[visionlist] 14th Vision Research Conference

[Webb, Francesca (ELS-OXF)]

Hi,

Please could you post the below conference announcement on Visionlist and let me know once updated?

14th Vision Research Conference

Retina Ciliopathies: From Genes to Mechanisms and Treatment

Date: 4-5 May 2012

Location: Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA


The 14th Vision Research Conference is a two-day satellite meeting
prior to ARVO 2012.

In recent years numerous mutations in genes encoding proteins involved in
development, structure, function and maintenance of photoreceptor cilia
have been linked to human disease. The preARVO satellite meeting will
review the latest developments in retina ciliopathies including retinitis
pigmentosa, Leber congenital amaurosis, and Usher/ Bardet Biedl syndromes.
We will focus on genes involved in intraflagellar transport, photoreceptor
outer segment morphogenesis, molecular motors and novel animal models that
closely mimic human ciliopathies. Main emphasis is on human/mouse genetics,
next generation DNA sequencing, proteomics, biochemistry, and cell biology.

 

CALL FOR POSTERS

Abstract submission deadline: 3 February 2012
Abstracts are invited for poster presentations on the topics below. Please
submit abstracts using the online submission system on the conference

website at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com <http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/> 


SESSIONS

Opening Speaker: George Witman, University of Massachusetts, USA

Cilia, IFT and disease


Session 1: Vesicular trafficking in photoreceptors and RPE
Chair: Miguel Seabra, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Session 2: Intraflagellar transport in photoreceptors
Chair: Eric A Pierce, Harvard Medical School, USA

Session 3: Photoreceptor disk morphogenesis
Chair: Ching-Hwa Sung, Cornell University, USA

Session 4: Non-syndromic retinal ciliopathies
Chair: Marius Ueffing, University of Tübingen, Germany

Session 5: Syndromic ciliopathies
Chair: Hemant Khanna,University of Massachusetts, USA

Session 6: Ciliary systems biology
Chair: Ronald Roepman, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Session 7: Animal models of retinal ciliopathies
Chair: Tiansen Li, NEI, USA

 ORGANIZERS

Wolfgang Baehr, University of Utah, USA
Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Marius Ueffing, University of Tübingen, Germany
Samuel M. Wu, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

This meeting is co-sponsored by the journal Vision Research, Elsevier and ARVO.


Visit the conference website for more information:

http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com <http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/> 

 

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Francesca Webb

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