[vslist] The Retinoid Cycle and Retina Disease: Program Update

[Karen Purvis]

With apologies for any cross-posting.

 

Updated program information is now available for the Seventh Annual Vision Research Conference 'The Retinoid Cycle and Retina Disease' which takes place May 2-3, 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, USA, prior to the 2003 ARVO Annual Meeting. 

 

You can view the updated oral and poster programs now at http://www.visres-interactivemeeting.com

 

The purpose of the conference is to summarize current knowledge regarding mechanisms of photobleaching in rods and cones, and the metabolism of retinoids in photoreceptors and the RPE. Particular emphasis will be given to exploring gene defects leading to human retina disease, and to investigating naturally occurring and laboratory-generated animal models for these diseases. Session topics and chairs are as follows:

 

Bleaching of rhodopsin and its regeneration

Chair: Klaus Peter Hofmann, Universitatsklinikum Charite Berlin, Germany

 

The retinoid cycle in the vertebrate retina

Chair: M Carter Cornwall, Boston University School of Medicine, USA

 

The retinoid cycle in the RPE

Chair: Carola Driessen, University Medical Centre St Radboud, The Netherlands

 

Retina diseases associated with mutations in retinoid cycle genes

Chair: Alan C Bird, University of London, UK

 

Cone pigment regeneration

Chair: Rosalie Crouch, Medical University of South Carolina, USA

 

Intersection of phototransduction and the retinoid cycle

Chair: David R Pepperberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

 

The age-old isomerase problem and photoisomerization

Chair: Krzysztof Palczewski, University of Washington School of Medicine, USA

 

Animal models: transgenics, knockouts and naturally occurring

Chair: Wolfgang Baehr, University of Utah, USA

 

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 Claire Norris at visionresearch at ntlworld.com for a copy of the printed registration information.

 

All delegates are invited to pre-register now for the conference to avoid the onsite registration surcharge.

 

 

 

 

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