Symposium on retinal degeneration

ORGANIZAN

Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud.

Conselleria d’innovació, Universitats, Ciencia i Societat Digital.

PROGRAMA

4:00 pm. Welcome

- Javier Sancho-Pelluz, PhD.

4:05 pm. Opening lecture

“Human iPSC-derived 3D retinal tissue for stem cell-based therapies for retinal degenerative

diseases”

- Valeria Canto-Soler, PhD. University of Colorado.

5:00 pm. Session I: New insights in biology of the retina (i)

Moderator: Jorge Barcia.

“Linking neuroinflammation to retinal regeneration”

- Muriel Perron. French National Centre for Scientific Research.

“Impaired ion homeostasis affects Müller cell function and retinal integrity”

- Kirsten Wunderlich. Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.

6:00 pm. Coffee break

6:15 pm. Session I: New insights in biology of the retina (ii)

“Extraretinal neurodegeneration in a murine model of glaucoma”

- Michal Fiedorowicz. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences.

“Selective activation of retinal pathways”

- Zohreh Hosseinzadeh. Leipzig University.

“Extracellular vesicles released from the retina”

- Javier Sancho-Pelluz. Universidad Católica de Valencia.

LUGAR

Online.