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Translational Research and Vision
Program
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National Eye Institute |
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THURSDAY, JUNE 24th Bldg 10 - Masur Auditorium | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Registration & coffee |
| Evening Session | |
| Chairperson: | Emily Y. Chew, M.D. National Eye Institute, NIH |
| 3:30 - 3:40 pm | Prosthetics and Devices for Vision |
| 3:40 - 4:10 pm |
Edward S. Boyden, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Controlling Brain Circuits with Light: Enabling Integrative Analysis and Engineering of Neural Systems |
| 4:20 - 4:50 pm |
Mark S. Humayun, M.D., Ph. D. University of Southern California Bioelectronic Devices for Ophthalmology; from Benchtop to the Clinic |
| 4:50 - 5:30 pm | Light Refreshments |
| FRIDAY, JUNE 25th | Bldg 10 - Masur Auditorium |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Registration & Coffee |
| Morning Session | |
| 9:00 - 9:05 am |
WELCOME ADDRESS Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Eye Institute, NIH |
| 9:05 - 9:15 am |
OPENING ADDRESS Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Institutes of Health |
| Chairperson: | Hemin R. Chin, Ph.D. National Eye Institute |
| 9:15 - 9:25 am | Genomes and Gene Therapy for Vision |
| 9:25 - 10:10 am |
James M. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Viral Vectors for Gene Therapy directed to the Retina |
| 10:10 - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 11:05 am | Jay Neitz, Ph.D. & Maureen Neitz, Ph.D. University of Washington Mending Myopia/ Recovering the Rainbow |
| 11:05 - 11:25 pm |
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Eye Institute, NIH |
| 11:25 - 11:45 am |
Wai T. Wong, M.D., Ph.D. National Eye Institute, NIH Retinal Microglia in Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
| 11:45 am - 12:05 pm |
Emily Chew, M.D. National Eye Institute, NIH Clinical Trials of AMD: Age-Related Eye Disorder Studies (ARDES and ARDES II) |
| 12:05 - 1:15 pm | Lunch break |
| Afternoon Session | |
| Chairperson: | Anand Swaroop, Ph.D. National Eye Institute, NIH |
| 1:15 - 1:30 pm | Therapies for Retinal Disease |
| 1:30 - 2:05 pm |
Christopher P. Austin, M.D. National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH Translational Research for Rare and Neglected Targets and Diseases: NCGC and TRND |
| 2:05 - 2:40 pm | Dennis O. Clegg, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara Generation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells |
| 2:40 - 3:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:00 - 3:45 pm | Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University How do Astrocytes Promote Synaptogenesis? |
| 3:45 - 4:00 pm | CONCLUDING REMARKS Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Eye Institute, NIH |
