7th PRO RETINA Research Colloquium
jueves, 31 de marzo de 2011
El próximo 8 de abril tendrá lugar en Postdam el Coloquio RETINAL DEGENERATION ”“ Vision and Beyond -An Interdisciplinary Dialogue”
A continuación incluimos el programa:
Templiner See, 8. ”“ 9. April 2011
*PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*
Friday, April 8th 2011
13:00 ”“ 13:05: Opening remarks: Franz Badura (PRO RETINA Foundation, research division)
13:05 ”“ 13:25: Introduction: Eberhart Zrenner, Tí¼bingen, Chairman, Scientific Medical Advisory Board “Hereditary retinal degeneration ”“ Roadmaps of national and international research
13:25 ”“ 13:45: Spotlight: Bernd Wissinger, Tí¼bingen: “HOPE and orphan diseases in Germany”
13:45 ”“ 14:30: Opening lecture: Heinz Wí¤ssle, Frankfurt: “The Eye as a Window of the Brain”
14:30 ”“ 15:30: Break
15:30 ”“ 17:30: Session 1: “Channelrhodopsins: Applications and Photochemistry”
1. Peter Hegemann, Berlin: “Optogenetic tools for Retinal Prosthesis”
2. Nir Grossmann, London: “Engineering Optogenetic Retinal Prosthesis”
3. Botond Roska, Basel: “Restoring visual function with optogenetic tools”
4. Franz Bartl, Berlin: “Photochemistry of Channelrhodopsins”
17:30 ”“ 18:00: Keynote lecture: Roderick R. McInnes, Montreal: “Inherited photoreceptor degenerations: Why do the cells die, and what can we do about it?”
Saturday, April 9th 2011
08:30 ”“ 10:30: Session 2: “Organelles and retinal degeneration”
1. Jí¼rgen Kopitz, Heidelberg: “Lysosomal Dysfunction of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Age-related Macular Degeneration”
2. Patrick Dolph, New Haven: “Endocytosis-mediated cell death in Drosophila”
3. Mike Cheetham, London: “The X-linked retinitis pigmentosa protein RP2 in vesicle traffic and cilia function”
4. Miguel Seabra, London: “Rab GTPases, membrane traffic and retinal degeneration”
11:30 ”“ 12:55: Session 3: Selected Poster Presentation and Poster Award 2011