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Events and Reports

AGI Workshops

AGI Roadmapping; Virtual Workshop: November 9, 2020.

Understand Human Human Retina Biology and Perception: February 7, 2020.

Functional Imaging Technologies for Regenerative Medicine; ARVO Annual Meeting, Vancouver. Sunday, April 28, 2019. 

Stem Cells: Regeneration Methods for the Visual System; Hands-On Workshop. Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2017.

Creating a Cellular Environment for Neuroregeneration; Nov. 11, 2016.

Replacement of Retinal Ganglion Cells by Endogenous Sources; April 30, 2016.

Reconnecting Neurons in the Visual System; Oct. 16, 2015.

Photoreceptor Regeneration and Integration; May 2, 2015.

Regenerating the Optic Nerve; Nov. 19, 2014.

AGI Town Halls & Symposiums

ARVO 2021 Special Session "NEI Audacious Goals Initiative (AGI) presents:
New factors in regenerative medicine for vision research
," Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2021 annual meeting (virtual), Mar 5, 2021.

AGI Imaging Symposium; virtual event: February 2, 2021.

AGI Symposium "Functional Imaging Technologies for Regenerative Medicine," Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2019 annual meeting, April 28, 2019, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Vancouver Convention Centre, West 211, Vancouver.

AGI Town Hall, "Bringing Regenerative Medicine Therapies to the Clinic." Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, May 1, 2018, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Ballroom A, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu.

AGI Town Hall, "Advancing Cellular Therapies to the Clinic." Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, May 7, 2017. Baltimore Convention Center.

AGI Town Hall, "Regenerative Medicine Targets—Ocular Diseases and Disease States." Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, May 1, 2016. Washington State Convention Center, Seattle.

AGI Town Hall, "Regenerate and Reconnect: The Road Ahead for an Audacious Goal." Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, May 3, 2015. Colorado Convention Center, Denver.

AGI Seminar Series in Neuroregeneration

The NEI Audacious Goals Seminar Series in Neuroregeneration explores topics relevant to regenerative neuroscience and medicine, with special emphasis on the visual system.

Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Miami University. “Uncovering the roadmap towards retina regeneration via RPE reprogramming.” November 30, 2022. 

David R. Hyde, University of Notre Dame. "scRNA-Seq and scATAC-Seq for Retinal Regeneration." April 13, 2022.

Val Canto-Soler, CellSight; University of Colorado. “Human iPSC-derived 3D retinal tissue for stem cell-based therapies for retinal degenerative diseases.” November 19, 2021.

Kirill Martemyanov, Scripps Research Institute. "Connecting Photoreceptors." March 23, 2021

Alfredo Dubra, Stanford University & Jessica Morgan, University of Pennsylvania. "Platform Technologies for Microscopic Retinal Imaging: Development and Translation - Adaptive Optics Optoretinography: Assessing Photoreceptor Function in the Living Eye."  August 5, 2020

Michael Dyer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "Cellular Pliancy in Retinal Development and Disease." December 13, 2018

Jeffrey Goldberg, Stanford University. "Optic Nerve Regeneration: Uncovering Molecular Pathways." September 25, 2018

David Gamm, University of Wisconsin. "Production, Characterization, and Application of Stem Cell-Derived photoreceptors." June 6, 2017

Andrew Huberman, Stanford University. "Visual Restoration: Bridges and Gaps to Curing Blindness in Humans." January 24, 2017

Carla Shatz, Stanford University. "Saving the Synapse: Developmental Critical Periods and Amblyopia" video. October 25, 2016

John Flanagan, Harvard University. "Molecular Cues for Axon Guidance and Regeneration." April 6, 2016

Dennis Clegg, University of California Santa Barbara. "Vision for the Future: Cell Therapy for Ocular Disease." February 11, 2016

Joshua Sanes, Harvard University. "Assembly of Feature-Detecting Circuits in the Retina." November 15, 2015

Last updated: November 22, 2022