The last couple of years have been tough, but our dream team worked very hard to be represented at ARVO-2022 that took place in Denver, Colorado. And this year we had a record number of presentations from our lab, including 4 talks and 8 posters!
The presentations are available online, at ARVO website and app through June 30, so feel free to have a peak at our work if you have registered for ARVO ! Sunday, May 1st
12:15pm-2:15pm Poster Session: Vascular Biology,
Board #F0311: “The differential role of distinct astrocyte populations in Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV) disease” (Victoria Koontz’s poster):
2:45pm-4:45pm Paper Session: Molecular events in diabetic retinopathy,
3:53pm-4:10pm: “The Role of the STING/Type I IFN Signaling Pathway in Diabetic Retinopathy” (Haitao Liu’s talk):
Tuesday, May 3rd
8-10am Symposium: Autophagosomes, lysosomes and other -somes: their role in ocular tissues homeostasis,
9:22-9:41am: “Rejuvenating lysosome/autophagy function in the RPE as a possible therapeutic strategy for dry AMD” (Debasish Sinha’s talk):
10:30am-12:30pm Poster Session: Retinal metabolism and physiology,
Board #F0180: “PITPb/bA3/A1-crystallin complex is critical for PIP metabolism in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)” (Emma Mahally’s poster):
Paper Session: Lens proteins: normal and pathogenic biochemistry,
11:04am-11:21am: “Looking for hidden cues: can the function of the moonlighting ocular protein bA3/A1-crystallin be regulated by the signals hidden in its coding sequence?” (Nadia Stepicheva’s talk):
1-3pm Poster Session: RPE/choroid pathology: oxidative stress, inflammation and neovascularization,
Board #F0404: “Activation of mTOR signaling in the RPE cells induces alterations in melanogenesis thereby triggering oxidative stress” (Olivia Chowdhury’s poster):
Board #F0409: “Inhibiting mTOR-independent TFEB activity in RPE alleviates the early AMD-like phenotype in a mouse model” (Mihir Nemani’s poster):
3:30-5:15pm Mini-Symposium: Modulation of the RPE’s immunogenic phenotype in disease,
3:50-4:07pm: “IFNl secreted by the RPE elicits homing of immune cells into the retina during atrophic AMD” (Debasish Sinha’s talk):
Wednesday, May 4th
10am-12pm Poster Session: Biochemistry and Molecular Mechanisms of Diabetic Retinopathy,
Board #A0054: “Akt2 signaling in diabetes-induced dysfunction of the outer blood retina barrier” (Rachel Daley’s poster):
12:30-2:30pm Poster Session: Novel animal models and neuroprotection in the retina, Board #F0352: “HDAC11 is a crucial regulator for visual cycle genes and retinal function” (Peng Shang’s poster):
3-5pm Poster Session: Pathobiology of AMD,
Board #F0394: Lipocalin-2 homodimer variant: Role in dry age-related macular degeneration (Urvi Gupta’s poster):
Board #F0417: “Crosstalk between metabolism and inflammation in dry age-related macular degeneration” (Sayan Ghosh’s poster):
It was so great to be attending an in-person conference again!!! Here are some pictures highlighting our time in Denver: