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RETINAL DEGENERATION

Illuminating Molecular Complexities of the Retina

Friday, April 7th 2006

13:15 Eberhart Zrenner/Tübingen: Opening Remarks

13:25 Christina Fasser/Retina International: “From the Patient’s View”

13:40 Frank G. Holz/Bonn: “Visualization and Diagnosis of Retinal Disease – Advances in Imaging Technology”

14:00-15:30 Session 1: The Connecting Cilium and Neurodegeneration
Chairman: Frank G. Holz

1. Uwe Wolfrum/Mainz: “Photoreceptor Cilium and Retinal Degeneration”
2. Ronald Roepman/Nijmegen: “Getting a GRIP on RPGR – Dissection of the Protein Complex unveils its Importance for Retina Function”
3. Christine Petit/Paris: “Hereditary Deafness: From Genes to Pathophysiology”

15:30-16:00 Coffee break and scientific chitchat

16:00-17:30 Session 2: Cone-rod-interaction
Chairman: Bernhard H. F. Weber

1. Susanne Kohl/Tübingen: “Genetic Complexity of Cone and Cone-Rod Dystrophies”
2. Thierry Leveillard/Paris: “Rod-derived Cone Viability Factor”
3. Mathias Seeliger/Tübingen: “Functional Rod Pathways in Mice dissected with Electroretinography”

18:00 Joint Ceremonial Dinner

19:00-Open End Postersession

Saturday, April 8th 2006

08:30-10:30 Session 3: Signalling Processes in the Retina
Chairman: Olaf Strauß

1. Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold/Oldenburg: “Diversity of the Connexins in Retinal Network Signalling”
2. Katja Rillich/Leipzig: “Neuro-Glial Crosstalk in the Retina”
3. Silke Haverkamp/Frankfurt: “Bipolar Cells of the Mouse Retina: Types and Plasticity”
4. Katharina Wycisk/Zürich: “Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Retinal Ribbon Synapses due to Cacna2d4 Mutation”
5. Christina Zeitz/Zürich: “Night Blindness-associated Mutations in the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 6 show a Distinctive Scotopic 15-Hz Flicker ERG and abolish Protein Trafficking”

10:30 Coffee break and scientific chitchat

11:00-13:00 Session 4: The Biology of Neovascularization
Chairman: Klaus Rüther

1. Ernst Tamm/Regensburg: “Dissecting the Function of the Norrie Protein”
2. Hans-Peter Hammes/Mannheim-Heidelberg: “Neovascularization of Retinal Vessels”
3. Olaf Strauß/Hamburg: “The Role of the RPE Cells in Neovascularization of Choroidal Vessels”
4. Andreas Bringmann/Leipzig: “Osmotic Swelling of Glial Cells in the Diabetic Rat Retina: Implications for the Development of Retinal Edema”

13:00 Lunch

14:15-15:45 Session 5: Novel Aspects of AMD Etiology
Chairman: Gareth McKay

1. Claudia Keilhauer/Würzburg: “AMD Phenotypes and Aspects of Recruitment of Cases/Controls for Association Studies”
2. Lars Fritsche/Regensburg: “Susceptibility Factors in AMD”
3. Peter Zipfel/Jena: “The Role of the Complement System in AMD”
4. Akshay Anand/Chandigarh: “The Animal Models of AMD – a Critical Appraisal”

15:45 Farewell Coffee