Publications
Abstracts and Conference Proceedings
2008
Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting (AVOSM)
The final program for AOVSM 2008 is available here.
Albarracin R & Valter K (2008). The sequential expression of inflammatory proteins during light exposure
in rodent retina. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Bell A, James AC, Kolic M & Maddess T (2008). Dichoptic multifocal pupillography points to retinal
dysfunction in early stages of type 2 diabetes. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual
Sciences Meeting, Session 2, Paper-3.
Carle C F, James A C, Wong S & Maddess T (2008). Minimisation of response saturation in multifocal
perimetry. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster-2.
Chrysostomou V, Stone J & Valter K (2008). Cones in the rhodopsin-mutant P23H-3 rat: evidence of long-term survival. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Kirk DK, Schiller B, Harris C, Valter K & Mathesius U (2008). How to nullify the effects of vitreous
present in ‘quick extracted’ rat retina for proteome analysis. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual
Sciences Meeting, Canberra, Australia.
Kolic M, Maddess T, Essex RW and James AC (2008). Fine-tuning multifocal pupillographic perimetry.
Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster-4.
Kozulin P, Natoli R, Bumsted O’Brien K, Madigan MC & Provis JM (2008). Vasculogenic patterning in
the primate retina: A regulatory role for axon guidance and anti-angiogenic factors. Proceedings of
the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
McCarthy CS, Megaw P & Morgan P I (2008). Effects of light intensity on eye growth and myopia
progression. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Morgan IG (2008). The prevalence of myopia in populations of South Asian origin.
Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Canberra, December.
Natoli R, Provis J, Valter K, Chrysostomou V & Stone J (2008). Tonic then toxin: impacts of hyperoxia on
the mouse retina. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Peng CC, McCarthy CS, Hartfield PG, Morgan IG & Schmid JL (2008). Effect of scrambled targets on retinal
dopamine release. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Canberra, December.
Querubin A, Provis JM & Bumsted O’Brien K (2008). Photoreceptor to ganglion cell convergence in the
pigeon retina. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Paper-3.
Rutar M, Provis J & Valter K (2008). Evidence for a common role of the complement system in the
pathogenesis of cell death in animal models of retinal degeneration. Australasian Ophthalmic and
Visual Sciences Meeting, Canberra, Australia.
Sabeti F, Maddess T, Essex RW & James AC (2008). Multifocal pupillographic visual field assessment of
age-related macular degeneration. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences
Meeting, Poster-3.
Valter K & Albarracin R (2008). Treatment with 670nm red light is protective against light-induced
photoreceptor damage. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Zhang S, Gross H J, Pahl M, Si A, Zhu H & Tautz J (2008). Number-based visual generalisation in the
honeybee. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Zhu Y, Natoli R, Valter K & Stone J (2008). Microarray analysis of hyperoxia stressed mouse retina: differential gene expression in the inferior and superior region. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting (ANS)
Ibbotson MR (2008). Seeing depends on looking. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience
Society Meeting.
Kozulin P, Natoli R, Madigan MC & Provis JM (2008). A role for ephrins in the definition of the foveal
avascular zone. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting.
Kozulin P, Natoli R, Ohms S, Madigan MC & Bumsted O’Brien K, and Provis JM (2008). Microarray
analysis of differential gene expression in the developing fovea. Proceedings of the Australian
Neuroscience Society Meeting.
Sivyer B, van Wyk M, Taylor WR & Vaney DI (2008). On direction-selective ganglion cells: synaptic
mechanisms underlying temporal dynamics. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society
Meeting. POS-MON-033.
Wang C, Waleszczyk W, Bardy C & Dreher B (2008). Orientation selectivity of single neurons in cat striate cortex: mean firing rates vs. phase-variant component of spike responses. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting. Pos-Mon-029.
International Conference on Invertebrate Vision
The final program for the second International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden 2008 is available here.
Dacke M & Srinivasan MV (2008). Two odometers in honeybees? The second International Conference
on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Dacke M, Reinhard J, Lamont R & Srinivasan MV (2008). Target tracking by aggressive honeybees.
The second International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Evangelista C, Kraft P, Dacke M, Reinhard J & Srinivasan MV (2008). Honeybee landing: the final
moments. The second International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Hemmi JM & Pfeil A (2008). Vision, behaviour and information: fiddler crabs use a multi-stage
response strategy to gather information on predation risk. The second International Conference on
Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Pahl M, Zhang S, Mi J, Pix W, Zhu H & Tautz J (2008).Celestial and terrestrial cues in honeybee homing.
The second International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Smolka J & Hemmi JM (2008). How the fiddler crab eye sees the world. The second International
Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Zeil J, Boeddeker N & Stürzl W (2008). View-based homing. Plenary lecture, The second International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Sweden.
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference (ASSAB)
Greiner B, Narendra A, Dacke M, Ribi WA & Zeil J (2008). Eye structure correlates with distinct foraging
bout timing in primitive Australian ants. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Conference. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Reid S, Narendra A, Hemmi JM & Zeil J (2008). The use of polariser compass and landmark cues in the bulldog ant myrmecia pyriformis. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Smolka J & Hemmi JM (2008.) Divide and conquer – how the fiddler crab eye divides the world.
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Srinivasan MV(2008). Probing higher functions in a small brain. Australasian Society for the Study of
Animal Behaviour Conference. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Zeil J, Boeddeker N, Hemmi JM and Stürzl W (2008). How insects acquire and use views for homing.
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Zhang S, Chen S, Cai F, Si A, Tautz J & Su S (2008). East learns from west: asiatic honeybees can understand dance language of european honeybees. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference. Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (ARVO)
Cameron AM & Lamb TD (2008). Recovery of human rod bipolar cell response kinetics following
rhodopsin bleaches. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 5819.
