“Inherited Diseases of the Eye”
October 29, 2012
University o f Florida, Gainesville, Florida
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
*Breakfast will be served 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting
"Entering the Era of Treating Retinal Degenerative Disease"
Samuel G. Jacobson (University of Pennsylvania)
“Progress in Finding Genes and Mutations Causing Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa”
Stephen P. Daiger (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
“Adaptive Optics Imaging of Inherited Retinal Degenerations”
Mina Chung (University of Rochester, Flaum Eye Institute)
“Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Macular Lesions in Patients with Inherited Retinal Diseases”
Gerald A. Fishman (The Pangere Center for Inherited Retinal Diseases)
“Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO): An Effective and Robust Technology for
Monitoring Cones in Retinal Degenerations”
Jacque Duncan (University of California, San Francisco)
“Achromatopsia - a Model Disease for Cone-Directed Gene Therapy”
Andras M. Komaromy (Michigan State University)
“Bardet Biedl Syndrome and Batten Disease: Considerations for Gene Therapy and Other Treatment
Modalities”
Arlene V. Drack (University of Iowa)
“Gene Therapy for Photoreceptor-Mediated Retinal Disease: Leber Congenital Amaurosis-1 (LCA1)”
Shannon E. Boye (University of Florida)
“Novel Adult Stem/Progenitor Cell Strategies for Retinal Repair”
Maria B. Grant (University of Florida)
“Potential Applications of Human iPS Cells to the Study and Treatment of Inherited Retinal Diseases”
David Gamm (University of Wisconsin)
"Developing Cone and Rod Photoreceptor Cell Transplantation for Retinal Repair"
Jane Sowden (University College London)
The University Of Florida
Center for Vision Research
Registration is sponsored by the Center for Vision Research and is FREE for all attendees
For additional information contact Clay Smith (wcsmith@ufl.edu)