Program
Program for the International Conference on the Lens (ICL) December 4 – 9, 2022
This conference provides lens researchers with the unique opportunity to meet in a casual atmosphere to exchange the latest breakthroughs in lens research and establish collaborations over meals, while also enjoying the many wonderful activities available in Kona, Hawaii. Co-Chairs for the 2022 International Conference on the Lens will be our British colleagues:
- Dr. Michael Wormstone (i.m.wormstone@uea.ac.uk)
- Dr. Barbara Pierscionek (barbara.pierscionek@aru.ac.uk)
- Dr. Roy. R. Quinlan (r.a.quinlan@durham.ac.uk)
The theme for this year’s ICL 2022 is Lens Risk, Resilience and Adaption
We will explore
- The risks experienced by the lens and accommodative system during development and as the eye ages
- The mechanisms that counter those risks and provide the resilience of the system to genetic, metabolic, and environmental stresses in order to preserve the structure/function relationship
- How the lens and its cell complement adapt in response to aging and to surgical interventions designed to preserve optical function
ICL 2020 Sessions are:
| Tentative | |
| Session 1 Chair(s) | Lens Development Jeff Gross / TBD |
| Session 2 Chair(s) | Physiological Optics and Biometrics Barbara Pierscionek / Ehsan Vaghefi |
| Session 3 Chair(s) | Architecture and Ultrastructure of the Lens Joe Costello / Cathy Cheng |
| Session 4 Chair(s) | Channels, Barriers, and Fluid Circulation in the Lens Paul Donaldson / Julie Lim |
| Session 5 Chair(s) | Crystallins Kirsten Lampi / Rachel Martin |
| Session 6 Chair(s) | Aging Conditions of the Lens Kevin Schey / TBD |
| Session 7 Chair(s) | Signaling Pathways of the Lens David Li /TBD |
| Session 8 Chair(s) | Autophagy in Lens Differentiation, Maintenance and Disease Mark Kantorow |
| Session 9 Chair(s) | Redox Biology of the Lens Xingjung Fan / TBD |
| Session 10 Chair(s) | Lens Regeneration and Lentoid Michael O’Connor /TBD |
| Session 11 Chair(s) | Large-Scale Data in Lens Research Salil Lachke / TBD |
| Session 12 Chair(s) | TGFβ and Lens Fibrosis Frank Lovicu |
| Session 13 Chair(s) | Lens Matrix Biology Melinda Duncan / Ram Nagaraj |
| Session 14 Chair(s) | PCO Mechanism and Management Michael Wormstone / TBD |
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