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Visual Processing Lab (Sektion für klinische und experimentelle Sinnesphysiologie) |
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Visual Processing Lab (Sektion für klinische und experimentelle Sinnesphysiologie) |
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Visual Processing Lab (Sektion für klinische und experimentelle Sinnesphysiologie) Head: Professor Dr. rer. nat. habil. Michael B. Hoffmann - in German - 
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Universitäts-Augenklinik Haus 60b - map Leipziger Str. 44 39120 Magdeburg Germany Fon: +49 391 67 13585 Fax: +49 391 67 13570 |
| • eyesight | • insight | • foresight |
| precision & development for exact diagnostics |
understanding vision for novel therapies |
education of the next generation |
We are part of the Ophthalmic Department of the University Magdeburg and apply a broad methodological bandwith to investigate structure und function of the eye and visual brain. We aim at precise diagnostics and the preparation of novel therapies by modern vision research.
• Our diagnostics cover subjective and objective testing of structure and function of the visual system (form for functional diagnostics).
• Our research aims at the understanding of physiology, pathophysiology und plasticity of the human visual system and its function.
• The education of the competent next generation of technicians, students, clinicians and scientists and the development of innovative aproaches are important pilars of our mission.
| NEWS . . . | ||
| Defense | (09/24) | Congratulations to Nataran Takmilhomayouni - MSc-Thesis: "Deep-learning based detection of optic-chiasm abnormalities in glaucomatous MRI images" |
| awarded scholarship |
(09/24) | Congratulations to cand. med. Elizabeth Quanz for the scholarship award of a DOG-Doktorandenstipendium for her work on visual function and nystagmus. |
| award |
(09/24) | Congratulations to Dr. rer. nat. Robert Puzniak for the Science Award (Wissenschafspreis) of the SATh for his publication "CHIASM-Net: Artificial Intelligence-based direct identification of chiasmal abnormalities in albinism" in IOVS 64:13.14 |
| award |
(09/24) | Congratulations to cand. Dr. med. Rosalie Beyer for the Presentation Award (Vortragspreis) of the SATh for her talk "Sehen und Gehen bei Glaukom" |
| accepted | (09/24) | Andac et al. Navigation performance in glaucoma - virtual-reality-based assessment of path integration Scientific Reports (in press) Scientific Reports |
| accepted | (09/24) | Freitag et al. Gaze Behavior in Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients during Visuo- Cognitive-Motor Tasks: A Cross-sectional Study Scientific Reports |
| accepted | (08/24) | Tanreverdi et al. Assessing Visual Crowding in Participants with Pre-Perimetric Glaucoma Using Eye Movement and Manual Response Paradigms TVST |
| accepted | (08/24) | Al Nosairy et al. Rapid campimetry - a novel robust kinetic approach for visual field screening in glaucoma Frontiers in Medicine |
| accepted | (07/24) | Quanz et al. Effect of nystagmus on VEP-based objective visual acuity estimates Scientific Reports |
| JOB OPENING (secretary) | (06/24) | Sekretärin (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung unseres Teams Stellenausschreibung Sekretärin |
| outreach | (06/24) | Wissenschaftsfestival Tomorrow Labs in Magdeburg:
"Tomorrow:Health" - Can you trust your eyes? |
| Marie Curie Fellow EGRET-AAA |
(06/24) | We welcome Amir Naderi (Doctoral candidate) who starts his PhD thesis work with us in the HORIZON Europe doctoral training network EGRET-AAA |
| welcome | (06/24) | We welcome the secretary Christiane Schwarzkopf who joined our team. |
| accepted | (05/24) | Beyer et al. Treadmill-walking impairs visual function in early glaucoma and elderly controls Graefe's Archive |
| MSc Thesis student |
(05/24) | We welcome Hera Most (MSc Int Neurosci.) who starts her Master thesis work with us. |
| accepted | (04/24) | Korn et al. Scotopic and Photopic Conventional Visual Acuity and Hyperacuity - Binocular Summation TVST |
| welcome | (04/24) | We welcome the optometrist Stephan Weise who joined our team. |
| accepted | (01/24) | Jarrar et al. Temporal-to-nasal macular ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer ratios in a large adult twin cohort: correlations with age and heritability IOVS in press |
| accepted | (01/24) | van den Bosch et al. Reproducibility of consecutive automated telemetric nocto-diurnal IOP profiles as determined by an intraocular implant.. BJO in press |
| award |
