OSA Webinar "Solving the Myopia Puzzle"

2017-12-15

The Optical Society is pleased to announce the 4th webinar hosted by the Applications of Visual Science Technical Group below the Optical Society of America at Dec. 15th 2017, 10am EST

This webinar will have presentations by Prof. Christine Wildsoet (UC Berkeley), Prof. Frank Schaeffel (University of Tübingen, Institute for Ophthalmic Research) and Prof. Donald Mutti (Ohio State U) who are all leading experts in myopia. The presenters will discuss current understanding of myopia, reasons why myopia is on the rise, and possible steps that can reduce or delay the onset of myopia.

To register for the FREE webinar (registration is mandatory) please complete the online form.

We hope that you will be able to join this online feature from our technical group. The highly successful webinars on the human eye from the past years can still be viewed online at our Technical Group website: http://www.osa.org/en-us/communities/technical_communities/vc/applications_of_visual_science/.

Voptica Workshop

2017-10-27

A workshop on “Adaptive Optics” will be held in Murcia, Spain, hosted by Beneficiary 07, Voptica.

Summer School

2017-10-26

The 2° Summer School will be held in Murcia, Spain, hosted by Beneficiary 02, University of Murcia.

Annual Meeting

2017-10-24

The 2° Annual Meeting will be held in Murcia, Spain, hosted by Beneficiary 02, University of Murcia.

Media Training Workshop

2017-09-18

A workshop on Media Training will be held in Tübingen, Germany, from September 18-22. It is organised by Partner Organisation Grasshopper Films (http://www.grasshopper-films.de/)

Young Researcher Vision Camp 2017

2017-06-30

The Young Researcher Vision Camp will be held on Castle Wildenstein in Leibertingen, Germany, from June 30 to July 02.

It is organized by Beneficiary 01, Universität Tübingen, and comprises among many other events a MyFUN session (not a mandatory part of the training programme).

1° Complementary Skills Course

2017-06-28

The 1° Complementary Skills Course will be held in Tübingen, Germany, hosted by Beneficiary 01, Universität Tübingen, from June 28-30, in conjunction with the Initial Training Network "switchBoard".

The event comprises lectures and seminars on Ethics in Biomedical Research, Successful Writing of Scientific Papers, Setting Goals for Success, How to keep a Lab Book, Basic Legal Awareness and Basics of Intellectual Property Rights.