Prof. Dr. Frank Schaeffel

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSensory and Behavioural Biology,Molecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology
KeywordsVisuelle Kontrolle des Augenwachstums u. Kurzsicht, Retinale Bildverarb., Analyse der Transmittersys., Identifik. d. Wachstumsfakt., Entw. opt. Meßtechn.

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityTübingen
InstitutionUniversitäts-Augenklinik
InstituteSektion Neurobiologie des Auges

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship03/12/1996

Programme(s)

1996Max Planck Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002Michaela Blitzer and Frank Schaeffel: Defocus-Induced Changes in ZENK Expression in the Chicken Retina. In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2002, 246-252
2002Anne Seidemann, Frank Schaeffel: Effects of longitudinal chromatic aberration on accommodation and emmetropization. In: Vision Research, 2002, 2409-2417
2002Anne Seidemann and Frank Schaeffel: Peripheral refractive errors in myopic, emmetropic, and hyperopic young subjects. In: J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 2002, 2363-2373
2001Sigrid Diether, Florian Gekeler, and Frank Schaeffel: Changes in Contrast Sensitivity Induced by Defocus and Their Possible Relations to Emmetropization in the Chicken. In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2001, 3072-3079
2000Silke Thomas, Frank Schaeffel: Developmental compensation of imposed astigmatism is not initiated by astigmatic accommodation in chickens. In: Vision Research, 2000, 3553-3558
2000Michael Choi, Stefan Weiss, PhD, Frank Schaeffel, PhD, Anne Seidemann, Howard C. Howland, PhD, Baerbel Wilhelm, MD, and Helmut Wilhelm, MD: Laboratory, Clinical, and Kindergarten Test of a New Eccentric Infrared Photorefractor (PowerRefractor). In: Optometry and Vision Science, 2000, 537-548
1999Frank Schaeffel, Stefan Weiss and Jörg Seidel: How good is the match between the plane of the text and the plane focus during reading?. In: Ophthal. Physiol. Opt., 1999, 180-192
1999Andy J. Fischer, Jennifer J. McGuire, Frank Schaeffel and William K. Stell: Light- and focus-dependent expression of the transcription factor ZENK in the chick retina. In: nature neuroscience, 1999, 706-712
1999Sigrid Diether, Frank Schaeffel: Long-term changes in retinal contrast sensitivity in chicks from frosted occluders and drugs: relations to myopia?. In: Vision Research, 1999, 2499-2510