Program
The meeting’s main themes are: 1) Elucidate mechanisms of visual transduction and the function of photoreceptor cells; 2) Understand how the relationship between photoreceptor cells and the retinal pigment epithelium influences visual function; 3) Generate a fundamental understanding of vertebrate and invertebrate light detection, from a variety of species, to generate new ideas about how function is optimized and how dysfunction can be treated.
Conference sessions will present the latest research and foster discussion on:
- Phototransduction in retinal rods and cones
- Outer retinal interactions between photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium
- Visual pigments and color vision
- Retinal metabolism and photoreceptor degeneration
- Photoreceptor synaptic communication with retina
- Circadian proteins and mechanisms
The conference covers eight sessions with 32 invited speakers, 12 selected abstract presentations, “Meet the Expert” sessions, and a Grant Writing Workshop for trainees. We are delighted to have
James B. Hurley (University of Washington) present the keynote lecture on the metabolic landscape of the outer retina.