Fotedar R, Mitchell P, Burlutsky G , Rose KE, Morgan IG & Wang JJ (2008). Potential influence of
maternal smoking on refractive status and axial length: the Sydney myopia study. Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 3142.
James AC, Maddess TL, Kolic M & Goh XL (2008). Dichoptic pupillographic multifocal visual field
assessment for glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 1100.
Lamb TD, Collin SP & Pugh EN Jr (2008). Evolution of the vertebrate eye, retina, and photoreceptors:
hypotheses and tests. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 1265.
Maddess TL, James A C, Carle CF, Kolic M & Goh XL (2008). Higher resolution pupillographic multifocal
visual field assessment. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 1099.
Mahroo OA, Khan KN, Ganesan C, Shen S, Mustafa Y & Lamb TD (2008). Suppression of human cone
circulating current by steady backgrounds assessed at early times using the electroretinogram.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 5820.
McCarthy CS, Megaw P & Morgan IG (2008). How important is dopamine in the control of eye growth?
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 1733.
Morgan IG & Ashby RS (2008). Atropine and ADTN up-regulate retinal ZENK mRNA expression – but
only in eyes developing myopia. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 1730.
Rose KA, Ip J, Rochtchina E, Morgan IG & Mitchell P (2008). Height, weight and their relationship to refractive error and ocular biometry in adolescent Australian school children., Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49: E-Abstract 1553.
International Congress of Eye Research
XVIII International Congress of Eye Research, Beijing, China 2008.
James AC, Goh XL, Maddess T, Henriksson L & Vanni S (2008). Multifocal visual field mapping using the
general linear model. XVIII International Congress of Eye Research, Beijing, China.
Maddess T, James AC, Goh XL, Kolic M & Carle CF (2008b) Multifocal pupillographic perimetry for
glaucoma. XVIII International Congress of Eye Research, Beijing, China.
Morgan IG (2008). Is dopamine really a key growth regulator. XVIII International Congress of Eye Research, Beijing, China.
Morgan IG & Rose KA (2008). Three phases of refractive development in children. XVIII International
Congress of Eye Research, Beijing, China.
Provis JM (2008). Conflict of interest in the macula: blood vessels vs. neurons. XVIII International Congress of Eye Research, Beijing, China.
International Myopia Conference
Chia A, Chua WH, Tan D , Rose KA & Morgan IG (2008). Defocus lens and myopia progression.
International Myopia Conference, Palm Cove. p 45.
Flens C, Morgan IG & Boelen M (2008). Diurnal cycling changes affinity in D1, but not D2 dopamine
receptors. International Myopia Conference, Palm Cove. p 52.
McCarthy CS, Taylor R, Megaw P & Morgan IG (2008). Is dopamine a bidirectional regulator of eye
growth? International Myopia Conference, Palm Cove. p 56.
Morgan IG (2008). Has myopia lost its mystery? The interplay of social history and biology. International Myopia Conference, Palm Cove. p 4.
International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration
XIIIth International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Emeishan, Sichuan, China.
Chrysostomou V, Stone J & Valter K (2008). Strain-dependant differences in photoreceptor sensitivity to
oxygen in the rat. XIIIth International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Emeishan, Sichuan, China.
Valter K, Maccarone R, Fisher J, Salmon C, Stowe S & Bisti S (2008). Saffron supplementation provides
both structural and functional protection to the retina from bright light-induced degeneration. XIIIth
International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Emeishan, Sichuan, China.
Zhu Y, Natoli R, Valter K & Stone J (2008). Microarray analysis of hyperoxia stressed mouse retina: differential gene expression in the inferior and superior region. XIIIth International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Emeishan, Sichuan, China.
Other
Bordier C, Dojat M, Vasseur F & James AC (2008). Comparison of the phase encoded and the multifocal
mapping of the primary visual cortex. 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain
Mapping. Melbourne.
Dacke M & Srinivasan MV (2008). Honeybees with two odometers. Ninth Royal Institute of Navigation
Conference, University of Reading, U.K., 2-4 April.
Edwards M (2008). Tuning properties of local-motion pooling units. Vision Sciences Society, Naples,
Florida, USA.
Evangelista C, Kraft P, Dacke M, Labhart T & Srinivasan MV (2008). Critically testing the role of the
polarization compass in honeybee navigation. International Conference on New Directions in
Research on Polarization of Light, Heron Island, Australia, 9-14 June.
Ibbotson MR (2008). Seeing depends on looking. NOSA conference, Canberra, Australia.
Maccarone R, DiMarco S, Fisher J, Salmon C, Bisti S & Valter K (2008). Timecourse of protective effect
of saffron in light-induced. Proceedings of 7th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, Budapest, Hungary.
Maddess T, James AC, Goh XL & Kolic M (2008). Pupillographic multifocal objective perimetry for
glaucoma. American Academy of Ophthalmology. Atlanta, USA.
Maddess T, James AC, Kolic M & Goh XL (2008) Higher Resolution Pupillographic Multifocal Perimetry. International Perimetric Society. Nara, Japan.
Mahroo OA & Lamb TD (2008). Human cone photopigment regeneration assessed using the
electroretinogram: slower recovery following intense bleaches. Physiological Society Cambridge
Meeting, Abstract PC106, 130P.
Morgan IG (2008). Use of imposed myopic defocus to control the progression of myopia. European
Vision and Eye Research Conference, Portoroz.
Morgan IG & Rose KA (2008). Spherical equivalent versus AL/CR ratio – a tool for classifying refractive
error. European Vision and Eye Research Conference, Portoroz.