(11/23) | Congratulations to Dr. rer. nat. Robert Puzniak for the junior scientist award of the Society of Strabismus, neuro- and pediatric ophthalmology (GSNK) - former Bielschowsky Nachwuchspreis - for his thesis "Advanced imaging of congenital optic chiasm malformations". |
| lab visitor |
(11/23) | The orthoptist Ms Eierkuchen (Univ. Jena) joins us for a hospitation in our clinical electrophysiology. |
| Marie Curie Fellow EGRET-AAA |
(11/23) | We welcome Rohit Misra (Doctoral candidate) who starts his PhD thesis work with us in the HORIZON Europe doctoral training network EGRET-AAA |
| MSc Thesis student |
(11/23) | We welcome Mahima Rebello (MSc Int Neurosci.) who starts her Master thesis work with us. |
| accepted | (11/23) | Al-Nosairy et al. Altered perception of the bistable motion quartet in albinism IOVS 64.14.39 |
| accepted | (09/23) | Freitag et al. Single- and dual-task gait performance of patients with open angle glaucoma: a cross-sectional study. TVST 12:31 |
| accepted | (09/23) | Puzniak et al. CHIASM-Net: Artificial Intelligence-based direct identification of chiasmal abnormalities in albinism IOVS 64:13.14 |
| award |
(09/23) | Congratulations to Dr. rer. nat. Khaldoon Al-Nosairy for the Wissenschafspreis of the SATh for his publication "Optical coherence tomography as a biomarker for differential diagnostics in nystagmus: Ganglion cell layer thickness ratio" in Journal of Clinical Medicine 11:4941 |
| accepted | (08/23) | Molz et al. Achromatopsia - limits to visual cortex plasticity in the absence of functional cones IOVS 64:23 |
| accepted | (08/23) | Käsmann-Kellner, Hoffmann (2023) Achromatopsia : Clinical aspects, diagnostics, genes, brain and quality of life. Ophthalmologie: 120:975-986 |
| Defense | (06/23) | Congratulations to Katharina Rodenbeck - BSc-Thesis: "Gesichtsfeld-Screening mit der schnellen Kampimetrie: Abhängigkeit von Refraktionsfehlern und Lichtstreuung" |
| outreach | (06/23) | Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft:
Kopfkino |
| welcome |
(05/23) | We welcome the optometrist Rebecca Velmans who just joined our team. |
| lab visitor/collaborator OptiVisT |
(04/23) | We welcome the Marie Curie Fellow Dilce Tandreverdi (UMGC, Groningen, NL) who will do her OptiVisT secondment with us for six weeks on eye-movement based psychophysics in glaucoma. |
| accepted | (04/23) | Al-Nosairy et al. Functional and structural readouts for early detection of retinal involvement in multiple sclerosis Frontiers in Interative Neuroscience10.3389 |
| lab visitor |
(03/23) | The technician Kerstin Römer (Unv. Düsseldorf) joins us for a one-week hospitation in our clinical electrophysiology. |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) | (03/23) | Orthoptist (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung der Orthoptik - zu 10/2023 Stellenausschreibung Orthoptist |
| welcome |
(03/23) | We welcome the medical PhD student Sophie Vorholt who just joined our lab to start her thesis work |
| lab visitor |
(02/23) | We welcome the orthoptist student Julia Müller (Univ. Leipzig) who joins our section for a practical. |
| Studien- teilnehmer gesucht |
(01/23) | Interesse an Teilnahme an unserer aktuellen Studie zu Amblyopie? Kontakt: Anruf unter 0391 67 17770 Nähere Informationen |
| lab visitor |
(01/23) | We welcome the visiting PostDoc Enyam Morny (Alexander von Humboldt scholarship) who spends two weeks in our section for joint research efforts on visual function testing. |
| BSc Student |
(01/23) | We welcome the optometry student Katharina Rodenbeck (Berliner Hochschule für Technik) who joins our section for her bachelor thesis project on rapid campimetry. |
| lab visitor |
(01/23) | We welcome the orthoptist student Lea Schimanksky (Univ. Heidelberg) who joins our section for a practical. |
| lab visitor |
(01/23) | We welcome the orthoptist student Bahara Bitaraf (Univ. Düsseldorf) who joins our section for a practical. |
| research assistant |
(12/22) | We welcome Nastaran Takmil Homayouni (cand MSc. Medical Systems Engineering) who joins our section as a research assistant. |
| JOB OPENINGS (PhD positions) 
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(12/22) | Within the unique european HORIZON Europe Joint Doctorate Training Network
Egret-aaa we are offering EU-funded PhD positions (duration: 3 years) for two projects Multimodal assessment of retinal function in end-stage glaucoma Cortical plasticity in advanced glaucoma with 7T fMRI Check out EGRET-aaa-Recruitment for application process, employment and elegibility conditions. Deadline for applications is February 28th 2023. PhD projects will start between July and October 2023. |
| published | (12/22) | Eckermann et al. Comparison of DTL and gold cup skin electrodes for recordings of the multifocal electroretinogram. Documenta Ophthalmologica |
