[visionlist] Twelfth Annual Vision Research Conference, 2009

[Rogers, Kelly (ELS-OXF)]

Dear colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce that abstract submission deadline for the
Twelfth Annual Vision Research Conference is 02 February 2009!

 

Posters can be submitted here:
http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/call.htm

 

For general information about the conference see:
http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/index.htm

 

Please see below for more information on the conference and on how to
submit your abstract.

 

With best wishes,

 

Kelly Rogers

 

 

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CALL FOR POSTERS

Twelfth Annual Vision Research Conference

Mechanisms of Macular Degeneration

A two-day satellite event prior to the 2009 meeting of ARVO

 

May 1st - 2nd, 2009

 

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/index.htm

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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The meeting will review the latest developments in the genetics of AMD,
and focus on animal models that closely mimic early or late onset human
macular diseases. Major areas to be covered will be mechanisms that lead
to macular dystrophies, novel animal models of macular degeneration, and
upcoming strategies in pharmacological and gene-based therapies in
animal models. 

 

 

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LOCATION: FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, USA

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The conference will take place at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward
County Convention Center, which is conveniently located in the city,
just minutes away from the many restaurants, shops, and galleries of Las
Olas Boulevard. Nearby are beaches offering a wide variety of water
sports. Sightseeing trips can be arranged to the Bahamas Islands, the
Florida Everglades and the waterways of the "Venice of America".

 

 

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SESSION TOPICS AND CHAIRS

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AMD/Angiogenesis/VEGF 

Chair: Bala Ambati, University of Utah, USA

 

AMD Gene defects: Focus on Biology/Clinical Manifestations) 

Chair: Rando Allikmets, Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons, USA

 

AMD: Pathogenesis, Genetics, Mechanisms and Treatments 

Plenary Speaker: Dean Bok, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

 

Animal models of MD and cone dystrophies 

Chair: Donald Zack, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

 

Cone degeneration and cone survival 

Chair: Constance Cepko, Harvard Medical School, USA

 

Gene-based therapies in animal models of MD 

Chair: Jean Bennett, University of Pennsylvania, USA

 

Nutritional Biochemistry of Macular Degeneration 

Chair: Paul Bernstein, University of Utah, USA

 

The macula in health and disease 

Chair: Gregory Hageman, University of Iowa, USA

An additional satellite meeting on "Coma and Consciousness" organized by
Steven Laureys will take place on June 4th 2009.

 

http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/sessions.htm

 

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NOW OPEN: POSTER SUBMISSIONS

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Abstracts for poster presentation are now invited. Please submit your
abstract here:
http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/call.htm 

 

Topics of interest will include: 

AMD/Angiogenesis/VEGF 

AMD Gene defects: Focus on Biology/Clinical Manifestations) 

AMD: Pathogenesis, Genetics, Mechanisms and Treatments 

Animal models of MD and cone dystrophies 

Cone degeneration and cone survival 

Gene-based therapies in animal models of MD 

Nutritional Biochemistry of Macular Degeneration 

The macula in health and disease

 

THE DEADLINE FOR PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSION IS FEBRUARY 2ND 2009.

 

 

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ORGANIZERS

 

The conference organizers for the Twelfth Annual Vision Research
Conference: Wolfgang Baehr, University of Utah, USA; Gregory Hageman,
University of Iowa, USA; Theodore Wensel, Baylor College of Medicine,
USA; Samuel Wu, Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Donald Zack, The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

 

Organized and sponsored by Elsevier's Vision Research Journal and
co-sponsored by ARVO.

 

Please direct any further questions to the conference secretariat:
Charlotte Wilkins, ch.wilkins at elsevier.com

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