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XVI INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON

RETINAL DEGENERATION RD2014

July 13 ‐ 18, 2014

Asilomar Conference Center Pacific Grove, California, United States

International Organizing Committee

Catherine Bowes Rickman Matthew M. LaVail

John D. Ash Christian Grimm

Robert E. Anderson Joe G. Hollyfield

Administrative Coordinators

Holly Whiteside Melody Marcum

Satellite Symposium of the XXI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EYE RESEARCH

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The organizers of RD2014 wish to congratulate the recipients of RD2014 Young Investigator Travel Awards listed below and funded by the National Eye Institute, NIH, USA; the Foundation Fighting Blindness, USA; Pro Retina, Germany; and the Fritz Tobler Foundation, Switzerland. Eligibility was restricted to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, instructors and assistant professors actively involved in retinal degeneration research. These awards were based on the quality of the abstract submitted by each applicant. The Travel Awards Committee consisted of nine senior retinal degeneration investigators and was chaired by Catherine Bowes Rickman.

Pro Retina Germany Awardees

Rob Collin Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Netherlands

David Parfitt UCL Institute of Ophthalmology London, United Kingdom

Xavier Gerard Institut Imagine Paris, France

Celia Parinot Institut de la Vision Paris, France

Claire Hippert UCL Institute of Ophthalmology London, United Kingdom

Beryl Royer‐Bertrand University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland

Elod Kortvely Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany

Fritz Tobler Foundation Awardees

Rosario Fernandez Godino MEEI‐Harvard Medical School Boston, USA

Diana Pauly Universität Regensburg Regensburg, Germany

Stefanie Hauck Helmholtz Zentrum Müchen Neuherberg, Germany

Matt Rutar The Australian National University Canberra, Australia

Mark Kleinman University of Kentucky Lexington, USA

Marijana Samardzija University of Zurich Schlieren, Switzerland

Hongwei Ma University of Oklahoma HSC Oklahoma City, USA

Lei Wang Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA

Young Investigator Travel Award

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Foundation Fighting Blindness Awardees

Carolina Abrahan University of Florida Gainesville, USA

Ruanne Lai University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada

Marcel Alavi University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, USA

Jennifer Lentz Louisiana State University HSC New Orleans, USA

Shannon Boye University of Florida Gainesville, USA

Yao Li Columbia University New York City, USA

Melissa Calton Stanford University School of Medicine San Francisco, USA

Claudia Müller Fordham University New York City, USA

Lindsey Ebke Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute Cleveland, USA

Wenjun Xiong Harvard Medical School Boston, USA

Michael Elliott University of Oklahoma HSC Oklahoma City, USA

Lei Xu University of Florida Gainesville, USA

Roni Hazim University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, USA


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NEI Awardees

Martin‐Paul Agbaga University of Oklahoma HSC Oklahoma City, USA

Christin Hanke University of Utah Salt Lake City, USA

Monica Aguila University College of London London, United Kingdom

John Hulleman Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, USA

Seifollah Azadi University of Oklahoma HSC Oklahoma City, USA

Xiaojie Ji The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, USA

Emran Bashar University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada

Christopher Langlo Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA

Lea Bennett Retina Foundation of the Southwest Dallas, USA

Alexander Marneros Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown, USA

Manas Biswal University of Florida, College of Medicine Gainesville, USA

Alex McKeown University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, USA

Livia Carvalho Schepens Eye Research Institute/MEEI Boston, USA

Kimberly Toops University of Wisconsin ‐ Madison Madison, USA

Wei‐Chieh Chiang University of California, San Diego LaJolla, USA

Christopher Tracy Univeristy of Missouri, School of Medicine Columbia, USA

Janise Deming University of Southern California Los Angeles, USA

Mallika Valapala Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, USA

Louise Downs University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA

Qingjie Wang Regenerative Research Foundation Rensselaer, USA

Michael Gale Oregon Health and Science University Portland, USA


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Sunday, July 13, 2014

15:00 ‐ 17:00 Registration Desk, delegates to pick up programs and name badges (Merrill Hall & Hearthside)

17:00 ‐ 18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION (Merrill Hall)

18:00 ‐ 19:30 DINNER BUFFET (Crocker)

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(Note: Presenting authors are underlined. Travel Awardees are in bold.)

