Scientific Program
BLINDNESS – A CHALLENGE?
Friday, July 12
th
, 2002
14:00
Welcome & Introduction
14:05
1
st
scientific session
Chairmen:
Frank H.J. Koch
(D-Frankfurt/M.)
Peter Kroll
(D-Marburg)
14:05
Brigitte Röder
, Helen Neville, Frank Rösler
(D-Marburg, USA-Oregon)
Compensatory plasticity in congenitally blind humans
14:20
Frank Rösler
, Brigitte Röder (D-Marburg)
Critical periods for the development of visual functions
14:35
Manfred Fahle
(D-Bremen)
Perceptual learning and plasticity of visual cortex in adults
14:50
Mike Boulton
(UK-Cardiff)
Retinal aging and disease
15:05
Solon Thanos
(D-Münster)
Evidence for functional regeneration of the pathway in adult rats
15:20
Henry J. Kaplan
(USA-Louisville)
Neuroretinal transplantation
15:35
Reinhard Eckhorn
(D-Marburg)
Spatial and temporal visual resolution with retina implants estimated from recordings in striate cortex of cats
15:50
Panel discussion with all session speakers
16:10
Coffee break in the industrial exhibition area
16:40
2
nd
scientific session
Chairmen:
Peter Kroll
(D-Marburg)
Frank H.J. Koch
(D-Frankfurt/M.)
16:40
Albert M. Maquire
, Gene Bennet (USA-Philadelphia)
Gene therapy for retinal dystrophies
16:55
Birgit Lorenz
(D-Regensburg)
Genetics of retinal degenerations.
Clinical prerequisites to go from bench to bedside
17:10
Derek B. Lauritzen
(USA- Boston)
Retinal transplantation of neural progenitor cells
in the rhodopsin transgenic rat
17:25
Michael Young
(USA-Boston)
Grafting retinal and brain derived cells in animal models of retinal degeneration
17:40
Panel discussion with all session speakers
18:00
End
19:30
Dinner and entertainment at the castle
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