| defense | (12/22) | Congratulations to Robert Puzniak - PhD-Thesis: "Advanced Imaging of Congenital Chiasmal Malformations" |
| defense | (12/22) | Congratulations to Gokul Prabhakran - PhD-Thesis: "fMRI investigations of visual cortex dynamics: Impact of peripheral visual field restrictions" |
| welcome |
(12/22) | We welcome the medical PhD student Cynthia Moffack who just joined our lab to start her thesis work |
| lab visitor |
(11/22) | We welcome the orthoptist student Muriel Classen (Univ. München) who joins our section for a practical. |
| welcome |
(11/22) | We welcome the optometrist Laura Dietrich who just joined our lab to support our team as a study coordinator. |
| online conference |
(11/22) | ISCA 2022 International Scientific Conference on Albinism 2022 November 16th-19th |
| outreach | (10/22) | Pressemitteilung:
Neue Methode zur Früherkennung von Glaukom entwickelt - Video-Kurzbeitrag MDR Sachsen-Anhalt Heute (07.10.22): Neuer Sehtest zur schnellen Diagnose von Augenerkrankungen |
| lab visitor |
(10/22) | We welcome the optometry student Katharina Rodenbeck (Berliner Hochschule für Technik) who joins our section for a practical. |
| DOG 2022 |
(10/22) | DOG 2022 - Unsere DOG Stipendiaten Rosalie Scheida und Sophie Korn |
| award |
(09/22) | Congratulations to Dr. rer. nat. Khaldoon Al-Nosairy for the add-on fellowship for Interdisciplinary Life Science awarded by the Joachim Herz Stiftung. |
| outreach |
(09/22) | Jahrestreffen der Achromatopsie Selbsthilfegruppe e.V. in Magdeburg am 23/24.09.22 |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) | (09/22) | Orthoptist (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung der Funktionsdiagnostik Stellenausschreibung Orthoptist - baldmöglichst |
| award |
(09/22) | Congratulations to Dr. rer. nat. Khaldoon Al-Nosairy for the DOG Wacker-Award for his PhD thesis entitled "Structure and function in glaucoma: OCT/A and ERG investigations". |
| awarded scholarship |
(09/22) | Congratulations to cand. med. Rosalie Scheida for the scholarship award of a DOG-Doktorandenstipendium for her work on visual function during locomotion in glaucoma. |
| accepted | (08/22) | Al-Nosairy et al. Optical coherence tomography as a biomarker for differential diagnostics in nystagmus: Ganglion cell layer thickness ratio Journal of Clinical Medicine 11:4941 |
| welcome |
(08/22) | We welcome the master optician Emely Gruhn who just joined our lab to support our clinical examinations. |
| accepted | (05/22) | Bakker et al. The retinal pigmentation pathway in human albinism: not so black and white. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research |
| accepted | (05/22) | van den Bosch et al. Effect of eyelid muscle action and rubbing on telemetrically obtained IOP in glaucoma patients with an intraocular pressure sensor implant. British Journal of Ophthalmology |
| award | (05/22) | Congratulations to Dr. Al-Nosairy for the junior research award of the school of medicine of the University of Magdeburg. Forschungspreis für wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Magdeburg. Press release/Pressemitteilung |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) | (04/22) | Orthoptist (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung der Orthoptik - zu 10/2022 Stellenausschreibung Orthoptist |
| accepted | (04/22) | Mueller et al. Rapid campimetry - a novel screening method for glaucoma diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine |
| welcome |
(04/22) | We welcome the master optician Doreen Schmalz who just joined our lab to support our clinical examinations. |
| Master thesis OPPORTUNITY |
(03/22) | There is an opportunity to do a master thesis on fMRI of the visual cortex in our lab: Outline - Master thesis |
| Welcome |
(02/22) | We welcome the OptiVisT PhD students Akshara Gopiswaminathan and Safa Andac who just joined our lab to start their thesis work. |
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(02/22) | We welcome the medical PhD student Nidele Djouoma who just joined our lab to start her thesis work |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) |
(02/22) | Optometrist/Optiker/Orthoptist/MTAF (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung klinischer Tätigkeiten im Bereich Optik, Biometrie und Elektrophysiologie - zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt |
| accepted | (12/21) | Molz et al. Structural changes to primary visual cortex in the congenital absence of cone input in achromatopsia. Neuroimage Clinical (in press) Frontiers in Neuroscience (in press) |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) |