Sivyer B, Taylor WR & Vaney DI (2008) Synaptic mechanisms underlying velocity tuning of different
types of direction-selective ganglion cells in rabbit retina. FASEB Summer Research Conference on
Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing, Snowmass Colorado. Poster # 56.
Srinivasan MV (2008). From visual guidance in insects to autonomous aerial vehicles. American Control
Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 11-13 June.
Srinivasan MV (2008). More than a honey machine: vision, navigation and cognitive capacity in
honeybees. 8th International Bee Congress, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 22-26 July.
Srinivasan MV (2008). Probing cognitive capacity in honeybees. Invited lecture, Gatsby Workshop on Simpler Cognitive Systems, London, U.K., 24-26 November.
Srinivasan MV (2008). Sensible sensing in biology and engineering: visual guidance of insect flight,
and applications to robotics. International Conference on Sensors and Sensing in Biology and
Engineering, Cetraro, Italy, 12-16 October.
Srinivasan MV (2008). Vision-based navigation and control of micro aerial vehicles. Proceedings, first
US-asian demonstration and assessment of micro aerial vehicle and unmanned Ground Vehicle
Technology, Agra, India, 10-15 March 2008.
Srinivasan MV (2008).Vision, navigation and cognition in social insects. 2008 Asia-Pacific Conference
on Vision, Brisbane, Australia, 18 July.
Srinivasan MV (2008).Visually guided navigation in honeybees. 8th International Bee Congress,
Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 22-26 July.
Valter K, Kirk DK, Stone J & Eells JT (2008). Value of near-infrared treatment in retinal degeneration.
Proceedings of 7th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics,
Budapest, Hungary.
Vaney DI, Sivyer B & Taylor WR (2008) Synaptic mechanisms underlying velocity tuning of different
types of direction-selective ganglion cells in rabbit retina. 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, Washington DC. Poster 365.9.
Young JM, Dreher B & Obermayer K (2008). Superiority of timing- vs. rate-based synaptic plasticity rules
for the refinement of cortical receptive fields. Proceedings Society for Neuroscience 38 Program#/
Poster 326.14/C5.
Yu DY, Morgan WH, Su EN, Sun XH, Cringle SJ, Yu PK, House P, Guo XY & Yu XB (2008). Role of
conjunctival lymphatics in glaucoma drainage surgery. The World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC)
Hong Kong, China.
Yu DY, Su EN, Morgan WH & Cringle SJ (2008). Applications of cross-linked gelatin in ophthalmology,
The World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) Hong Kong, China.
Zeil J (2008). The topography of vision revisited. Plenary lecture, International Seminar on Evolutionary Studies in Behavioral Neuroscience. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
2007
ARVO
Goh XL, Maddess T & James AC (2007). Luminance and chromatic multifocal pupillographic perimetry.
Investigative Ophthamology and Visual Science 48:1628.
James AC, Goh XL & Maddess T (2007). Multifocal dichoptic pupillography in glaucoma. Investigative
Ophthamology and Visual Science 48:1629.
Maddess T & James AC (2007). Pupillographic multifocal visual field assessment for glaucoma.
Investigative Ophthamology and Visual Science 48:1630.
Rose KA, Ip J, Kifley A, Maddess T, Mitchell P & Morgan IG (2007). Sydney Childhood Eye Study,
Sydney Myopia Study. Investigative Ophthamology and Visual Science 48:1535.
Asia ARVO
Chrysostomou V, Stowe S, Valter K & Stone J (2007). Reversal of cone functional loss in the P23H-3
retina by management of ambient light. Proceedings of Asia ARVO, Poster – 234.
Kirk DK, Eells J, Chrysostmou V, Stone J & Valter K (2007). Effect of 670nm photon therapy on the ERG
of non-degenerative and degenerative retinae. Proceedings of Asia ARVO, Poster – 259.
Valter K, Kirk DK, Fisher J & Stone J (2007). The effects of light management on the cones of the
degenerating P23H-3 retinae during development. Proceedings of Asia ARVO, Poster – 258.
Zhu Y, Valter K, Provis JM & Stone J (2007). Protective mechanisms in the retina: comparison of the
protection induced by light stress and by hyperoxia. Proceedings of Asia ARVO, Poster – 265.
Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting
Carle CF, James AC & Maddess T (2007). High resolution multifocal pupillographic perimetry in
glaucoma. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 38.
Chrysostomou V, Stone J, Stowe S, Barnett NL & Valter K (2007). Light-regulated damage and repair of
cones in the rhodopsin-mutant P23H-3 rat retina. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual
Sciences Meeting, Poster – 26.
Kirk DK, Stone J, Eells J & Valter,K (2007). 670nm NIR-LED increases antioxidant production in the
P23H-3 model of retinal dystrophy. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences
Meeting, Poster – 27.
Kozulin P, Ohms S, Natoli RC, Madigan MC & Provis JM (2007). Microarray analysis of the developing
primate retina: Differential gene expression in the fovea. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic
and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 20.
Maddess T, James AC, Goh XL, Kolic M & Carle CF (2007). Multifocal pupillograpic perimetry for
glaucoma. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, symposium 2,
Paper 3.
Megaw P, McCarthy SC & Morgan IG (2007). Retinal dopamine release is depressed by both negative
and positive lens, despite different growth responses, Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and
Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 30.
Natoli R, Provis J, Valter K & Stone J (2007). Stress response in the hyperoxia-challenged mouse retina. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 24.
Petratchkov S, Maddess T & Morgan IG (2007b). Form deprivation and restoration of form vision
changes the pattern of scleral glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) synthesis. Proceedings of Australasian
Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 31.
Querubin A, Bumsted-O’Brien K & Provis JM (2007). Photoreceptor topography in the pigeon retina.
Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 23. [Awarded best
basic science student poster]
Romo P, Madigan MC, Cullen K & Provis JM (2007). In vitro effects of TGF-ß and FGF on proliferation
and migration of retinal endothelial cells and Müller cells. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic
and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 22.
Ruseckaite R, Cameron AM, Miao L, Lamb TD (2007). Light adaptation and dark adaptation of the human
visual system. Proceedings of Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Poster – 10.
Rutar M & Valter K (2007). Effects of short-term bright light exposure on the albino rat retina: similarities
to AMD histopathology. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting,
Poster – 29.
Taylor RRL & Maddess T (2007). Spatial biases and computational limits on the cortical encoding of
local image structure. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Oral
Session 1, Paper 1.
Vogalis F, Jarvinen JLP, Wada Y, Kawamura S, Shiraki T, Kojima D, Fukada Y & Lamb TD (2007).
Photoresponses in zebrafish rods expressing a cone-specific GRK. Proceedings of the Australasian
Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, Oral session 1, Paper 3.
Zhu Y, Valter K & Stone J (2007). Preconditioning with bright light evokes a protective response against
hyperoxic damage in C57BL/6J retina. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual
Sciences Meeting, Poster – 28.
Australian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB)
Ebeling W & Hemmi JM (2007). Eye to eye with wallabies: characterising the photoreceptors in
marsupial retinas. Proceedings of Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter
Conference, p 38.
How MJ, Zeil J, Hemmi JM & Peters, RA (2007). Modulation of a movement-based visual signal
depending on sender-receiver distance: the claw waving display of the fiddler crab Uca perplexa.
Proceedings of Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter Conference, p 20.
Narendra A (2007). Learning and visualisation of nest associated visual cues in the Australian desert ant
Melophorus bagoti. Proceedings of Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter
Conference, p 26.
Peters RA, Hemmi JM & Zeil J (2007). Adjusting the sails: lizards modify their displays in windy conditions.
Proceedings of Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter Conference, p 20.
Smolka J & Hemmi JM (2007). Spotting the enemy: Resolution and contrast sensitivity of the fiddler
crab compound eye. Proceedings of Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter
Conference, p 16.
Zhang SW, Pahl M, Si A, Pix W & Tautz J (2007). Homing ability of the honeybee. Proceedings of Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter Conference, p 27.
IBRO World Congress
Bardy C, Wang C, FitzGibbon T, Parsons C, Calford MB & Dreher B (2007). Matching contextual
modulation through lesioned and normal eyes: presumptive reorganization of cortical wiring
to binocular cells in the primary visual cortex. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of
Neuroscience, POS-SUN-171.
Cameron AM & Lamb TD (2007). Dark adaptation of human rod bipolar cells. Proceedings of 7th IBRO
World Congress of Neuroscience, POS-SUN-149.
Clifford CWG, Crowder NA, Hietanen MA, Price NSC & Ibbotson MR (2007). Dynamics of contrast
gain control in cat primary visual cortex. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience,
POS-SUN-176.
Ibbotson MR (2007). Visual motion detection in the cortex. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of
Neuroscience, SYM-40-2.
Kanjhan R & Vaney DI (2007). Characterization of temperature-sensitive leak currents in rabbit and
mouse retinal ganglion neurons. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, POSSUN-
141.
Roy S, Saalmann Y, Jayakumar J, Hu D, Martin PR, Dreher B & Vidyasagar TR (2007). Laminar
distribution of functional cell classes in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the macaque
monkey. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, POS-SUN-193.
Van Kleef J, Crowder NA, Dreher B & Ibbotson MR (2007). Complex cells became more simple-like at
low contrasts: physiology and modelling. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience,
POS-SUN-179.
van Kleef J, Crowder NA, Dreher B & Ibbotson MR (2007). Complex cells become more simple-like at
low contrasts: physiology and modelling. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience,
POS-SUN-179.
Van Wyk M, Vaney DI & Taylor WR (2007). Synaptic mechanisms mediating spatial and temporal tuning
in the retina. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, SYM-32-3.
Vidovic M, Wilson SLJ & Ibbotson MR (2007). Neuronal control of head movement in Apis Mellipera:
Organisation of neck motoneurons in the suboesophageal and prothovacic ganglia. Proceedings of
7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, POS-SAT-248.
Wang C, Bardy C, HuangJY, FitzGibbon T & Dreher B (2007). Effect of contrast on centre/surround
interactions in primary visual cortex of the cat. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of
Neuroscience, POS-SUN-177.
Wang SP & Zhang SW (2007). Neural representation of sting pheromones in the worker honey bee
antennal lobe. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, POS-FRI-286.
Wilson SLJ, Crowder NA & Ibbotson MR (2007). Adaptation improves temporal resolution in cat cortical
neurons. Proceedings of 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, POS-SUN-175.
Society for Neuroscience Meeting
Hietanen MA, Crowder NA, Price NSC & Ibbotson MR (2007). Differential changes in the accuracy of
contrast and speed tuning properties of area 17 and 18 neurons of the cat following adaptation at
multiple speeds. Abst. Soc. Neurosci., San Diego, USA.
Ibbotson MR, Crowder NA, Price NSC & Mustari MJ (2007). Saccadic suppression and latency
reductions occur before saccades in macaque MST. Abst. Soc. Neurosci., San Diego, USA.
van Kleef J, Crowder NA, Dreher B & Ibbotson MR (2007). Complex cells become more phasic at low
contrasts: stochastic modelling and laminar distributions. Abst. Soc. Neurosci., San Diego, USA.
Vision Down Under
Bardy C, Wang C & Dreher B (2007). Relationship between ‘spontaneous’ fluctuations in the magnitude
of response and the phase-sensitivity of neurons in striate cortex. Proceedings of Vision Down Under
Meeting, p 116.
