All times are CST.
Program is subject to change.
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022
| Time | Topic/Session | Speaker |
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| 8:45 a.m. | Welcome & Introduction |
Yingbin Fu, Ph.D., Wei Li, Ph.D. |
| Session 1: Immune cells in retinal development and diseases Moderator: Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez, Baylor College of Medicine |
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| 8:55 – 9:20 a.m. | Modulation of mononuclear phagocytes in retinal disease | Thomas Langmann University of Cologne, Germany |
| 9:20 – 9:45 a.m. | Neural-immune interactions in the developing retina | Melanie Samuel Baylor College of Medicine |
| 9:45 – 10:10 a.m. | Microglial pathways mediating neuron elimination during retinal development | Monica Vetter University of Utah |
| 10:10 – 10:20 a.m. | Break | |
| Session 2: Glaucoma Moderator: Jijie Pang, Baylor College of Medicine |
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| 10:20 – 10:45 a.m. | Single cell transcriptome analysis of regenerating RGCs reveals potent glaucoma neural repair genes | Yang Hu Stanford University |
| 10:45 – 11:10 a.m. | Retinal vasculature changes induced by elevated eye pressure in mice | Benjamin J. Frankfort Baylor College of Medicine |
| 11:10 - 12:10 p.m. |
Keynote Address |
David M. Gamm University of Wisconsin (Introduced by J. Timothy Stout, Baylor College of Medicine) |
| 12:10 - 12:40 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| Session 3: Cornea Moderator: Wei Li, Baylor College of Medicine |
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| 12:40-1:05 p.m. | The importance of being innervated: intraepithelial corneal nerves and their role in corneal homeostasis | MaryAnn Stepp George Washington University |
| 1:05-1:30 p.m. |
Linking the gut microbiome to ocular surface disease in Sjögren Syndrome |
Cintia S. de Paiva Baylor College of Medicine |
| 1:30 – 1:40 p.m. | Break | |
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Session 4: Ocular angiogenesis |
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| 1:40 – 2:05 p.m. | Mechanistic insight and therapeutic strategies for drug resistance in age-related macular degeneration | Yingbin Fu Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2:05 – 2:30 p.m. | Ligandomics and disease-targeted anti-angiogenic therapy for ocular diseases | Wei Li Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2:30 – 3:20 p.m. |
Panel Discussion |
Rui Chen Seth Blackshaw Karthik Shekhar |
| 3:20 – 3:30 p.m. | Break | |
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Session 5: Retinal wiring |
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| 3:30 – 3:55 p.m. |
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of retinal wiring |
Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez Baylor College of Medicine |
| 3:55 – 4:20 p.m. | Developmental plasticity of rod photoreceptor wiring and its implications for vision restoration | Kirill Martemyanov UF Scripps Biomedical Research |
| 4:20 – 4:45 p.m. |
Electrical and chemical synaptic integration in retinal processing |
Jimmy Zhou |
| 4:45 – 5:10 p.m. | New tools and approaches to study the daily plasticity and function of the rod/cone gap junction | Christophe P. Ribelayga University of Houston |
| 5:10 – 6:10 p.m. | Gather Town Social | |
