The retina: from development to function
Roscoff (Brittany), France - 23-27 of september 2006
Deadline for application: 15th of June 2006
Chairperson: André LE BIVIC
Equipe Morphogenèse et compartimentation membranaire
Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy
Faculté des Sciences de Luminy - Case 907
F-13288 MARSEILLE CEDEX 09 France
Phone: +33 4 91 26 97 41 Fax: +33 4 91 26 97 48
E-mail: lebivic@ibdm.univ-mrs.fr
Vice-Chairperson: Elisabeth KNUST
Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf
Institut für Genetik
Universitätstrasse 1
Gebäude 26.02 - Ebene 02
D - 40225 DÜSSELDORF Germany
Phone: +49 211 81 13504 Fax: +49 211 81 12279
E-mail: knust@uni-duesseldorf.de
To understand the function of a complex system such as the Retina it is important to bring together scientists working on different aspects of it such as geneticist, cell biologist, developmental biologist, neurobiologists and pharmacologist. This is the point of this meeting and we hope to give a broad view of the retina as a biological system to students and post-docs from around the world. The final goal is to help finding therapeutic approaches for retina degeneration. All the aspects concerning cell organization and polarity of photoreceptors, development and renewal of cell population of the retina and therapeutic approaches will be strongly emphasized. Young scientist are encouraged to apply for selected oral presentations.
Invited speakers
(Provisional titles)
BEHAR-COHEN Francine (Paris, France) Drug delivery systems and non viral gene therapy for retinal diseases
BOVOLENTA Paola (Madrid, Espagne) Dissecting Six3 and Six6 gene regulation
DARGENT Bénédicte (Marseille, France) Polarized domains in axons
DESPLAN Claude (New York, USA) Detection and processing of color information in Drosophila
HARRIS William (Cambridge, Royaume-Uni) Assembling retinas in lower vertebrates
HAUSWIRTH William (Gainesville, USA) Cone targeted gene therapy
KAPLAN Josseline (Paris, France) Early and severe retinal dystrophies in childhood: from refined pheotypes to an extreme genetic and physiopathologic heterogeneity
KATSANIS Nicholas (Baltimore, USA) The role of cilia in human genetic disease
KELLERMANN Odile (Villejuif, France) The lessons of a neuroectodermal stem cell for neuronal differentiation and homeostasis
KNUST Elisabeth (Dusseldorf, Allemagne) From epithelial cell polarity to retinal degeneration - lessons from Drosophila
KREMER Hannie (Nimègues, Pays-Bas) Usher syndrome, many genes and exciting protein complexes
LE BIVIC André (Marseille, France) Establishing and controlling epithelial polarity and homeostasis in epithelial cells
PERRON Muriel (Orsay, France) Hedgehog signaling controls the cycle kinetics of retinal stem cells/precursors
PICHAUD Franck (Londres, Royaume-Uni) Photoreceptor morphogenesis and patterning of the fly retinal epithelium
REH Thomas (Seattle, USA) Progenitor cells and stem cells in the developing and regenerating retina
RODRIGUEZ-BOULAN Enrique (New York, USA) The retinal pigment epithelium: from cell biology to disease
SAHEL José (Paris, France) Mechanisms of cone cell death and maintenance in rod-cone dystrophies
SAULE Simon (Orsay, France) Pax6 and eye development in avian species
SCHWEISGUTH François (Paris, France) Asymetric cell division in Drosophila
SURACE Enrico (Naples, Italie) Prenatal and postnatal treatment of retinal diseases with Adeno-associated viral vectors
VAN DER KOOY Derek (Toronto, Canada) The regulation of mouse and human retinal stem cells
VAN HEYNINGEN Veronica (Edinburgh, Royaume-Uni) Panocular malformations: genetics, development and evolution
WIJNHOLD Jan (Amsterdam, Pays-Bas) MAGUK and Crumbs proteins in retinal degeneration
Registration fee (including board and lodging)
300 € for PhD students
400 € for other participants
Application for registration
- their curriculum vitae
- the list of their main publications for the 3 last years
- the abstract of their presentation