Eye Diseases

2021 May 13

Therapeutic Strategies for Large Protein Coding Genes in Usher Syndrome

Thu - Fri, May 13 to May 14, 8:00am - 4:00pm

Location: 

Virtual - registration opens February 15, 2021!

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Usher 1F Collaborative is pleased to announce our scientific research conference, Therapeutic Strategies for Large Protein Coding Genes in Usher Syndrome, Virtual Meeting Thursday-Friday May 13-14, 2021.

Usher 1F Collaborative is a recipient of a Chan...

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2018 Oct 11

3rd Biennial International Symposium on Ocular Regeneration

8:00am to 8:00pm

Location: 

The Starr Center, 185 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA

SAVE THE DATE | Registration will open in January, 2018

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Keynote Speaker: ROBERT LANGER | Koch Institute Professor at MIT
    Talk title:  "TBA"
  • Reception: Open to all attendees after the close of the conference. Thursday, Oct 11th from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

The Biennial International Symposium on Ocular...

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2015 Oct 16

Regenerative Medicine in the Eye: Repairing the Retina with Stem Cells-The Adavnces and Challenges

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Webinar of the ISSCR (link below)

Guest speaker:
Dr. Brian Ballios
University of Toronto

Join the ISSCR for a Stem Cells in Focus webinar entitled "Regenerative Medicine in the Eye: Repairing the Retina with Stem Cells - The Advances and Challenges," an exploration of the new frontiers of regenerative medicine being applied to vision research.  

In the second of a three-part series, Dr. Brian Ballios from the University of Toronto will discuss the ways in which scientists are applying stem cells to regenerate and repair the light-sensitive tissue of the eye - the...

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2015 Sep 10

Regenerative Medicine in the Eye: Retinal Degeneration - The Problem

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Stem Cells in Focus webinar of the ISSCR Connect

Guest presenter:
Dr. Brian Ballios
University of Toronto

Stem Cells in Focus webinars are intended for a non-scientific audience, though ISSCR members are welcome. Interested participants must have an account on ISSCR Connect. Public accounts are free, and you may set one up through the log in link below.

Join the ISSCR for a Stem Cells in Focus webinar entitled "Regenerative Medicine in the Eye: Retinal Degeneration - The Problem," an exploration of the new frontiers of regenerative medicine...

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2015 Feb 25

Insights into the Pathogenesis of RNA Splicing Factor Retinitis Pigmentosa

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium (3rd Floor), 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic & Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture

Guest speaker:
Michael Farkas, PhD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Organized by the Ocular Genomics Institute & the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute

2015 Feb 04

Retinal Cell Therapy Using iPS Cells

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium (3rd Floor), 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

10th Annual Ephraim Friedman Lecture

Presented by Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology and MEEI's Age-related Macular Degeneration Center of Excellence

Guest speaker:
Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD
Project Leader
Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration Research
RIKEN

Reception to follow.

ABOUT THE LECTURESHIP:

Through this annual lecture, we celebrate Dr. Friedman’s
extraordinary contributions in teaching,...

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2014 Oct 23

Symposium on Ocular Regeneration: Cell Therapy and Regeneration in the Retina

8:00am to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Starr Center, 185 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA

Program of the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute and Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology

Presented in partnership with the Third International Biennial Symposium on AMD

Click here to register for this event.  Registration fee of $150.00 is waived for pre-...

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2015 Jun 17

Retinal gene, stem cell and bionic treatments for blindness

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture
Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI)

Guest speaker:
Robert MacLaren, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Oxford (UK)

The Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) invites you to the 2nd annual "Genetic & Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease" lecture series. The faculty organizers are Neena...

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2015 May 20

Mechanism of cone cell death in retinitis pigmentosa

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Seminar
Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI)

Guest speaker:
Peter Campochiaro, MD
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute

The Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) invites you to the 2nd annual "Genetic & Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease" lecture series. The faculty organizers are Neena...

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2015 Apr 29

How Convicts, Mutineers and Sun Worshippers Shaped Genetic Eye Research in Australia

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture
Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI)

Guest speaker:
David Mackey, MD
Managing Director, Lions Eye Institute
Director/Professor Ophthalmology,
Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science
The University of Western Australia

The Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) invites you to the 2nd annual "Genetic & Regenerative Medicine of Eye...

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2015 Mar 18

Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Study and Treat Retinal Diseases: Understanding the Limits

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease

Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI)

Guest speaker:
David Gamm, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
RRF Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Director
McPherson Eye Research Institute
University of Wisconsin

The Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) invites you to the 2nd annual "Genetic & Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease"...

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2015 Jan 21

Cranial Nerve Development in Health and Disease

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture Series

Guest speaker:
Elizabeth Engle, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hosted by the Ocular Genomics Institute, Luk H. Vandenberghe, PhD

Please contact Mary Wheeler (mary_wheeler@meei.harvard.edu) with any questions or inquiries.

Refreshments will be served.

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2014 Dec 17

Bioengineering Materials for Manipulating Retinal Progenitor Cell Behavior

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Meltzer Auditorium (3rd Floor), 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease.
Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI)

Guest speaker:
Rebecca Carrier, PhD
Assoicate Professor and Associate Chair of Research
Department of Chemical Engineering
Northeastern University

The Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) invites you to the 2nd annual "Genetic & Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease" lecture series. The faculty organizers are Neena Haider...

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