06:00-07:00 | Early morning exercises |
07:00 | Breakfast |
08:00-09:00 | SESSION I: 'Function and Exploitation of Retinal microRNAs' CHAIR: Arpad Palfi, Dublin, Ireland - "Data mining of miRNA expression from retinal gene expression microarray"
Jun Yin, Bioinformatics Laboratory, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland - "MicroRNAs couple cell fate and developmental timing in retinal histogenesis"
Sarah Decembrini, Developmental Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK - "Regulation of microRNA expression in an in vitro model of retinal cell differentiation"
Laura Harwood, Centre for Vision Science, Queen’s University Belfast, UK - "Exploitation of microRNA-based gene repression in Rhodopsin-linked retinitis pigmentosa"
Claire Kilty, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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09:00-10:00 | SESSION II: ‘Proteomics in Vision Research’ CHAIR: Stefanie Hauck, Munich, Germany - "Application of LC-MS for microRNA Target Identification in Retinal Degeneration"
Carol Loscher, Trinitiy College, Dublin, Ireland - "Dissecting the connecting cilium protein complex"
Karlien Coene, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands - "Differential protein expression in vitreous of autoimmune uveitis"
Florian Hofmaier, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany - "Identification of interaction networks relevant for retinal degeneration"
Matteo Gorza, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30-11:30 | SESSION III ‘Clinical Trials in Vision Research’ CHAIR: Monika Fleckenstein, Bonn, Germany - "FAM-Study - a prospective longitudinal natural history study in AMD"
Arno P. Göbel, University of Bonn, Germany - "Improving Outreach Screening for Cataract in India"
David Kupitz, University of Bonn, Germany - Vision mediated by a subretinal electronic implant”
Katarina Stingl, Department of Ophthalmology Tuebingen, Germany - “Clinical Trials - Anything we should care about?”
Robert P. Finger, University of Bonn, Germany
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11:30-12:30 | SESSION IV 'Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease' CHAIR: Sophia Millington-Ward, Dublin - Evaluation of rAAV vectors for gene replacement therapy in a new canine model of Leber congenital amaurosis: the RPGRIP1 deficient dachshund dog”
Elsa Lheriteau, Nantes, France - “Protection of photoreceptor cells in a mouse model of RP10”
Lawrence Tam, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - “Retinal Gene Therapy”
Stylianos Michalakis, University of Munich, Germany - “Inhibition of light induced photoreceptor apoptosis by AAV-mediated modulation of the inner blood retina barrier and systemic injection of calpain inhibitors”
Anh Thi Hong Nguyen, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:00 | SESSION V: ‘Nonmammalian Vision’ CHAIR: Edda Kastenhuber, Zuerich, Switzerland - "Expressional and Functional Analysis of mGluR6 in the Zebrafish Retina"
Marion Haug, University of Zurich, Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland - "Touchdown: Visual Input Orchestrating Landings in Insects"
Torill Kornfeldt, Lund University, Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Zoology, Lund, Sweden - "Processing of Polarization Information in the Central Complex of the Locust Brain"
Miklós Bech, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Biology - Neurobiology/Ethology, Marburg, Germany - "Visual Behavior of Adult Zebrafish"
Kaspar Müller, University of Zurich, Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
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15:10-15:40 | Roundtable discussion I Career opportunities - Academia versus Industry - Arnd Carrette
Pharm-Allergan GmbH - Marius Ueffing
Department for Ophthalmology, Tuebingen Germany
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15:50-16:20 | Roundtable discussion II Research – Family - Career - Anneke den Hollander
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, The Netherlands
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16:20-16:50 | Coffee Break |
16:50-17:20 | Roundtable discussion III Career Development and Transferable Skills - T. Wheeler-Schilling, S. Diether, M. Bitzer
Research Management Unit, Department for Ophthalmology, University Hospital Tuebingen
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17:30-18:00 | Roundtable discussion IV Postdoc time abroad – where to go? - Per Ekstroem
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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18:15-19:00 | Keynote Lecture II "Vision of Innovation in Ophthalmologic Development" Prof. Craig Smith, MD CSU Forum Chair Clinical Science Unit Head Ophthalmology Novartis Pharma AG |
19:00-19:10 | Group Photo |
19:15-open end | Poster Session |
20:30-open end | Music, dancing and buffet in the inner bailey |