| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Lab Experiment - How to Get Lab Techniques to Work? |
| Discussion Leaders: Shigeto Shimmura (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan) and Vivien Coulson-Thomas (University of Cincinnati, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Robert Lavker (Northwestern University, USA)
"Lab Experiment: How to Get Lab Techniques to Work?" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | An Update on Ocular Surface Stem Cells |
| Discussion Leaders: Julie Daniels (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, United Kingdom) and Andrew Hertsenberg (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Alison Kuony (Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Mechanisms and Molecular Regulation of Lacrimal Gland Morphogenesis and Maintenance" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Geraint Parfitt (University of California, Irvine, USA)
"Immunofluorescence Tomography of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Solja Kalha (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"The Role of Bmi1 in the Renewal of the Mouse Cornea Epithelium" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Nihal Kaplan (Northwestern University, USA)
"Ephrin-A1/EphA2 Mediated Limbal-Corneal Epithelial Boundary Is Dependent on ADAM-10 Regulation of EGFR Signaling" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Han Peng (Northwestern University, USA)
"Autophagy, a Protective Factor in Limbal Epithelium, Is Positively Regulated by a MicroRNA Family" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Ocular Surface Responses to Inflammation, Infection and Injury |
| Discussion Leaders: Stephen Sugrue (University of Florida, USA) and Obi Onochie (Boston University School of Medicine, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Terry Coursey (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
"IFN-Gamma Induced Unfolded Protein Response in Conjunctival Goblet Cells as Cause of Mucin Deficiency in Sjögren's Syndrome" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:40 am | Laura Garcia-Posadas (Schepens Eye Research Institute / Massachusetts Eye and Ear, USA)
"Effect of IL-13 on Human Conjunctival Goblet Cells" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Martin Minns (Boston University, USA)
"The P2X7 Purinoreceptor in Corneal Epithelial Cell Migration After Injury" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Sriniwas Sriram (Schepens Eye Research Institute / Massachusetts Eye and Ear, USA)
"Identifying the Role of PDGFRa in the Fibrotic Pathway of TGF-β3" |
| 10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Bing Xu (Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA)
"Expression and Functions of IL-24 and SOCS3 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis in a C57BL/6 Mouse Model" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: How to Succeed in Science - Circa 2015 |
| Discussion Leaders: Darlene Dartt (Schepens Eye Research Institute, USA) and James Foster (Johns Hopkins University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Robert Lavker (Northwestern University, USA)
"Thought Experiment:
How to Read Papers and Generate Ideas?" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Darlene Dartt (Schepens Eye Research Institute, USA)
"Taking the Pain Out of Grant Writing" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
