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COST: Free to UF faculty, staff, and students

PROGRAM SYNOPSIS:

8:00 - 9:20 am- Overview of Inherited Disease

"Therapy for Inherited Retinal Disease; Quo Vadis", William Hauswirth (University of Florida)

"Progress in Finding Genes and Mutations Causing Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa", Stephen P. Daiger (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)

9:25 - 12:35 pm - Clinical Characterization

"Phenotyping Inherited Retinal Degenerations using Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy", Mina Chung (University of Rochester, Flaum Eye Institute)

"Entering the Era of Treating Retinal Degenerative Disease", Gerald Fishman (The Pangere Center for Inherited Retinal Diseases)

"Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy: A New Tool to Monitor Cone During Retinal Degeneration", Jacque Duncan (University of California, San Francisco)

"Bardet Biedl Syndrome and Batten Disease: Considerations for Gene Therapy and Other Treatment Modalities", Arlene Drack (University of Iowa)

Lunch (provided by the Center for Vision Research)

1:30 - 3:35 pm - Gene Therapy

An Update of Gene Therapy Trials at the Casey Eye Institute", Mark Pennesi (Oregon Health and Science University)

"Gene Therapy for Photoreceptor- Mediated Retinal Disease: Leber Congenital Amaurosis-1 (LCA1)", Shannon Boye (University of Florida)

"Achromatopsia - A Model Disease for Cone - Directed Gene Therapy", Andras M. Komaromy (Michigan State University)

4:00-6:00 pm - Stem Cell Research

"Novel Adult Stem/Progenitor Cell Strategies for Retinal Repair", Maria 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)

Please feel free to email or call W. Clay Smith, Ph.D. at 352-273-8794.