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