Webinar on the New AMD Integrative Biology Initiative - A Community Resource of Patient iPSC lines
The National Eye Institute (NEI) and New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute (NYSCF) are hosting an event to highlight the newly launched Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Integrative Biology Initiative. Topics of discussion for this webinar:
- The value of patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for AMD research and therapeutic discovery
- Information about the collection of AMD iPSC lines now available to the research community, how they were generated, and the rigorous quality control used
- How to obtain corresponding clinical data through the NEI Data Commons - overview of portal, what data is available, and how to request access
Agenda
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 2:00-3:00p ET (this meeting is open to the public)
Welcome/Intro - Steven Becker, Ph.D., NEI Office of Regenerative Medicine
Background/Systems Biology on AMD (PDF) - Kapil Bharti, Ph.D., NEI Senior Investigator
A community resource of AMD cell lines (PDF) - Lauren Bauer, New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
NEI Data Commons - Kerry Goetz, M.S., NEI Office of Data Science & Health Informatics
Q&A Session
Closing Remarks
Closed captioning is available for this event. If you require any other services, please contact the NEI Office of Regenerative Medicine at neiorm@nei.nih.gov at least 24 hours prior to the event.