Bordier C, Goh XL, Vanni S, Henriksson L & James AC (2007). Mapping of visual evoked field responses
to V1 and V2 current components by FMRI derived dipole locations and orientations. Proceedings of
Vision Down Under Meeting, p 111.
Cameron AM & Lamb TD (2007). Dark adaptation of human rod bipolar cells. Proceedings of Vision
Down Under Meeting, p 93.
Chrysostomou V, Stowe S, Valter K & Stone J (2007). Reversal of cone functional loss in the P23H-3 retina
by management of ambient light. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, Poster – 105.
Dreher B (2007). Signals from the ‘higher-order’ visual cortices modulate neuronal activities in the
primary visual cortices. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 13.
Ebeling W & Hemmi JM (2007). Characterising physiological and behavioural colour vision in
marsupials. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 92.
Fischer LP, Plakhotnik T, Zvyagin AV & Vorobyev M (2007). Waveguide contribution to the spectral
sensitivity of human L and M cones. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 49.
Goh XL, Vanni S & James AC (2007). Source localization of human multifocal visual evoked fields using
MEG. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 111.
How MJ, Zeil, J, Hemmi JM & Peters RA (2007). Modulation of a movement-based visual signal depends
on receiver distance. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 84.
Ibbotson MR, Crowder NA, Price NSC, Cloherty SL & Mustari MJ (2007). Time warps occur before
saccades in macaque MST. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 22.
Inverso SA, Doolan B & James AC (2007). Real-time influence of interocular transfer during binocular
rivalry suppression. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 110.
James AC, Goh XL, Henriksson L & Vanni S (2007). Imaging of human calcarine sulcus by multifocal
functional MRI. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 110.
Kanjhan R, Sivyer BMA, Hart NS & Vaney DI (2007). Juxtacellular recording and labelling of retinal
ganglion cells. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 27.
Kirk DK, Eells J, Stone J & Valter K (2007). 670nm photon treatment attenuates lipid peroxdation in the
developing P23H-3 retina. PProceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 105.
Kozulin P, Natoli RC, Madigan MC, Bumsted O’Brien K & Provis JM(2007). The Identification of molecular markers involved in primate retinal vascular patterning. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 103.
Lamb TD, Collin SP & Pugh EN Jr (2007). Hagfish and lampreys provide clues to the evolution of the
vertebrate eye. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 43.
Narendra A (2007). Out in the twilight: use of polarisation cues in the primitive Bull ant. Proceedings of
Vision Down Under Meeting, p 35.
Peters RA, Hemmi JM & Zeil J (2007). Signalling against the wind: modifying motion signal structure in
response to increased noise. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 34.
Petratchkov S, Rosli Y, Goh XL, James AC & Maddess T (2007). The multifocal VEP (mfVEP) is able to
distinguish between subjects with normal vision and those with wet or dry age-related macular
degeneration (AMD). Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 109.
Pignatelli V, Vorobyev M & Marshall J (2007). Unravelling double cone function in a species of reef fish,
Rinecanthus aculeatus. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 87.
Provis JM, Bumsted O’Brien K, Natoli RC, Kozulin P & Madigan MC(2007). Identifying Factors that Define
the Foveal Avascular Zone of Primate Retina. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 51.
Ruseckaite R, Cameron AM, Miao L & Lamb TD (2007). Dark adaptation of the human visual system.
Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 94.
Rutar M, Fisher J & Valter K (2007). Partial recovery of retinal structure and function following exposure
to damaging light. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 107.
Shelley E, Provis JM & Madigan MC (2007). Cone Photoreceptor degeneration is Widespread in Normal
Aged and AMD Retinas. Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 104.
Siebeck UE, Litherland L & Vorobyev M (2007). Colour and pattern discrimination in coral reef fish.
Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 75.
Sivyer BMA, van Wyk M, Taylor WR & Vaney DI (2007). On direction-selective ganglion cells: velocity
tuning of synaptic inputs.Proceedings of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 28.
Smolka J & Hemmi JM (2007) Spotting the enemy: how the fiddler crab eye sees the world. Proceedings
of Vision Down Under Meeting, p 83.
Taylor WR, van Wyk M & Vaney DI (2007). Local edge detectors: the roles of GABAergic and
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Valter K, Fisher J, Kirk DK & Stone J (2007). Can light management give hope to retinal degeneration
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Wilson M, Nacsa NJ, Hart NS & Vaney DI (2007). Organization of nitrergic neurons in the inner retina
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Zeil J, Boeddeker N & Hemmi JM (2007). Vision and the Organization of Behaviour. Proceedings of
Vision Down Under Meeting, p 32.
Zhang SW, Pahl M, Si A, Pix W & Tautz J (2007). The roles of global and local landmarks in honeybee
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Zhu Y, Valter K, Arkell R & Stone J (2007). Differences between mouse strains in the vulnerability
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Baird E, Boeddeker N & Srinivasan MV (2007). Visual flight control in the honeybee in an outdoor setting. Proceedings of 8th International Congress of Neuroethology, p 63-64.
Baird EJ, Boeddeker N & Srinivasan M (2007). Visual flight control in the honeybee in an outdoor setting,
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Barbosa M, Caetano T & Maddess T (2007). Perception of textured visual stimuli as basis for the diagnosis
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Boeddeker N, Stürzl W, Hemmi J & Zeil J (2007). What homing wasps see. 31st Göttingen Neurobiology
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Greenwood JA & Edwards M (2007). The twin peaks of transparent-motion detection. Australian Journal
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Greenwood JA & Edwards M (2007). Transparent-motion detection requires bimodal population activity.
