This Years meeting focuses on current research in retinal degeneration, addressing genetic disease mechanisms, photoreceptor preservation and restoration, RPE dysfunction, and the role of non-neuronal cells. It highlights experimental models, emerging therapeutic strategies, and the translation of basic research into improved patient care.

• Basisinformation
  Datum

  17.04.2026, 13:00 - 18.04.2026, 15:00

  Seminar

  Potsdam

  Sprache

  Englisch

  Gebühren ab

  110.00 EUR

  Veranstalter

  Albrecht Mayer Stiftung und Retina Plus
  

  Organisator

  Albrecht Mayer Stiftung
  Franz Badura
  Tel.: +49 171 6 57 33 77
  info@albrecht-mayer-stiftung.de
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  Agentur BEvention
  Katharina Bedenk
  Am Steinbüttel 6
  97509 Kolitzheim

   

  
  
  

• VERANSTALTUNGSORT
  Seminaris SeeHotel Potsdam
  An der Pirschheide 40
  14471 Potsdam, DE
• Programm

   

  FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026
  13:00	Registration and Check-in
  14:00 – 15:00	Welcome reception with coffee and snacks
  15:00 – 15:15	Welcome remarks Franz Badura (Amberg, Germany)
  15:15 – 16:00	Keynote lecture Hélène Dollfus (Strasbourg, France) »The genetic architecture of retinal degenerations and diagnostic methods«
  16:00 – 17:45	SESSION 1 SELECTED POSTER PRESENTATIONS EIGHT ABSTRACTS TO BE SELECTED
  17:45 – 19:00	Dinner
  19:00 – 20:00	PANEL DISCUSSION 20 YEARS OF THE RETINA RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM IN POTSDAM
  20:00	Swingin‘ poster session
  SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026
  09:00 – 10:30	SESSION 2 PHOTORECEPTORS IN RETINAL DEGENERATION Session chair: Marius Ader (Dresden, Germany)
  09:00 – 09:30	Jacqui van der Spuy (London, UK) »Organoids for modulating hereditary retinal diseases«
  09:30 – 10:00	Rachael Pearson (London, UK) »Rewiring the retina after photoreceptor transplantation: lessons from development«
  10:00 – 10:30	Melita Kaltak (Nijmegen, Netherlands) »Splicing modulation therapy for inherited retinal diseases«
  10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break with scientific chit-chat
  11:00 – 12:30	SESSION 3 RPE DYSFUNCTION AS DRIVER OF RETINAL DISEASE Session chair: Diana Pauly (Marburg, Germany)
  11:00 – 11:30	Susanne Koch (Munich, Germany) »The versatile roles of retinal pigment epithelium in the pathophysiology of retinitis pigmentosa«
  11:30 – 12:00	Jacopo Di Russo (Aachen, Germany) »Mechanical homeostasis of retinal pigment epithelium across space and time«
  12:00 – 12:30	Karolina Kaminska (Basel, Switzerland) »Bi-allelic variants in three genes encoding distinct subunits of the vesicular AP-5 complex cause hereditary macular dystrophy«
  12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
  13:30 – 15:00	SESSION 4 FOCUS ON NON-NEURONAL CELL TYPES IN RETINAL DEGENERATION Session chair: Antje Grosche (Munich, Germany)
  13:30 – 14:00	Alessandro Arrigo (Milan, Italy) »Müllerotrophy and Mülleropathy – a clinical perspective«
  14:00 – 14:30	Lucas Stürzbecher (Berlin, Germany) »T cells in retinal pathology«
  14:30 – 15:00	Daniel Saban (Durham, USA) »Microglia as modifiers of retinal degenerative diseases«
  15:00	Closing remarks Franz Badura (Amberg, Germany)

• Gebühren

  Fachärzte/-innen	Gebühren ab 190,00 EUR Early Bird bis 01.03.2026 170,00 EUR
  Ärzte/-innen in Weiterbildung	Gebühren ab 170,00 EUR Early Bird bis 01.03.2026 150,00 EUR
  Studenten/-innen	Gebühren ab 130,00 EUR Early Bird bis 01.03.2026 110,00 EUR

  Fees include accommodation and catering.
• Buchung / Anmeldung

  The registration deadline is April 10, 2026.

  Rgistration: www.potsdam-meeting.org

   

   

   

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