[vslist] Retinal Cell Rescue: Extended Poster Abstract Deadline

[Karen Purvis]

Retinal Cell Rescue: Stem Cells, Remodelling, Neuroprotection, Apoptosis, and Replacement of Retinal Neurons
 
The Sixth Annual Vision Research Conference ‘Retinal Cell Rescue’ takes place May 3-4, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, USA prior to the 2002 ARVO Annual Meeting.

Full details of the invited oral program are now available via the conference website at 
http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com/program.htm Details of the invited speakers are included below.
 
Session topics are as follows: Gene based therapies; Retinal remodelling in disease; Retinal regeneration; Photoreceptor cell rescue by survival factors; Progenitor cells and differentiation; Anti-apoptotic strategies; Cell replacement and prosthesis; Stem cell transplantation.
 
The deadline for submission of abstracts for posters on the above topics has been extended to March 4, 2002. Guidelines on how to submit an abstract are available at http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com/call.htm
 
For full details of the conference, including information on how to register and book accommodation, please visit the conference website at http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com or contact a.williams at elsevier.co.uk for a copy of the program and registration brochure.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Session 1: GENE BASED THERAPIES 
Alberto Auricchio, University of Pennsylvania, USA; William Hauswirth, University of Florida, USA; Gregory Acland, Cornell University College, USA; Jean Bennett, University of Pennsylvania, USA 
 
Session 2: RETINAL REMODELLING IN DISEASE
Ann Milam, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Enrica Strettoi, Italian National Research Council, Pisa, Italy; Robert Marc, Moran Eye Center, Utah, USA; Steven K. Fisher and Geoffrey P. Lewis, Santa Barbara, USA 
 
Session 3: RETINAL REGENERATION
Peter Hitchcock, University of Michigan, USA; Thomas Reh, University of Washington, USA; Masatoshi Haruta, Kyoto University Japan; Mathias Seeliger, University of Tübingen, Germany 
 
Session 4: PHOTORECEPTOR CELL RESCUE BY SURVIVAL FACTORS
Ronald Bush, NEI, Bethesda, USA; José-Alain Sahel, Centre Hospitalier National, Paris, France; Rong Wen, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Robert Collier, Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, USA 
 
Session 5: PROGENITOR CELLS AND DIFFERENTIATION
Monica Vetter, University of Utah, USA; Nadean L. Brown, Northwestern University, USA; Connie Cepko, Harvard Medical School, USA; Claire Russell, University College London, UK 
 
Session 6: ANTI-APOPTOTIC STRATEGIES 
Serge Picaud, University of Strasbourg, France; John Flannery, University of California at Berkley, USA; Christian Grimm, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Stuart McKinnon, University of Texas, San Antonio, USA 
 
Session 7: CELL REPLACEMENT AND PROSTHESIS
Marco Zarbin, University of New Jersey, USA; Ray Lund, Moran Eye Center, Utah, USA; Eugene de Juan, University of Southern California, USA; Eberhart Zrenner, University of Tübingen, Germany 
 
Session 8: STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION 
Iqbal Ahmad, Nebraska Medical Center, USA; Henry J. Klassen, Childrens Hospital Orange; Michael J. Young, Harvard Medical School, USA 

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