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Hemmi JM & Ebeling W (2007). Colour vision in marsupials: looking for the physiological basis of
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James A, Goh X-L & Maddess T (2007). Multifocal dichoptic pupillography in glaucoma. European
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James AC & Maddess T (2007). Concurrent binocular multifocal pupillographic field testing. World
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James AC, Goh XL & Maddess T (2007). Optimizing Pupillographic Multifocal Objective Perimetry For
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James AC, Goh XL & Vanni S (2007). Pattern-Pulse Multifocal MEG Mapping of Human Visual Cortex
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Maddess T & James AC (2007). Pupillographic multifocal visual field assessment for glaucoma.
European Ophthalmology Society (SOE) and AAO. Vienna, Austria.
Maddess T & James AC (2007). Simultaneous pupillographic multifocal visual field assessment of both
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Narendra A (2007). Navigational and sensory adaptations in ants. International ANeT Workshop, Patiala
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Nishida S, Amano K, Edwards M & Badcock DR (2007). Spatial frequency tuning of motion integration
across space and orientation. Journal of Vision 499, p230.
Peters RA, Hemmi JM, & Zeil j (2007). Environmental conditions influence the production of visual
displays in the lizard Amphibolurus muricatus. Australasian Evolution Society 12-15 June 2007
Petratchkov S, Rosli Y, Goh X, James AC & Maddess T (2007). The multi-focal VEP (mfVEP) is able to
distinguish between subjects with normal vision and those with wet or dry Age-Related Macular
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Provis JM & Kozulin P (2007). Gene Expression in Central vs Peripheral Primate Retina – Defining the
Foveal Avascular Zone. Optical Society of America ‘Fall Vision Meeting’. Berkeley CA, Sept 16-19.
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Provis JM, Shelley E Madigan MC (2007). Anomalies in the Cone Population are Common and
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Ruseckaite R, Cameron AM, Miao L & Lamb TD (2007). Dark adaptation of the human visual system.
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Srinivasan MV (2007). Visual guidance of flight in flying insects. Proceedings, International Conference
on Flying Insects and Robots, Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, 12-17 August, 2007, pp.113-116.
Stürzl W, Boeddeker N, Hemmi JM & Zeil J (2007). View-Reconstruction and Visual Homing in Ground-
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Taylor RRL, Maddess T & Nagai Y (2007). One dimensional measures of higher-order image structure
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Valter K, Bisti S, Fisher J & Salmon C (2007). The effects of the antioxidant saffron on the mammalian
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Zeil J (2007). The Neuro-computational Naturalist: A uniquely Australian future with deep roots in the
past. Invited lecture, Horridge Symposium, The Australian National University Canberra, December
Zeil J, Boeddeker N & Hemmi JM (2007). Vision and the organization of behaviour. Invited lecture. 8th
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Zeil J, Boeddeker N, Gilbert C & Carey N (2007). Stealthy target tracking in satellite flies. International
Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots. Monte Verita, Ascona Switzerland.
2006
Ashby RS, Maleszka R & Morgan IG (2006). Atropine injections up-regulate ZENK expression – but only
in retinas responding to form-deprivation. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 26 (Suppl. 1): 8
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and Visual Sciences Meeting p.47.
Ashby RS, Walcott B, Megaw P & Morgan IG (2006). Localisation of ion channels within the choroid
tissue. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting p.47.
Baird E, Srinivasan MV, Zhang SW, Lamont R & Cowling A (2006). Visual control of flight speed and
height in the honeybee. 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior.
Rome, Italy.
Balaratnasingam C, Morgan WH, Yu D-Y, Cringle SJ (2006). Relation and nature of cytoskeletal and
axonal transport alteration following elevated intraocular pressure. Royal Australian and New
Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Sydney, Australia.
Bardy C, Huang JY, FitzGibbon T, Wang C & Dreher B (2006). Suppressive surrounds ‘simplify’ complex
cells in cat’s primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 17:
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Bumsted-O’Brien KM, Shin SK, Lee HR and Provis JM (2006). Morphological characterization of the
central foveal region in the pigeon retina. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting.
Canberra, Australia.
Chrysostomou V, Valter K & Stone J (2006). Reversal of cone structural and functional loss in the P23H
retina by management of ambient light. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Science Meeting.
Canberra, Australia.
Chrysostomou V, Valter K & Stone J (2006). Early signs of oxygen stress in the P23H retina. XIIth
International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration. San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
Crowder NA, Dreher B & Ibbotson MR (2006). Evidence that complex cells are cortically amplified
simple cells. Abstract, Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, USA.
Crowder NA, Dreher B & Ibbotson MR (2006). Evidence that complex cells are amplified simple cells.
Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 17: Oral-09-03.
Crowder NA, Van Kleef J, Dreher B & Ibbotson MR (2006). The contrast dependence of phase-sensitivity
in simple and complex cells: physiology and modelling. Symposium at the Australasian Ophthalmic
and Visual Sciences meeting, Canberra, Australia.
Dreher B, Bardy C, Huang JY, FitzGibbon T & Wang C (2006). Reversible inactivation of inferotemporal cortex ‘simplifies’ complex cells in cat’s primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 17: Post- Thu-055.
Dreher B, Bardy C & Wang C (2006). Strenghts of the visual signals affect phase-sensitivity of neurons
in mammalian primary visual cortex: simple vs complex cells. Australasian Ophthalmic and Vision
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Durant S, Clifford CWG, Crowder NA, Price NSC & Ibbotson MR (2006). Informational basis of cortical
contrast adaptation. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society Sydney, Australia.
Edwards M & Crane M (2006). Motion streaks lower global-motion thresholds. Journal of Vision 6(6):
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Edwards M, & Crane M (2006). Motion streaks improve motion detection. Australian Journal of
Psychology 58: 73.
