Hi everyone,
The first PsychSoc talk this term will be given by Dr Marko Nardini, Principal Investigator at the Department for Visual Neuroscience at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucjtmna/
When: 24th January ’11 – Monday, 2nd Week, 2pm
Where: Weiskrantz Room, Psychology Department (Level C)
Marko is interested in visual, spatial and multisensory development in children. Genetic mutations disrupting the retinal transduction cascade lead to dysfunction and degeneration of photoreceptors. In the world’s first clinical trial of retinal gene replacement therapy, young adults with defects in the gene encoding the RPE65 protein had healthy copies of the missing gene inserted into the cells of the retina, leading to sight improvement. A major goal of the Institute of opthalmology is to evaluate this type of treatment in children, who have less advanced retinal disease and so are most likely to benefit.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo/research/patients/clinical_trials.html
Dr Marko Nardini (University College London) and Dr Dorothy Cowie (Goldsmiths, University of London) will speak briefly after the talk about paid internships available this summer, suitable for current 2nd year undergraduates, in labs that work on human sensory and motor development.
It promises to be a fascinating talk which looks at the most recent research in the field!
The talk is free for members and £2 for non-members.
We hope to see you there!
University of Oxford Psychology Society Committee