(12/21) | Optometrist/Optiker/Orthoptist/MTAF (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung der klinischen Elektrophysiologie - zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Stellenausschreibung Optiker/Optometrist |
| lab visitor |
(12/21) | The ophthalmologist Marta Wiacek from Poland spent a two week SOE scholarship in our lab to learn from our clinical electrophysiology routines |
Symposium
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(11/21) | OptiVisT Symposium on November 26th "From the Basics to new INSIGHTS: Structure, function, disorders of the vision and action systems" => preliminary program If interested in participating you need to register: francie.kramer(at)med.ovgu.de |
| welcome |
(10/21) | We welcome the optometrist Claudia Schulze who just joined our lab. |
| accepted | (09/21) | Lowndes et al. Structural differences across multiple visual cortical regions in the absence of cone function in congenital achromatopsia. Frontiers in Neuroscience (in press) |
| accepted | (09/21) | Puzniak et al. Deep learning-based detection of malformed optic chiasms from MRI images. Frontiers in Neuroscience (in press) |
| accepted | (09/21) | Puzniak et al. C H I A S M , t h e h u m a n b r a i n a l b i n i s m a n d a c h i a s m a M R I d a t a s e t. Scientific data (in press) |
| awarded scholarship |
(09/21) | Congratulations to cand. med. Sophie Korn for the scholarship award of a DOG-Doktorandenstipendium for her work on binocular visual acuity |
| course | (09/21) | Online combined Moorfields eye hospital/UCL and ISCEV 2021 Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision Course |
| welcome |
(09/21) | We welcome the orthoptist Jana Helling who just joined our orthoptics. |
| special issue |
(08/21) | in "Eye" on "Visual electrophysiology": link to open access articles |
| defense | (08/21) | Congratulations to Khaldoon Al-Nosairy - PhD-Thesis: "Structure and function in glaucoma: OCT/A and ERG investigations" |
| accepted |
(08/21) | Prabhakaran et al. Mapping visual field defects with fMRI - impact of approach and experimental conditions. Frontiers in Neuroscience (in press) |
| accepted |
(07/21) | Choritz et al. Telemedical applications in ophthalmology in times of COVID-19. Ophthalmologe (in press) |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) |
(07/21) | Koordinations-/Studienassistenz (Optometrist/Optiker/Orthoptist/MTAF etc.) - zur Unterstützung elektrophysiologischer Messungen im Rahmen einer Studie - zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Stellenausschreibung Koordinations-/Studienassistenz |
| JOB OPENING (PhD position)
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(07/21) | Within the unique european HORIZON 2020 Innovative Training Network
OptiVisT we are offering a
EU-funded PhD position on "Assessment of functional vision for daily life locomotion and navigation using VR" (duration: 3 years) Informal enquiries are welcome by Prof. Michael Hoffmann Check out OptiVisT-Recruitment for application process, employment and elegibility conditions. Deadline for applications is July 31st 2021. PhD projects will start in autumn 2021. |
| welcome |
(07/21) | We welcome the medical PhD students Henricke Buhr, Elizabeth Quanz, Theresa Eckermann who just joined our lab to start their thesis work. |
| award | (06/21) | Congratulations to Francie Kramer (MSc Optometry) for the Rupp-und Hubrach award
for her Master thesis entitled "VR-based investigation of orientation behavior in patients with glaucomatous visual deficits" |
| accepted |
(06/21) | Prabhakaran et al. Functional dynamics of de-afferented early visual cortex in glaucoma. Frontiers in Neuroscience (in press) |
| Studien- teilnehmer gesucht |
(06/21) | Interesse an Teilnahme an unserer aktuellen Studie "Gehen mit Glaukom"? Kontakt: Anruf unter 0391 67 17770 Video-Botschaft |
| accepted |
(05/21) | Al Nosairy et al. Non-invasive electrophysiology in glaucoma, structure and function - a review. Eye (in press) |
| JOB OPENING (research assistant - HIWI) |
(04/21) | wissenschaftl. studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) "HIWI" - zur Unterstützung elektrophysiologischer Patientenstudien - zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Stellenausschreibung HIWI |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) |
(04/21) | Optometrist/Optiker/Orthoptist/MTAF (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung der klinischen Elektrophysiologie - zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Stellenausschreibung Optometrist/Optiker/Orthoptist |