Eells JT, Kirk DK, Cribb J, Valter K, DeSmet KD, VerHoeve JN, Whelan HT & Stone J (2006). Nearinfrared
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Foong ACY, Cheng A, Tan DTH, Morgan IG & Saw SM (2006). School performance and myopia in
Singapore children. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. E-Abstract #1160.
Hemmi JM, Marshall J, Pix W, Vorobyev M & Zeil, J (2006). Predation-related colour change in fiddler
crabs. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Easter Conference. Sydney, Australia.
Hietanen MA, Crowder NA & Ibbotson MR (2006). Contrast gain control is drift-rate dependent.
Australian Optometry and Vision Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia. Poster 2006-32.
Hietanen MA, Price NSC, Crowder NA, Wilson SLJ & Ibbotson MR (2006). Adaptation differentially
shifts speed tuning functions in cat cortex. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society.
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Huang JY, Wang C, Bardy C, FitzGibbon T & Dreher B (2006). Contralateral temporal visual cortex
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Neuroscience Society 17: Post- Thu-057.
Ibbotson MR (2006). The activity and role of MT during and after saccades. Proceedings of the
Australian Neuroscience Society. Sydney, Australia.
Ibbotson MR, Price NSC, Crowder NA, Mustari MJ (2006). Time course of visual responses in MT and
MST of macaque cortex to saccades. Abstract, Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, USA.
Ip JM, Huynh CS, Kifley A, Mitchell P, Robaei D, Rose K, Morgan IG & Smith W (2006). Impact of
parental myopia and near-work on childhood refraction: a comparison of two ethnic groups in the
Sydney Myopia Study. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 26 (Suppl 1): 30.
Kirk D, Eells J, Chrysostomou J, Stone J & Valter K (2006). Effect of 670 nm near infrared light therapy on
the ERG of non-degenerative and degenerative retinae. Australasian Ophthalmic and Vision Science
Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
Kirk D, Eells J, Chrysostomou V, Stone J & Valter K (2006). Effect of 670 nm near infrared light therapy on the ERG of non-degenerative and degenerative retinae. Faculty of Science: Bringing Science Together. Canberra, Australia.
Kozulin P, Natoli RC and Provis JM (2006). Expression of Eph receptors and Ephrins in developing
primate retina. XVII International Congress of Eye Research. Buenos Aries, Argentina.
Kozulin P, Ohms S, Natoli RC, Madigan MC and Provis JM (2006). Microarray analysis of gene
expression in the developing fovea. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra,
Australia.
Kozulin P, Ohms S, Natoli RC, Madigan MC and Provis JM (2006). The role of ephrins and Eph receptors
in vascular patterning in developing primate retina. Retinal Degeneration Meeting. Bariloche,
Argentina.
Lamb TD (2006). First steps in vision: the photoreceptors response to light, and its recovery from light.
Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting, p.2. Canberra, Australia.
Lamb TD & Pugh EN Jr (2006). Avoidance of saturation in human cones is explained by very rapid
inactivation reactions and pigment bleaching. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 47:
E-Abstract 3714.
Lamb TD & Pugh EN Jr (2006). Functional differences between rods and cones: Kinetics, sensitivity,
noise, operating range, and recovery from bleaches. Perception 35 (ECVP2006 abstract).
Letzkus P, Wood JT, Zhang SW & Srinivasan MV (2006). Lateralization of vision in the honeybee Apis
Mellifera. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
Maddess T, Goldberg I, Figueira E, Valencia-Estrada A & Zeldovich A (2006). Retrospective study of
the ability of spatial frequency doubling contrast thresholds to predict progression in glaucoma.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Ft. Lauderdale, USA.
Maddess T, Nagai Y & Victor JD (2006). Multilevel isotrigon textures. Vision Sciences Society. Sarasota
Florida, USA.
McCarthy S, Megaw P & Morgan IG (2006). Does the protective effect of atropine on form-deprivation
myopia involve the dopaminergic system? Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual
Sciences Meeting p.48.
McCarthy S, Megaw P & Morgan IG (2006). Dopamine antagonists block the protective effects of brief
periods of normal vision against form-deprivation myopia. Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology. E-Abstract #1137.
Morgan IG & Ambadeniya MP (2006). Imposed peripheral myopic defocus can prevent the
development of lens-induced myopia. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
E-Abstract #3328.
Morgan IG & Rose KA (2006). Are differences in the prevalence of myopia in different ethnic groups
genetic? Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting p.5.
Morgan IG & Rose KA (2006). Underlying patterns of refractive development in Sydney children: the
Sydney Myopia Study. European Association for Vision and Eye Research. Abstract #2213.
Morgan IG, Merani R, Dennison B, Strathdee M (2006). Can imposed myopic defocus control the progression of myopia in children? Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 26 (Suppl 1): 28.
Nagai Y & Maddess T (2006). Adapted network structure for texture discrimination in 1-D oscillator
system. Brain IT 2006. Kitakyushu, Japan.
Natoli R, Provis J, Stone J (2006). OXR-1 in the hyperoxic C57BL/6J mouse retina. The Australasian
Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
Nishida S, Amano K, Edwards M & Badcock DR (2006). Global motion with multiple Gabors – A tool to
investigate motion integration across orientation and space. Journal of Vision 6(6): 1196.
Petratchkov SM, Maddess T & Morgan IG (2006). The pattern of scleral glycosaminoglycan (sGAG)
synthesis changes during development in the chick. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and
Visual Sciences Meeting p.46.
Provis JM, Shelley EJ and Madigan M (2006). Evidence of widespread photoreceptor pathology in agerelated
macular degeneration (AMD). Retinal Degeneration Meeting. Bariloche, Argentina.
Reinhard J, Zhang SW & Srinivasan MV (2006). Role of attention in honeybee visual learning.
International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Washington DC,
USA.
