Special Research Lecture: A Physicist’s Approach to Macular Degeneration

The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics invites you to attend the 2012 Green Family Lecture featuring Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate, University of California Santa Barbara.

Thursday, May 31, 2012
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
BH Conference Room, Jules Stein Eye Institute

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ABSTRACT

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness among persons over 55 years of age. This talk will deal with a mathematical physicist’s approach to this disease. It includes quantitative diagnosis as well as reduction of the perceived visual distortions.