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9th Annual Great
Lakes Vision Research Conference
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce and to invite you to the 9th Annual Great
Lakes Vision Research Conference and celebration of Dr. Venkat Reddy's
research accomplishments hosted by University of Michigan, on Saturday
11/18/2006.
To date, our confirmed invited speakers include: Dr. J. Fielding
Hejtmancik of NEI, Dr. John Crabb of Cole Eye Institute, Dr. David Beebe
of Washington University, Dr. Teri Belecky-Adams of IUPUI, and Dr. Joram
Piatigorsky of NEI.
There is the opportunity for students and post-docs to give a 15 minute
talk, so please respond directly to me (smoroi@umich.edu), Phil Gage
(philgage@umich.edu) or Deb Eadie (eadie@umich.edu) with his/her
abstract so that our planning committee can make these selections for
the remaining 5 student/post-doc talks.
The preliminary program, registration, abstract submission, location,
and other details may be found at
http://www.kellogg.umich.edu/glvr/index.html
Sincerely,
Phil Gage, PhD, Assistant Professor
and
Sayoko "Sy" Moroi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
University of Michigan, 1000 Wall St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-763-3732 ofc, 734-615-0542 fax
6th International Glaucoma Symposium - I.G.S.
Athens, Greece, March 28 – March 31, 2007.
New Abstract Deadline
Please note the extended deadline date for abstract submission is November 20, 2006
Kindly submit your abstract via the following link:
http://www.kenes.com/glaucoma/call.asp
Scholarship for Young Physicians
The 6th International Glaucoma Symposium offers up to 20 scholarships
for young physicians. The grant consists of free registration to the
symposium plus a partial travel grant of €730, to physicians from
East-Europe, Greece and Turkey aged 35 or less (by March 1, 2006) who
are presenting (first) authors, not yet in a permanent position and
whose abstract has been accepted.
For more details please visit: http://www.kenes.com/glaucoma/scholarship.asp
Registration
Register now and benefit from the early registration fee. Please note
the deadline date for early registration is November 23, 2006. For
further details please visit:
http://www.kenes.com/glaucoma/registration.asp
Hotel Accommodation
Book now and receive a special rate for Hotels in Athens. Please note,
registered participants will receive a Metro Card in the registration
kit. For booking and special offers for I.G.S Symposium
Participants please use the following link:
http://www.kenes.com/glaucoma/accommodation.asp
PRE - POST Symposium TOURS
There are many things to see in Athens and its surroundings. We
recommend you join the excursions offered in order to explore the city.
For further information you are welcome to visit at:
http://www.kenes.com/glaucoma/tours.asp
Make sure to mark your calendar now!
Looking forward to welcoming you to Athens in March 2007!
Congress Organizers
Kenes International
17 Rue du Cendrier
P.O. Box 1726
CH-1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 908 0488
Fax: +41 22 7322850
E-mail: glaucoma@kenes.com>
Web: http://www.kenes.com/glaucoma
2007 FASEB Summer Research Conference: Biology & Chemistry of Vision:
Location: Snowmass Village, Colorado
Start Date: Saturday, June 16, 2007
End Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007
This 2007 conference includes major platform sessions entitled on
Genetics and Animal Models of Retinal Disease, and Gene Therapy and
Treatment of Retinal Disease. Additional sessions cover the latest
advances in retinal biology, often with a focus on the function of
genes whose mutations cause retinal disease.
Put this on your calendar. Further messages will announce the opening of the registration Website in the spring of 2007.
Plan on bringing your students and post-doctoral fellows. We are making
substantial efforts to procure outside funds to support student travel
grants that are to be awarded on the basis of need as well as the
scientific merit of individual scientific (poster) presentations.
Joseph C. Besharse (jbeshars@mcw.edu)and King-Wai Yau (Conference Organizers)
ARVO Meeting (Ft Lauderdale) May 2007
See the ARVO website at : http://www.arvo.org
