The 2005 WERC, "Regenerative Ocular Biology: Restoring Vision in the Aged and Diseased Eye," will feature presentations on current frontiers of regenerative biology and its foundation within vision research. Topics will include stem cell biology; scarless wound healing; and control of cell growth and differentiation by gene transfer. The Plenary Speaker will be Fred H. Gage, PhD, of The Salk Institute. Keynote Speakers will be Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, Mark W. J. Ferguson, BSc, DDS, PhD, FDS, FFD, FMedSci, CBE, Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, Mark Keating, MD, Robert Lavker, PhD, Bjorn R. Olsen, MD, PhD, and James Zieske, PhD. The conference will provide an interactive environment for the translation of ideas and collaboration between the general biomedical research community and vision scientists.
James V. Jester, PhD, of University of California, Irvine, and Corinne G. Wong, PhD, of SCLERA Corporation, are the meeting's organizers.
To submit an abstract or register to attend the conference, logon to www.arvo.org/werc or contact Rhonda Williams at 240-221-2908 or rwilliams@arvo.org.
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Contact: Elinore Tibbetts
etibbetts@arvo.org
240-221-2923
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
14-Jun-2005