Saturday
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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3:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
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3:15 pm - 4:00 pm |
Keynote Session: Engineering Gene Therapies for Retinal Degenerations
Discussion Leader: Revathi Balasubramanian (Columbia University, USA)
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3:15 pm - 3:45 pm |
John Flannery (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Engineering Gene Therapies for Retinal Degenerations"
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3:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Discussion
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Poster Session
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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Generating the Visual System: Specification, Differentiation and Evolution
Discussion Leader: Steven Henle (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA)
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5:30 pm - 5:50 pm |
Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Dissecting Mouse Retina Development with RNA-Seq and CRISPR"
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5:50 pm - 6:00 pm |
Discussion
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6:00 pm - 6:20 pm |
Diego Buenaventura (Graduate Center, City University of New York , USA)
"Fate-Restricted Retinal Progenitor Cells Adopt a Molecular Profile and Spatial Position Distinct from Multipotent Progenitor Cells"
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6:20 pm - 6:30 pm |
Discussion
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6:30 pm - 6:50 pm |
Anielle de Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
"Rint1 Regulates DNA Damage Accumulation and Cell Survival During Retinogenesis"
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6:50 pm - 7:00 pm |
Discussion
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7:00 pm - 7:20 pm |
Awais Javed (Institut De Recherches Cliniques De Montreal, Canada)
"Conserved Temporal Identity Factors Regulate Cone Production in the Developing Mouse Retina"
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7:20 pm - 7:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Sunday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
Today's Diseases and Tomorrow's Cures: Cell Physiology of the Visual System
Discussion Leader: Franck Maurinot (Institut de la Vision, France)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Cameron Prigge (Duke University, USA)
"Repulsive FLRT2 Signaling Directs Laminar Targeting of the Retinal Direction-Selective Circuitry"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Nicholas Silva (University of Michigan, USA)
"The Inflammatory Protease, Matrix Metalloproteinase (Mmp-9) Regulates Injury-Induced Photoreceptor Regeneration in the Zebrafish"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:20 am |
Eva Pillai (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"The Mechanical Regulation of Chemical Signaling in Optic Pathway Development"
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10:20 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 10:50 am |
Sarita Hebbar (Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany)
"Regulation of Redox Balance by Crumbs Is Important for Proper Apical Membrane Growth of Drosophila Photoreceptor Cells"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am |
Discussion
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Mentorship Component: A Discussion with the Experts: Succeeding in Science
Discussion Leader: Philip Ruzycki (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Panel Discussion
Achieving Science-Life Balance
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Julie Daniels (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, United Kingdom)
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John Flannery (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
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Rachel Wong (University of Washington, USA)
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
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3:00 pm |
Seminar Concludes
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