[vslist] The Retinoid Cycle and Retina Disease: Call for Posters

Tue Nov 19 08:30:01 2002

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The Seventh Annual Vision Research Conference 'The Retinoid Cycle and =
Retina Disease' will take place May 2-3, 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, USA =
prior to the 2003 ARVO Annual Meeting.

Abstracts are now invited for poster presentations to supplement the =
invited oral program. Abstracts should be submitted using the online =
submission form at http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com by February =
7, 2003.

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The purpose of the conference is to summarize current knowledge =
regarding mechanisms of photobleaching in rods and cones, and the =
metabolism of retinoids in photoreceptors and the RPE. Particular =
emphasis will be given to explore gene defects leading to human retina =
disease, and to investigate naturally occurring and laboratory-generated =
animal models for these diseases.=20

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Session topics and chairs are as follows:

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Bleaching of rhodopsin and its regeneration

Chair: Klaus Peter Hofmann, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

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The retinoid cycle in the vertebrate retina

Chair: M Carter Cornwall, Boston University School of Medicine, USA

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The retinoid cycle in the RPE

Chair: Carola Driessen, University Medical Centre St Radboud, The =
Netherlands

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Cone pigment regeneration

Chair: Rosalie Crouch, Medical University of South Carolina, USA

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Intersection of phototransduction and the retinoid cycle

Chair: David R Pepperberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

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The age-old isomerase problem and photoisomerization

Chair: Krzysztof Palczewski, University of Washington School of =
Medicine, USA

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Retina disease associated with mutations in retinoid cycle genes

Chair: Alan C Bird, University of London, UK

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Animal models: transgenics, knockouts and naturally occurring

Chair: Wolfgang Baehr, University of Utah, USA

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For full details of the conference, including guidelines on how to =
submit an abstract, please visit the conference website at =
http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com or contact Claire Norris at =
visionresearch@ntlworld.com for a copy of the first announcement.

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<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT =
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<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT =
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conference,=20
including guidelines on how to submit an abstract, please visit the =
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website at </FONT><A =
href=3D"http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com/"><FONT=20
face=3DArial>http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com</FONT></A><FONT =
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or contact Claire Norris at </FONT><A =
href=3D"visionresearch@ntlworld.com "><FONT=20
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for a copy of=20
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