[visionlist] Call for Papers - Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference

[Rogers, Kelly (ELS-OXF)]

Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference

Retinal ganglion cells: development, function, and disease 

www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com

 

Date: 30 April - 1 May 2010 

Location: Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

 

This conference aims to bring together leading basic and clinical
scientists to share the latest research on retinal ganglion cells and
their roles in vision and disease. The goal is to take a comprehensive
look at this critical and complex class of neurons, examining their
development and establishment of axonal and dendritic connections, their
diverse functions in processing signals from the outer retina and
detecting light directly, how they are affected in glaucoma, optic nerve
damage, and other disease conditions, and how our understanding of these
processes can lead to novel therapeutic approaches.

 

Call for Posters:
Call for poster presentations deadline: 3 February 2010

Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral
presentation based on their poster and latest results.


Submit your abstract online at
http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp

 

Sessions

Signal processing by retinal ganglion cells

Session Chair: David Copenhagen, University of California at San
Francisco, USA 

 

Photosensitive ganglion cells

Session Chair: David Berson, Brown University, USA

 

Ganglion cell development and axonal targeting

Session Chair: Carol A. Mason, Columbia University, USA

 

Optic nerve damage and regeneration

Session Chair: Thomas Reh, University of Washington, USA

 

Mechanisms of ganglion cell death/animal models

Session Chair: Richard Masland, Harvard University, USA

 

Pathogenesis/neuro-protection for ganglion cells

Session Chair: Robert Weinreb, University of California at San Deigo,
USA

 

Gene defects associated with ganglion cell disease

Session Chair: Janey L. Wiggs, Harvard University, USA

 

Novel therapeutic approaches in glaucoma

Session Chair: Paul Kaufman, University of Wisconsin, USA

 

All abstracts will be refereed and a criterion of rejection will be lack
of originality. A condition of submission is that, if accepted, the
paper will be presented at the Thirteenth Annual Vision Research
Conference by one of the authors. 

 

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic
receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted
in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be
returned to you.

 

Registration fees

For registrations received prior to the conference: 

 

Academic Registration Fee- $355 

Industrial Registration Fee- $520 

Student* Registration Fee- $220 

* Student registration fee applicable for undergraduate students or
those studying towards a post-graduate qualification. Must be
accompanied with a letter from your head of department attesting to your
student status

 

For registrations received onsite:

 

Onsite Academic Registration Fee- $414 

Onsite Industrial Registration Fee- $580 

Onsite Student* Registration Fee- $250 

* Student registration fee applicable for undergraduate students or
those studying towards a post-graduate qualification. Must be
accompanied with a letter from your head of department attesting to your
student status

 

Registration includes

Access to all conference sessions 

Access to poster areas 

Abstract book available at the conference and conference documentation 

Mid-session refreshments as scheduled in the conference program 

A Special issue of Vision Research containing original papers by the
invited speakers, to be mailed to all registered delegates after the
conference 

Please note: The registration fee does not include lunch on either
conference day. Lunch options will be available for delegates on a cash
basis.

 

Contact Us

Amy Hill

Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Secretariat

 

Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843051

Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958

Email: a.hill at elsevier.com

 

Mail: Amy Hill, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington,
Oxford OX5 1GB, UK

 

This event is sponsored by ARVO (www.arvo.org) and Elsevier's Vision
Research Journal.

 

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Kelly Rogers

Marketing Manager

Conferences - Commercial Sales

Elsevier - Oxford, (Kidlington), England

T: +44 1865 843181  F: +44 1865 843907  E: k.rogers at elsevier.com

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