithelial mesenchymal transition)
o / endophthalmitis
o / enzymes/enzyme inhibitors
o / esotropia and exotropia
o / excitatory amino acid receptors
o / excitatory neurotransmitters
o / extracellular matrix
o / extraocular muscles: development
o / extraocular muscles: structure
o / eye movements
o / eye movements: conjugate
o / eye movements: recording techniques
o / eye movements: saccades and pursuits
o / eyelid
o / face perception
o / fluorescent in situ hybridization
o / flow cytometry
o / fungal disease
o / ganglion cells
o / gap junctions/coupling
o / gene/expression
o / gene microarray
o / gene modifiers
o / gene transfer/gene therapy
o / genetics
o / glaucoma
o / glia
o / glycoconjugates/glycoproteins
o / grouping and segmentation
o / growth factors/growth factor receptors
o / heading
o / herpes simplex virus
o / horizontal cells
o / hyperopia
o / hypoxia
o / image processing
o / imaging/image analysis: clinical
o / imaging/image analysis: non-clinical
o / imaging methods (CT, FA, ICG, MRI, OCT, RTA, SLO, ultrasound)
o / immune tolerance/privilege
o / immunohistochemistry
o / immunomodulation/immunoregulation
o / infant vision
o / inflammation
o / inflow/ciliary body
o / inhibitory neurotransmitters
o / inhibitory receptors
o / injection
o / inner retina dysfunction: biochemistry and cell biology
o / inner retina dysfunction: hereditary
o / innervation: neural regulation
o / innervation: sensation
o / in situ hybridization
o / intraocular lens
o / intraocular pressure
o / ion channels
o / ion transporters
o / iris
o / ischemia
o / keratitis
o / keratoconus
o / keratoprostheses
o / lacrimal gland
o / lamina cribrosa
o / laser
o / learning
o / Leber congenital amaurosis
o / lesion study
o / linkage analysis
o / ipofuscin
o / lipids
o / low vision
o / macula/fovea
o / macular dystrophy, inherited
o / macular holes
o / macular pigment
o / melanocytes
o / melanoma
o / melatonin
o / memory
o / metabolism
o / microbial pathogenesis: clinical studies
o / microbial pathogenesis: experimental studies
o / microglia
o / microscopy: confocal/tunneling
o / microscopy: electron microscopy
o / microscopy: fixation processing
o / microscopy: light/fluorescence/immunohistochemistry
o / mitochondria
o / molecular diagnostics
o / motion-2D
o / motion-3D
o / Muller cells
o / mutations
o / myopia
o / NaK ATPase
o / neovascularization
o / nerve fiber layer
o / neuro-ophthalmology: cortical function/rehabilitation
o / neuro-ophthalmology: diagnosis
o / neuro-ophthalmology: optic nerve
o / neuropeptides
o / neuroprotection
o / neurotransmitters/neurotransmitter systems
o / nitric oxide
o / nutritional factors
o / nystagmus
o / ocular irritancy/toxicity testing
o / ocular irritants
o / ocular motor control
o / oligodendrocyte
o / oncology
o / opsins
o / aberrations
o / optic disc
o / optic flow
o / optic nerve
o / optical properties
o / orbit
o / outflow: ciliary muscle
o / outflow: trabecular meshwork
o / oxidation/oxidative or free radical damage
o / oxygen
o / pathobiology
o / pathology: experimental
o / pathology: human
o / pathology techniques
o / pattern vision
o / perception
o / perimetry
o / pH
o / pH regulation/protons
o / phagocytosis and killing
o / phosphorylation
o / photodynamic therapy
o / photoreceptors
o / photoreceptors: visual performance
o / plasticity
o / posterior capsular opacification (PCO)
o / presbyopia
o / proliferation
o / proliferative vitreoretinopathy
o / protective mechanisms
o / protein modifications-post translational
o / protein purification and characterization
o / protein structure/function
o / proteins encoded by disease genes
o / proteoglycans/glycosaminoglycans
o / proteolysis
o / proteomics
o / pseudomonas
o / pterygium
o / pump/barrier function
o / pupil
o / pupillary reflex
o / quality of life