| JOB OPENING (technical assistant) | (04/21) | Orthoptist (m/w/d) - zur Unterstützung der Orthoptik - zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Stellenausschreibung Orthoptist |
| appointed |
(04/21) | Michael Hoffmann has been appointed scientific head of the Orthoptics at the Ophthalmic Department in Magdeburg |
| accepted |
(03/21) | Al-Nosairy et al. Structure-function relationship of retinal ganglion cells in multiple sclerosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021) |
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(03/21) | van den Bosch et al. Implanted microsensor continuous IOP telemetry suggests gaze and eyelid closure effects on IOP - a preliminary study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences (in press) IOVS (in press) |
| OPtiVisT Project Kick OFF
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(03/21) | The European HORIZON 2020 Innovative Training Network
OptiVisT
has kicked-off. We are currently in the recruitment process - Two PhD students will start their projects soon in summer in the Visual Processing Lab. Pressrelease: "Augenforscher von morgen" |
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(02/21) | Hoffmann et al. Neuro-computational approaches for objective visual function assessment. Ophthalmologe (in press) |
| JOB OPENINGS (PhD positions)
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(12/20) | Within the unique european HORIZON 2020 Innovative Training Network
OptiVisT we are offering EU-funded PhD positions (duration: 3 years) for two projects Visual evoked potential-based assessment of functional vision via natural stimulus perception Assessment of functional vision for daily life locomotion and navigation using VR Check out OptiVisT-Recruitment for application process, employment and elegibility conditions. Deadline for applications is February 28th 2021. PhD projects will start between July and October 2021. |
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(12/20) | Hoffmann et al. ISCEV standard for clinical multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) (2021 update) Documenta Ophthalmologica (in press) |
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(12/20) | Pollmann et al. Preserved contextual cueing in realistic scenes in patients with age-related macular degeneration Brain Sciences (2020) |
| in press |
(12/20) | Puzniak et al. Tracking the visual system - from optic chiasm to primary visual cortex Zeitschrift für Epileptologie (in press) |
| Defense | (11/20) | Congratulations to Francie Kramer - MSc-Thesis: "Virtual-Reality-basierte Untersuchung des Orientierungsverhaltens bei Patienten mit glaukomatöser Sehbeeinträchtigung" |
| Defense | (11/20) | Congratulations to David Muranyi - PhD-Thesis: "Skotopische multifokale visuell evozierte kortikale Potenziale" |
| Completion | (10/20) | EGRET/EGRET+ HORIZON ITN Program (2016-2020) EGRET-MOVIE |
| Online Conference |
(09/20) | 5th European Days of Albinism 2020 November 4th-7th |
| Studien- teilnehmer gesucht |
(09/20) | Interesse an Teilnahme an unserer aktuellen Studie "Gehen mit Glaukom"? Kontakt: Anruf unter 0391 67 17770 Video-Botschaft |
| accepted |
(09/20) | Al-Nosairy et al. Diagnostic performance of multifocal photopic negative response, pattern electroretinogram and optical coherence tomography in glaucoma Exp Eye Res (in press) |
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(09/20) | Al-Nosairy et al. Combined multi-modal assessment of glaucomatous damage with electroretinography and optical coherence tomography/angiography TVST ( in press) |
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(08/20) | Prabhakaran et al. Foveal pRF properties in the visual cortex depend on the extent of stimulated visual field. Neuroimage (in press) |
| in press |
(07/20) | Hamilton et al. ISCEV extended protocol for VEP methods of estimation of visual acuity. Documenta Ophthalmologica (in press) |
| accepted |
(06/20) | Al-Nosairy et al. Use of a novel telemetric sensor to study interactions of intraocular pressure and ganglion cell function in glaucoma. British Journal of Ophthalmology (in press) |
| accepted |
(05/20) | Hamilton et al. VEP estimation of visual acuity: a systematic review Documenta Ophthalmologica (in press) |
| Defense | (05/20) | Congratulatioins to Phillip Freundlieb - PhD-Thesis: "Konventionelle Sehschärfe und Übersehschärfe: Vergleich photopischer und skotopischer Bedingungen" |
| accepted |
(04/20) | Ahmadi et al. Triple visual hemifield maps in a case of optic chiasm hypoplasia. Neuroimage (in press) |
| =cancelled = (due to COVID19) | (04/20) | Sehen Verstehen - Week-end seminar (Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz) Date: 24-26th April 2020 |