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SymposiumSymposium on AMD
Harvard Medical School - Dept. of Ophthalmology Symposium NEW DATE: 05. to 06.11.2021MA 02114 Boston, USA
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25.09.2020, 07:00 - 26.09.2020, 15:30Veranstalter
Harvard Medical School - Department of OphthalmologyKurzbeschreibung
Today, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains a leading cause of blindness in developed countries—affecting more than 15 million people in the United States alone. The Biennial Symposium on AMD brings together vision scientists and researchers from related fields to discuss the latest topics in AMD research. The goal of this symposium is to propel innovative AMD research that will ultimately eradicate this blinding disease.Gebühren
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Teilnehmer max.
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300,00 USDHinweis
Gala Dinner: 100 USD
Gala Dinner Ticket for HMS Postdoctoral Fellow: 100 USDÄrzte/-innen in Weiterbildung
Teilnehmer max.
unbegrenzt
Gebühren ab
50,00 USDHinweis
Gala Dinner: 100 USD
Gala Dinner Ticket for HMS Postdoctoral Fellow: 100 USDDeadlines
Abstract
01.06.2020 Hinweis
Up to 10 Travel Awards will be given, thanks to support from an NEI/NIH conference grant. Postdoctoral fellows and newly appointed faculty (within 3 years of appointment start date) at academic-based institutions are eligible. Submission Requirements - Abstract title - Names of all authors and their institutions, with the presenting author first - Separate paragraphs for: purpose, methods, results, and conclusions* - The funding source(s) - Support letter from your mentor *Maximum length: 350 words Email your abstract to erin_porter@meei.harvard.edu as Microsoft Word document -
Friday September 25th
07:00
Welcome Breakfast and Registration
08:00
Welcome
08:05
Opening Address
Andrew D. Dick , MBBS, BSc
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Bristol, UKMICROBIOME
Moderator:
Michael S. Gilmore, PhD, Sir William Osler Professor of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School08:30
Use of gnotobiotic animal models in AMD
Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago Medicine08:55
Allen Taylor, PhD
Professor of Nutrition, Development, Molecular and Chemical Biology, and Ophthalmology, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University School of Medicine
09:20
Hera Vlamikas, MD
Senior Group Leader - Microbiome, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT09:45
Panel Discussion
10:25
Break
MICROGLIA
Moderator:
Demetrios G. Vavvas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School10:45 Microglia - Gatekeepers into the neuroretina
Kip M. Connor, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School11:10 Beth Stevens, PhD
Research Associate in Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital11:35 Wei T. Wong, PhD
Investigator: Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute-National Institutes of Health12:00 Panel Discussion
12:40 Lunch
OXIDATIVE STRESS
Moderator:
Silvia C. Finnemann, PhD, Professor, Bepler Chair in Biology, Fordham University13:40 The role of reactive oxygen species in physiology and pathology
Andrey Y. Abramov, PhD
Professor, University College, London14:05 John D. Ash, PhD
Francis M. Bullard Eminent Scholar Chair in Ophthalmic Sciences
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Florida College of Medicine14:30 Oxidative Stress: What role does it play and when is it involved in AMD?
James T. Handa, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, John Hopkins Medicine14:55 Panel Discussion
15:35 Break
16:00
Introduction to Friedman Lecture
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD
Charles Edward Whitten Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear16:10
Intrdocuction to Speaker
Joan W. Miller, MD
Chair, Harvard Ophthalmology
Chief, Mass. Eye and Ear, Mass General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital16:15
Friedman Lecture: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease of accumulated debris. Is it time to Spring clean?
Robyn H. Guymer, PhD
Deputy Director, Deputy Head Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne18:00
Gala Dinner
The Liberty Hotel (registration required)
Saturday September 26th
07:30
Welcome Breakfast
08:30
Welcome Back
Ivana K. Kim, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, HMS, Mass. Eye and EarAGING OF THE RPE/CHOROID
Moderator: tba
08:40 P. Michael Iuvone, PhD
Sylvia Montag Ferst and Frank W. Ferst Endowed Research Chair, Emory Eye Center09:05 Toren Finkel, MD, PhD
Director; Professor of Medicine, G. Nicholas Beckwith III and Dorothy B. Beckwith Chair in Translational Medicine, Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh, Division of Cardiology09:30 Heping Xu, MD, PhD
Professor of Ocular Immunology, The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast09:55 Panel Discussion
10:35 Break
CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE PROGRESSION
Moderator: tba
10:45 Julie Goodwin, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology), Yale School of Medicine11:10 Yin Shan Eric Ng, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear11:35 Douglas Vollrath, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine12:00 Panel Discussion
12:40 Lunch
TISSUE CULTURE MODELS
Moderator:
Magali Saint Geniez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School13:40 Rosario Fernandez-Godino, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School14:05 Deborah Ferrington, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Minnesota14:30 Engineering strategies for building biomimetic neurovascular tissue models
Ethan S. Lippman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt School of Engineering14:55 Panel Discussion
15:20 Closing Remarks
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