UC Berkeley researcher to present UAB School of Optometry visiting scholar seminar

William S. Tuten, O.D., Ph.D., will present on the use of adaptive optics ophthalmoscopes to increase understanding of photoreceptor cells.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry will host William S. Tuten, O.D., Ph.D., clinical scientist, University of California, Berkeley Vision Science Program, as its visiting scholar.

Tuten will present “Using adaptive optics to study structure and function at the cellular scale in retinal disease” at noon Monday, March 2, in the Worrell Conference Room in the Henry Peters Building, 1716 University Blvd.

The seminar will discuss the use of adaptive optics ophthalmoscopes to capture images of the human retina during the past two decades. This gave scientists unprecedented access into individual photoreceptor cells and increased the understanding of their structure in normal eyes and in those with retinal disease.