Rose KA & Morgan IG (2006). Prevalence and risk factors for myopia, hypermetropia, strabismus and
amblyopia in Australian children: the Sydney Myopia Study. European Association for Vision and Eye
Research. Abstract #2214.
Rose KA, Ip JM, A. Kifley & Morgan IG (2006). Myopia, near-work, and time spent outdoors: is time
outdoors the key factor? Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting
p.29.
Rose KA, Ip JM, Robaei D, Huynh SC, Kifley A, Smith W, Morgan IG & Mitchell P (2006). Near work
and outdoor activities and the prevalence of myopia in Australian school students aged 12-13 years:
the Sydney Myopia Study. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. E-Abstract #5453.
Rose KA, Morgan IG, Smith W, Mitchell P (2006). Myopia: prevalence, risk factors and natural history.
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 26 (Suppl 1): 25.
Rosli Y, Maddess T, James A & Goh X (2006). Pattern-pulse multifocal VEP (mfVEP) in AMD patients.
International Society for Ocular Cell Biology P76 (IS6121), Cambridge, UK.
Ruseckaite R, Maddess T & James AC (2006). Frequency doubling illusion VEPs and automated
perimetry in multiple sclerosis. 22nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and
Research in Multiple Sclerosis. Madrid, Spain.
Ruseckaite R, Maddess T & James AC (2006). Monocular and binocular multifocal visual evoked
potentials in normal and multiple sclerosis subjects. 22nd Congress of the European Committee for
Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. Madrid, Spain.
Shelley EJ, Madigan MC and Provis JM (2006). Evidence of widespread photoreceptor pathology in ageing and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
Shin SK and Bumsted-O’Brien KM (2006). The embryonic retinal origin of the chicken rod free area
centralis. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
Sivyer BMA, van Wyk M, Vaney DI & Taylor WR. Postsynaptic temporal tuning of sluggish ganglion
cells. FASEB Summer Research Conference on Retinal Neurobiology & Visual Processing, Indian
Wells, California, USA, 15-19 July 2006.
Smolka J, Hemmi JM & Zeil J (2006). Tell me what you see and I’ll tell you when to run away: Visual
predator avoidance in fiddler crabs. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter
Conference. Sydney, Australia.
Srinivasan MV (2006). Computational behaviour in flying insects. Invited lecture, Inaugural Queensland
Brain Institute Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience, Brisbane, Australia.
Srinivasan MV (2006). Much more than a honey machine. Plenary lecture, 8th Conference of the
Australasian Apicultural Association, Perth, Australia.
Srinivasan MV (2006). Probing perception in a mini-brain. Invited lecture, International Symposium on “From Stars to Brains: Pathways to Human Consciousness”, Canberra, Australia.
Srinivasan MV (2006). Small brains, smart minds: Vision, navigation and ‘cognition’ in honeybees.
Plenary lecture, 23rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Pittsburgh, USA.
Srinivasan MV (2006). Vision, navigation, perception, learning and memory in honeybees, and
applications to robotics. Plenary lecture, International Congress of the International Union for the
Study of Social Insects, Washington D.C., USA.
Srinivasan MV (2006). Visual guidance in flying insects and applications to robotics: Recent progress.
Invited lecture, Insect Vision Workshop, Arizona Research laboratories, University of Arizona,
Tucson, USA.
Srinivasan MV, Thurrowgood S & Soccol D (2006). An optical system for guidance of terrain following
in UAVs. Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based
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Su SK, Zhang SW, Chen SL, Du HH, Le SP & Tautz J (2006). Honeybees are able to use visual cues only
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Taylor R & Maddess T (2006). Mechanisms encoding higher-order image statistics: an isotrigon texture
based approach. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
Valter K (2006). Non-invasive treatment approaches to degenerative retinal diseases. Invited symposium
presentation at Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra , Australia.
Valter K, Kirk DK & Stone, J (2006). Light management can restore function to the degenerating P23H-3
rat retina. International Society of Ocular Cell Biology Conference. Cambridge.
Valter K, Kirk DK & Stone, J (2006). Light management can restore function to the degenerating P23H-3
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Argentina.
Van Rijswijk P, McCarthy S, Megaw P & Morgan IG (2006). Snake toxins specific for muscarinic
acetylcholine receptor sub-types confirm that M4 receptors are involved in the control of eye growth
in chickens. Proceedings of the Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting p.46.
Vanni S, Pihlaja M, James A, & Henriksson L (2006). Multifocal fMRI shows spatial interactions in
human primary visual cortex. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, USA.
Veeraraghavan A, Srinivasan MV, Chellappa R, Baird E & Lamont R (2006). Motion based
correspondence for 3D tracking of multiple dim objects. In Proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. Toulouse, France.
Wang C, Huang JY, Bardy C, FitzGibbon T & Dreher B (2006). Influence of feedback from
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Neuroscience Society 17: Post- Thu-056.
Yu D-Y, Cringle SJ, Su E-N, Yu P, Morgan W, Balaratsingam C, Matich G (2006). Retinal cellular
metabolism. Second International Conference on Physiological Biophysics. Shanghai, China.
Zeil J, Hemmi JM, Boeddeker N (2006). Vision and the organisation of behaviour. Perception. 35
(Supplement): 165
Zhang SW (2006). Visual cognition in honeybee navigation. 4th International Neuroscience Symposium.
Kunming, China.
Zhang SW, Schwarz S, Pahl M, Zhu H & Tautz J (2006). A Honeybee knows where to go, what to do and
when. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter Conference. Sydney, Australia.
Zhu Y, Valter K, Provis J & Stone J (2006). Protective mechanisms in the retina: comparison of the protection induced by light stress and by hyperoxia. The Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting. Canberra, Australia.
