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Visual System Development (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Building and Maintaining Eyes

May 24 - 25, 2014
Chair
Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco
Via Giovanni Pascoli
Lucca (Barga), Lucca, Italy
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Visual System Development is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The 2014 Visual Systems Development Gordon Research Seminar will provide outstanding Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Research Fellows the opportunity to present and discuss cutting edge research pertaining to the development, function and maintenance of the visual system. The seminar will highlight emerging topics on both development and maintenance of the visual system, including stem cell engineering and the directed differentiation to specific ocular cell types, the cell and tissue interactions of development that mediate visual processing, and emerging models and mechanisms of vision-impairing diseases. The collegial and intimate atmosphere and dedicated formal and informal discussion sessions will provide an ideal opportunity for the next-generation of leading vision scientists to interact, foster collaborations and share career advice at this pivotal point in their careers.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Visual System Development" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmArrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pmKeynote Session
Discussion Leader: Brian Clark (Johns Hopkins University)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pmWilliam Harris (Cambridge)
"What Do Clones Know About Building a Retina?"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pmDiscussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session I (Last names A-L Present)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmEvolution, Eye-Field Specification and Retinal Progenitor Cells
Discussion Leaders: Tom Glaser (UC-Davis) and Miguel Jarrin (Durham University)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pmRodrigo Young (University College London)
"Tcf3-Dependence and Genetic Robustness of Eye Formation in Zebrafish"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pmDiscussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pmTania Rodrigues (University of Geneva)
"The Late Onset of Retinal Ganglion Cell Differentiation in the Pigeon Retina Sheds a New Light on the Relationship Between Neurogenesis and Eye Development"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pmDiscussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pmMauricio Martins (UFRJ)
"KLF4 Regulates the Proliferation of Retinal Progenitor Cells"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pmDiscussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pmDominic Aghaizu (University College London)
"Glial-Guided Rod Migration in Development and Following Transplantation"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pmDiscussion
8:00 pmDinner
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amThe Lens and Retinal Cells
Discussion Leaders: Brian Link (Medical College of Wisconsin) and Kate Maurer (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)
9:00 am - 9:20 amBarbora Antosova (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR)
"Meis Transcription Factors Function Upstream of Pax6 During Lens Induction"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amPriyanka Arya (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
"An Essential Role of the Endocytic Recycling Regulator EHD1 in Ocular Lens Development"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amSasha Krol (Harvard University)
"Fat3 Signals Through Ena/VASP Family Members to Control Amacrine Cell Morphology"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amRyan Macdonald (Cambridge University)
"Assaying Visual Function in the Retina Lacking Muller Glia"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II (Last Names M-Z Present)
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmSynapse Formation
Discussion Leaders: Nadean Brown (UC-Davis) and Jennifer Hocking (University of Alberta)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pmChiara Mencarelli (University College London)
"Orthodenticle Orchestrates Rhodopsin Expression and Layer Specific Photoreceptor Axon Projection"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pmDiscussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pmMehmet Neset Ozel (University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center)
"Watching a Visual Circuit Assemble: Live Imaging Reveals Growth Cone Dynamics that Determine Synapse Specification in Drosophila"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmSeminar Concludes

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