International Conference “Vision and Visions: Current Concepts and Future Challenges of Retinal Research”
October 2 - 3, 2017
Venue:
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst
Organizers:
- Apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold
- Apl. Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek
- Prof. Dr. Martin Greschner
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Supported by:
International Conference “Vision and Visions: Current Concepts and Future Challenges of Retinal Research”
October 2 - 3, 2017
Venue:
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst
Organizers:
- Apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold
- Apl. Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek
- Prof. Dr. Martin Greschner
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Supported by:
The goal of the meeting is to bring together the leading retina experts to intensify the discussion on future challenges and evolving concepts of the field at a time of great methodological advances.
The goal of the meeting is to bring together the leading retina experts to intensify the discussion on future challenges and evolving concepts of the field at a time of great methodological advances.
Program
Monday, October 2, 2017
13:00 - 14:00 Welcome Reception
Session 1
14:00 - 14:30 Heinz Wässle (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
The Discovery of Ganglion Cell Types of the Mammalian Retina:
From 228 to 297
14:30 - 15:00 John E. Dowling (Cambridge, USA)
Reconstructing the Human Fovea Using Connectomic Methods
15:00 - 15:30 Thomas Euler (Tübingen, Germany)
Driving the Retina's "Switchboard" - Glutamate Signalling in the IPL
15:30 - 16:30 Coffee Break
Session 2
16:30 - 17:00 Maureen McCall (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
The Role of Glycinergic Inhibition in the Visual Responses of
Retinal Ganglion Cells
17:00 - 17:30 Silke Haverkamp (Frankfurt, Germany)
Glycinergic Inhibition in the Central Primate Retina
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
Special Lecture
20:00 David Vaney (Brisbane, Australia)
Vision and Visions
After „Fireside Chat“
Tuesday, October 3, 297
Session 3
09:00 - 09:30 Maarten Kamermans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The Astonishing Complexity of Outer Retinal Processing
09:30 - 10:00 Nicholas Brecha (Los Angeles, USA)
Horizontal Cell Feedback and Feedforward Signaling in the
Mammalian Retina
10:00 - 10:30 Johann Helmut Brandstätter (Erlangen/Nürnberg, Germany)
Signal Transmission and Adaptation at the First Synapse in the
Visual System
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 4
11:00 - 11:30 Stephen Massey (Houston, Texas, USA)
Photoreceptor Coupling in the Retina
11:30 - 12:00 William Baldridge (Halifax, Canada)
A Fishy Business: The Many Actions of Dopamine in the
Teleost Retina
12:00 - 12:30 Stuart Mangel (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Dopamine Modulation of GABAa-Receptor-Mediated Horizontal
Cell Feedback and Feedforward Signaling
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Session 5
14:00 - 14:30 Marla Feller (Berkeley, California, USA)
Activity-Dependent Modulation of Gap Junctions in Developing Retina
14:30 - 15:00 William Stell (Calgary, Canada)
Ocular Growth and Refractive Development as a Manifestation of
Retinal Circuit Functions
15:00 - 15:30 Peter Lukasiewicz (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
Signaling in the Healthy and Diseased Retina
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Session 6
16:00 - 16:30 Enrica Strettoi (Pisa, Italy)
New Laboratory Approaches to Challenge Inherited
Photoreceptor Degeneration
16:30 - 17:00 Eberhart Zrenner (Tübingen, Germany)
Restoring Lost Vision with Electronic Retinal Prosthesis
17:00 Concluding Remarks
Program
Monday, October 2, 2017
13:00 - 14:00 Welcome Reception
Session 1
14:00 - 14:30 Heinz Wässle (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
The Discovery of Ganglion Cell Types of the Mammalian Retina:
From 228 to 297
14:30 - 15:00 John E. Dowling (Cambridge, USA)
Reconstructing the Human Fovea Using Connectomic Methods
15:00 - 15:30 Thomas Euler (Tübingen, Germany)
Driving the Retina's "Switchboard" - Glutamate Signalling in the IPL
15:30 - 16:30 Coffee Break
Session 2
16:30 - 17:00 Maureen McCall (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
The Role of Glycinergic Inhibition in the Visual Responses of
Retinal Ganglion Cells
17:00 - 17:30 Silke Haverkamp (Frankfurt, Germany)
Glycinergic Inhibition in the Central Primate Retina
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
Special Lecture
20:00 David Vaney (Brisbane, Australia)
Vision and Visions
After „Fireside Chat“
Tuesday, October 3, 297
Session 3
09:00 - 09:30 Maarten Kamermans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The Astonishing Complexity of Outer Retinal Processing
09:30 - 10:00 Nicholas Brecha (Los Angeles, USA)
Horizontal Cell Feedback and Feedforward Signaling in the
Mammalian Retina
10:00 - 10:30 Johann Helmut Brandstätter (Erlangen/Nürnberg, Germany)
Signal Transmission and Adaptation at the First Synapse in the
Visual System
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 4
11:00 - 11:30 Stephen Massey (Houston, Texas, USA)
Photoreceptor Coupling in the Retina
11:30 - 12:00 William Baldridge (Halifax, Canada)
A Fishy Business: The Many Actions of Dopamine in the
Teleost Retina
12:00 - 12:30 Stuart Mangel (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Dopamine Modulation of GABAa-Receptor-Mediated Horizontal
Cell Feedback and Feedforward Signaling
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Session 5
14:00 - 14:30 Marla Feller (Berkeley, California, USA)
Activity-Dependent Modulation of Gap Junctions in Developing Retina
14:30 - 15:00 William Stell (Calgary, Canada)
Ocular Growth and Refractive Development as a Manifestation of
Retinal Circuit Functions
15:00 - 15:30 Peter Lukasiewicz (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
Signaling in the Healthy and Diseased Retina
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Session 6
16:00 - 16:30 Enrica Strettoi (Pisa, Italy)
New Laboratory Approaches to Challenge Inherited
Photoreceptor Degeneration
16:30 - 17:00 Eberhart Zrenner (Tübingen, Germany)
Restoring Lost Vision with Electronic Retinal Prosthesis
17:00 Concluding Remarks