ARVO 2013 in Seattle

The event was organized to facilitate the advancement of basic and clinical vision research with a goal of prevention and cure of ophthalmic disorders in the world. The conference started with a brief introduction by course coordinator after which in the first session 'Diabetic Retinopathy: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Go from Here?, 'Entrepreneurship in Ophthalmology: Pathways to Innovation, Ophthalmic Oncology Update: Molecular Signature of Ocular and Orbital Tumors and Targeted Biologic Treatment Opportunities , Predicting, Measuring and Treating Changes in Corneal Biomechan-ics' were discussed. This course led to discussion about both basic and clinical sciences of diabetic retinopathy. The role of cancer stem cells and molecular characteristics of ocular tumor that may lead to targeted therapy was also discussed. The multidisciplinary overview about the state of the art in measuring and predicting changes in corneal biomechanics was presented. The second session on the same day was on micro RNA and Ocular Disease which was directed by Shusheng Wang and Martin Friedlander. The discussion in the session was based on the use of micro RNAs as research tool, the role of micro RNAs in ocular angiogenesis, deep sequencing for micro RNAs, micro RNAs in degenerative diseases as well as therapeutic targets. On second day the major area covered in the session were: Architecture of the The main discussion was based on learning a variety of high resolution structural techniques is uncovering the architecture of the remarkable optical and neuronal organ. This included critical findings from developmental biology and follow their promising trajectory of influence on the understanding of major blinding disorders and approaches to treatment. The genetic risk factors identified by the Genome-wide association studies and next generation sequencing which are critically important steps toward the development of gene-based screening and could also suggest novel therapeutic approaches based on the molecular events underlying these common ocular disorders was also discussed. On third day the main sessions were The central points of the discussion included the role of cilium in photoreceptors. The role of neuropeptides in immunity and infection , understanding the mechanisms of both pro and anti-inflammatory neu-ropeptide regulation of inflammation which has the potential to facilitate the use of these molecules for ocular inflam-matory and infectious disease control were discussed. In the conference Dr. Akshay Anand presented his work on the role of VEGF in proliferation of Ciliary Epithelium cells showing the mediation by Jagged-Notch pathway. …