<div dir="ltr"><p><strong>The Optica Fall Vision Meeting’s seminar series continues on
this Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 1200p Eastern (900a Pacific), with the
Boynton Lecture, delivered by Professor Christine Curcio, Ph.D., from
the University of Alabama, Birmingham.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Title</strong>: Cone resilience, rod vulnerability - how precise retinal topography will help beat age-related macular degeneration</p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong>: AMD is both the most prevalent disease
with a CNS neurodegeneration and the most approachable due to the
precision and in vivo visibility of photoreceptors and their support
cells and very large biological effects. We hypothesize that a center of
cone resilience due to xanthophyll carotenoids in foveal Müller glia
overlies a larger surround of rod vulnerability due to age-related
lipidization of Bruch’s membrane and choriocapillary endothelium
degeneration. A timeline of disease progression is in view for
drusen-driven disease, across the lifespan and aligning spatially on the
biology of foveal cone vision. Rods elucidate the next chapter of
deposit-driven AMD end-stages as well as a new neuroscience for
lysosome-related organelles in the retinal pigment epithelium.</p>
<p>Registration is free for all, whether you are an Optica (formerly
OSA) member or not. You must register before the session’s scheduled
start time and you must register for each session individually. Zoom
links to join the meeting will be sent upon registration. Registration
and information links are below:</p>
<p><strong>Thursday November 11, 12:00-2:00 Eastern</strong> / <em>Boynton Award Lecture, Christine Curcio</em> / <a href="https://osa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BVYCIn_7RjGuB-XNA1UlRA">[Register]</a> / <a href="https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/webinar/2021/11_november/the_robert_m_boynton_lecture/">[Information]</a></p>
<p><em>Colleagues are encouraged to record a brief congratulatory message for Christine <a href="https://app.memento.com/congratulations-christine-curcio/g0x2NmHeN/record">here</a>. The deadline for recording is Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 4p PST.</em></p>
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<p>A reminder for next week: the final lecture in the seminar series is the <strong>Edgar D. Tillyer Award Lecture given by Wilson S. Geisler</strong> next Thursday, 18 November. That session will kick off with the presentation of the Fall Vision Meeting’s <a href="https://www.opticafallvisionmeeting.org/past-meetings">Young Investigator Awards</a>:</p>
<p><strong>Thursday November 18, 12:00-2:00 Eastern</strong> / <em>Tillyer Award Lecture, Wilson S Geisler</em> / <a href="https://osa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G7DDNvRiSKe3bbZkDFN9fg">[Register]</a> / <a href="https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/webinar/2021/11_november/the_edgar_d_tillyer_award_lecture/">[Information]</a></p>
<p><em>Colleagues are encouraged to record a brief congratulatory message for Bill <a href="https://app.memento.com/congratukations-bill-geisler/hivOFhCMD/record">here</a>.</em></p>
For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/">https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/</a>. A google calendar for the meetings is available <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=b3NhZnZtQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ">here</a>.
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Ravi Sankar Jonnal, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology<br>University of California at Davis</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://profiles.ucdavis.edu/ravi.jonnal" target="_blank">https://profiles.ucdavis.edu/ravi.jonnal</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">+1 812 391 0588 (cell)<br>+1 916 734 5839 (office)<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>