[visionlist] Fourteenth Vision Research Conference - Announcing Invited Speakers

[Webb, Francesca (ELS-OXF)]

Fourteenth Vision Research Conference

 

RETINA CILIOPATHIES: From Genes to Mechanisms and Treatment

4-5 May 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com

 

Two-day satellite meeting prior to ARVO 2012

 

The preARVO 2012 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.

 

 

SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED:

 

Cilia, IFT and disease

Opening Speaker: George Witman, University of Massachusetts, USA

 

Session 1: Vesicular trafficking in photoreceptors and RPE

Chair: Miguel C. Seabra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Dusanka Deretic, University of New Mexico, USA 

David S. Williams, University of California Los Angeles, USA

Clare Futter, University College London, UK

Peter Calvert, SUNY, USA 

Enrique J. Rodriguez-Boulan, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

 

Session 2: Intraflagellar transport in photoreceptors

Chair: Eric A. Pierce, Harvard Medical School, USA

Iain A. Drummond, Harvard University, USA

Jonathan M. Scholey, University of California at Davis, USA

Brian Perkins, Texas A&M University, USA

Esben Lorentzen, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

Karsten Boldt, University of Tübingen, Germany

 

Session 3: Photoreceptor disk morphogenesis

Chair: Ching-Hwa Sung, Cornell University, USA 

Robert R. Molday, University of British Columbia, Canada

Takahisa Furukawa, Osaka University, Japan 

Jarema Malicki, Tufts University, USA

Vadim Y. Arshavsky, Duke University, USA 

Ching-Hwa Sung, Cornell University, USA

 

Session 4: Non-syndromic retinal ciliopathies

Chair: Marius Ueffing, University of Tübingen, Germany

Eric A. Pierce, Harvard Medical School, USA

Josef C. Besharse, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA 

Alfred Wittinghofer, Max PIanck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany

Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts, USA

 

Session 5: Syndromic ciliopathies

Chair: Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts, USA

Gregory J. Pazour, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Philip L. Beales, University College London, UK

Nicholas Katsanis, Duke University, USA

Daniel A. Doherty, University of Washington, USA

Uwe Wolfrum, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany 

Anand Swaroop, NEI, USA

 

Session 6: Ciliary systems biology

Chair: Ronald Roepman, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands 

Peter Jackson, Genentech, USA 

Rob Russell, Bioquant, Heidelberg University, Germany

Max V. Nachury, Stanford University, USA

Ronald Roepman, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands

 

Session 7: Animal models of retinal ciliopathies

Chair: Tiansen Li, NEI, USA 

Guoxin Ying, University of Utah, USA

Jun Yang, University of Utah, USA

Shobi Veleri, NEI, USA

David Simons, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

 

Presentation titles for the Oral Program will be announced shortly.

 

 

CALL FOR POSTERS:

Submit abstracts for poster presentations  by 3 February 2012

 

 

Visit the conference website to:

- sign-up for program updates

- submit your abstract for poster presentation

- register for early booking delegate rates

 

www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com

 

 

Francesca Webb

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