*Most NEI staff are unable to attend the ARVO 2025 annual meeting in person.
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Presentations and poster session information.
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Saturday, May 3
| Time | Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Characterizing Adaptive Optics Choriocapillaris Images Using Feature Engineering | Zhen Hua | Room 251 PB0021 |
Sunday, May 4
| Time | Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Dynamic nuclear organization of NRL condensates in rod photoreceptors | Anjani Kumari | Poster Hall B0133 |
| 1 - 2:45 p.m. | An Investigation of Anaphylatoxins-Induced Expression of Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells | Congxiao Zhang | Poster Hall B0077 |
| 3:15 - 5 p.m. | Primary cilia defects in patient iPSC-RPE lead to mitochondrial changes potentially contributing to ciliopathy-mediated retinal degeneration | Dominik Reichert | Poster Hall B0489 |
| 3:15 - 5 p.m. | Glucocorticoid treatment remodels gene expression patterns in human trabecular meshwork cells by altering chromatin interactions and enhancer RNA activity | Nivedita Singh | Poster Hall B0433 |
| 4 - 4:15 p.m. | The Developmental Landscape of Children with Uveal Coloboma and its Relationship with Clinical Phenotype and Genetics | Ananya Pathapadu | Talk Ballroom D |
Monday, May 5
Sessions
| Time | Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Novel and Known Mutations in 15 Pakistani Families with Inherited Retinal Dystrophies | Mohd Shah | Poster Hall B0561 |
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Phylogenomic Analysis Reveals Evolutionary Origins and Divergence of Maf Proteins Through Whole-Genome Duplications | Soumitra Pal | Poster Hall B0582 |
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Trehalose-conjugated corynomycolates of Corynebacterium mastitidis Drive IL-17A Production in γδ T Cells | Xu Xiaoyan | Poster Hall B0543 |
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Closed loop optical eye tracking and real time data streaming for 3 MHz adaptive optics swept source optical coherence tomography | Qiang Yang | Poster Hall A0126 |
| 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. | Modulates NRL-Mediated Gene Regulation in Rod photoreceptors | Madhuri Arya | Talk Ballroom J |
| 3-4:45 p.m. | Multimodal Adaptive Optics Imaging of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells and Cone Photoreceptors in a Disease of Immune-Mediated Retinal Degeneration | Nancy Aguilera | Poster Hall A0057 |
| 3 - 4:45 pm | Assessing outer retinal structure across healthy aging, sex, and age-related macular degeneration using adaptive optics optical coherence tomography | Vineeta Das | Poster Hall A0069 |
Tuesday, May 6
Sessions
| Time | Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Plasticity of ARPE-19 RPE cell line is evidenced by proteomics analyses of cultures in grown in media with different supplementations. | Gleysin Cabrera Herrera | Poster Hall A0541 |
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Ophthalmic and Ocular Motor Features of Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7 | Claire Kim | Poster Hall B0331 |
| 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Age Estimation of TMEM216 c.-69G>A and c.-69G>T Mutations in Pakistani and African Populations Affected by Non-Syndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa | Shiwali Goyal | Poster Hall B0173 |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. | Characterization of Cone Photoreceptor Diameter in Areas of Enlarged Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Choroideremia Carriers Visualized Using Adaptive Optics | Emma Attar | Talk Ballroom H |
| 1:15 - 3 p.m. | The origin of nrl from the maf family of transcription factors in Chordata | Amy Chen | Poster Hall B0266 |
| 1:15 - 3 p.m. | Mitovesicles as the next-generation nanotherapeutics for retinal ganglion cell protection and regeneration by activating energy-driven mechanisms in glaucoma | Sandeep Vishwakarma | Poster Hall A0433 |
| 3:30 - 5:15 p.m. | Reserpine-related small molecules enhance photoreceptor survival in rodent and human models of retinal degeneration | Minji Kim | Poster Hall B0229 |
| 3:30 - 5:15 p.m. | Sex bias in retinal gene expression, regulation and disease | Ting Yi Lin | Poster Hall B0534 |
Wednesday, May 7
Sessions
| Time | Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Quantifying lipofuscin, melanosome, and melanolipofuscin contributions to retinal autofluorescence with multi-excitation fluorescence lifetime imaging of human donor eyes | Andrew Bower | Poster Hall A0209 |
| 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | EphA10: A Potential Regulator of Synapse Formation and Function in the Mouse Central Nervous System | Sophia Ibarguen | Poster Hall A0314 |
| 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Activating Transcription 4 (ATF4) is a Novel interactor of Rod Photoreceptor Transcription Factor Neural Retina Leucine-Zipper (NRL) | Kiam Preston | Poster Hall A0313 |
| 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Refining the phenotype of TMEM216 Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa | Wadih Zein | Poster Hall B0020 |
| 2 - 3:45 p.m. | A network-based approach to elucidate mechanisms of and therapy targets for retinal degenerative diseases: Unraveling the retinal diseasome | Anupam Mondal | Poster Hall B0345 |
Thursday, May 8
Sessions
| Time | Title | Author | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-9:45 a.m. | CRALBP levels are decreased in retinal pigment epithelium from Oculocutaneous albinism type 1A individuals derived using induced pluripotent stem cells | Chloe Adams | Poster Hall A0050 |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Retinal pigment epithelium derived from three ethnicities show different baseline phenotypes and response to stressors | Fares Alrefai | Poster Hall A0046 |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Region specific iPSC-RPE Models Reveal Differential Sensitivity to AMD | Sena Gul | Poster Hall A0072 |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Structural assessment of cone photoreceptors near flecks in Stargardt disease using adaptive optics | Sierra Hyland | Poster Hall A0391 |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Versatile 3D-Printed Platforms Improve Retinal Organoid Culture Outcomes | Kyle Schwab | Poster Hall A0060 |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Determination of non-stochastic changes of RPE organelles during cell polarization using volumetric image analysis | Davide Ortolan | Poster Hall A0071 |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Disease phenotype characterization of AREDS2 High Risk iPSC-RPE | Ali Otadi | Poster Hall A0076 |
| 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | An ex vivo model of aged human Bruch’s membrane for evaluating cell-based therapeutics | Elena Daniele | Poster Hall A0178 |
| 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Modeling Lysosomal Dysfunction in Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Cells Using Hydroxychloroquine: Insights into RPE Aging and Disease | Helena Herzog | Poster Hall A0191 |
| 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | IL-12p35 protein plays essential role in suppressing inflammation in the neuroretina | Chengrong Yu | Poster Hall B0198 |
| 12:17 - 12:34 p.m. | Long-read RNA-seq improves transcript isoform detection and molecular diagnosis of inherited retinal diseases | Bin Guan | Talk Ballroom G |