o / radiation damage: light/UV
o / radiation therapy
o / reading
o / receptive fields
o / receptors
o / receptors: pharmacology/physiology
o / refraction
o / refractive error development
o / refractive surgery
o / refractive surgery: comparative studies
o / refractive surgery: complications
o / refractive surgery: corneal topography
o / refractive surgery: other technologies
o / refractive surgery: LASIK
o / refractive surgery: optical quality
o / refractive surgery: phakic IOL
o / refractive surgery: PRK
o / regeneration
o / retina
o / retina: distal (photoreceptors, horizontal cells, bipolar cells)
o / retina: neurochemistry
o / retina: proximal (bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cells)
o / retinal adhesion
o / retinal connections, networks, circuitry
o / retinal culture
o / retinal degenerations: cell biology
o / retinal degenerations: hereditary
o / retinal detachment
o / retinal development
o / retinal glia
o / retinal neovascularization
o / retinal pigment epithelium
o / retinitis
o / retinitis pigmentosa
o / retinoblastoma
o / retinochoroiditis
o / retinoids/retinoid binding proteins
o / retinopathy of prematurity
o / ribosomal RNA
o / sclera
o / screening for amblyopia and strabismus
o / second messengers
o / second messengers: pharmacology/physiology
o / shape and contour
o / shape, form, contour, object perception
o / signal transduction
o / signal transduction: pharmacology/physiology
o / small incision cataract surgery
o / space and scene perception
o / spectacle lens
o / scene perception
o / Staphylococcus
o / strabismus
o / strabismus: diagnosis and detection
o / strabismus: etiology
o / strabismus: treatment
o / stress response
o / superior colliculus/optic tectum
o / synapse
o / taurine
o / temporal vision
o / texture
o / thalamus/lateral geniculate nucleus
o / topography
o / toxoplasmosis
o / trabecular meshwork
o / trachoma
o / training/teaching cataract surgery
o / transcription
o / transcription factors
o / transgenics/knock-outs
o / transplantation
o / trauma
o / treatment outcomes of cataract surgery
o / tumors
o / uvea
o / uveitis-clinical/animal model
o / varicella zoster virus
o / vascular endothelial growth factor
o / vascular occlusion/vascular occlusive disease
o / VEI
o / vergence
o / vestibulo-ocular reflex
o / vision and action
o / visual acuity
o / visual cortex
o / visual development
o / visual development: infancy and childhood
o / visual fields
o / visual impairment: neuro-ophthalmological disease
o / visual search
o / vitamin A deficiency
o / vitreoretinal surgery
o / vitreoretinopathies
o / vitreous
o / vitreous substitutes
o / wound healing
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1.4.  Keywords (please insert your own keywords, max. 5)

Keyword 1
Keyword 2
Keyword 3
Keyword 4
Keyword 5

2  Group leader / Principal Investigator

Gender / / female / / male
Family Name:
First Name:
Middle Name:
Title:
E-mail address:
Short CV:
CV as a PDF-file: / Please attach your CV (PDF)
Picture: / Please attach a picture (jpeg)

2.1.  Scientific Interests

Main scientific interests
(up to 5 lines freetext)

2.2.  Key Publications

(max. 10 Publications, most recent preferred)

2.3.  Scientific Classification

(according to ARVO / choose one)

/ Anatomy Pathology (AP)
/ Biochemistry/Molecular Biology (BI)
/ Clinical/Epidemiologic Research (CL)
/ Cornea (CO)
/ Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology (EY)
/ Glaucoma (GL)
/ Immunology/Microbiology (IM)
/ Lens (LE)
/ Physiology/Pharmacology (PH)
/ Retina (RE)
/ Retinal Cell Biology (RC)
/ Visual Neurophysiology (VN)
/ Visual Psychophysics/ Physiological Optics (VI)

2.4.  Memberships

Memberships:

2.5.  Further Activities

Further Activities

3  Notes

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