Vision Sciences

Recommended Prerequisites

Students must have a BSc or MSc in Health and/or Life Sciences field and be fluent in English (written and spoken).

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures and lectures about research on specific subjects in the area of Vision Sciences.

Discussions/Round tables about specific subjects in this area.

Laboratory demonstrations about techniques and models used in Vision Sciences.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of this Advanced Course is to give an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the eye, with a particular focus in the retina. Despite the main focus being the retinal and optic nerve degenerative diseases, other ocular pathologies might be addressed. Another aim is to analyse each disease, in a transversal way, from the molecular and cellular mechanisms till the identification of potential targets and innovative therapies. Students must get a good knowledge about each pathology, at molecular, cellular and clinical levels, and have also an idea about the state of the art in this field. Moreover, students must be able to prepare an innovative research project based on the knowledge acquired during the Course and on discussions about open questions in this field.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Eye anatomy and physiology.

Retina and optic nerve.

Research on retinal degenerative diseases (diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa) and optic nerve diseases (glaucoma, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy).

Eye anterior segment pathologies.

Multidisciplinar analysis of eye pathologies (from molecule to man).

Experimental techniques in Vision Sciences.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Francisco Rosa Gomes Ambrósio

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Article Discussion: 50.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

The Eye

Basic Sciences in Practice

John Forrester, Andrew Dick, Paul McMenamin, William R. Lee

Second Edition

Saunders (2003) (Free download)

 

Adler's Physiology of the Eye, 11th Edition

Leonard Levin, Siv Nilsson, James Ver Hoeve, Samuel Wu, Paul Kaufman and Albert Alm

11th Edition

Saunders (2011)

 

http://webvision.med.utah.edu/

 

Artigos de revisão e artígos sobre temas específicos da área das Ciências da Visão.

Review and original papers in the area of Vision Sciences.