Monday, July 14, 2014 07:30 ‐ 08:15 BREAKFAST (Crocker) [Available for Accomp. Persons until 09:00]

08:15 ‐ 08:30 Welcoming Remarks ‐ Catherine Bowes Rickman (Merrill Hall)

08:30 ‐ 10:00 Platform Session I: Neuroprotection I Moderators: Cheryl Craft and Catherine O’Riordan

08:30 ‐ 09:00 Nicolas G. Bazan Novel molecular principles for decoding homeostasis disruptions in the

retinal pigment epithelium: significance to retinal degenerative diseases 09:00 ‐ 09:30 Machelle T. Pardue, Eric C. Lawson, Adam Hanif, Megan Prunty, Moe H. Aung,

Moon K. Han, Jana T. Sellers, Micah A. Chrenek, Marissa A. Gogniat, Jeffrey H. Boatright

Exercise protects photoreceptors in induced and inherited models of retinal degeneration

9:30 ‐ 10:00 Don Zack High content screening to identify small molecules that promote the survival

and differentiation of human stem cell‐derived RPE cells

10:00 ‐ 10:30 COFFEE BREAK [Coffee, tea, etc. available 10:00 ‐ 11:00]

10:30 ‐ 11:50 Platform Session II: Neuroprotection II Moderators: Xian‐Jie Yang and Timothy Kraft

10:30 ‐ 10:50 Michael H. Elliott, Alaina M. Reagan, Xiaowu Gu, Nawajes Mandal, Daniel

J.J. Carr, John D. Ash Caveolin‐1 modulates retinal neuroprotective and inflammatory signaling 10:50 ‐ 11:20 Mayur Choudhary, Edwin Meade, Goldis Malek Lipid activated nuclear receptors regulate multiple age‐related macular

degeneration (AMD) pathobiological pathways 11:20 ‐ 11:50 Craig Beeson, Chris Lindsey, Cecile Nasarre, Mausumi Bandyopadhyay, Bärbel

Rohrer Small molecules that protect mitochondrial function from metabolic stress

decelerate loss of photoreceptor cells in murine retinal degeneration models


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12:00 ‐ 13:30 LUNCH (Crocker)

13:30 ‐ 14:00 Platform Session II (Continued): Neuroprotection II

13:30 ‐ 14:00 Raju Rajala Photoreceptor neuroprotection: balancing kinase and phosphatase activities

in insulin receptor signaling

14:00 ‐ 15:10 Platform Session III: Gene Therapy Moderators: Alfred Lewin and Claire Hippert 14:00 ‐ 14:20 Shannon Elizabeth Boye, Xi Qin Ding, Qing Ruan, Seok Hong Min, James J.

Peterson, Elena V. Olshevskaya, Igor V. Peshenko, Sanford L. Boye, Alex M. Dizhoor, William W. Hauswirth

Gene replacement in an all cone model of GC1 deficiency‐ focusing in on the affected loci in GUCY2D‐LCA1 patients

14:20 ‐ 14:40 Livia S. Carvalho, Eric Zinn, Samiksha Shah, Ru Xiao, Debalina Sakar, Vadim

Khaychuck, Luk H. Vandenberghe In silico reconstructed ancestral AAV vectors unlock retinal tropism 14:40 ‐ 15:10 Jack M. Sullivan, Mohammed Zuber, Mark C. Butler, Kalyan Srivastava, Tiffany

A. Kolniak, Dian Yu Next steps in ribozyme therapeutics development for retinal degenerative

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15:30 ‐ 17:10 Platform Session IV: Gene Therapy Moderators: Shiming Chen and Rob Collin 15:30 ‐ 16:00 Muna Naash Nanoparticle-based gene therapy for ocular diseases: an update 16:00 ‐ 16:20 Jennifer J. Lentz, Francine M. Jodelka, Anthony J. Hinrich, Abhilash Ponnath,

Russell J. Amato, Mette Flaat, Kate E. McCaffrey, Nicolas G. Bazan, Dominik M. Duelli, Frank Rigo, Michelle L. Hastings

Antisense oligonucleotides effectively treat Usher syndrome in mice. 16:20 ‐ 16:40 Xavier Gérard, Isabelle Perrault, Arnold Munnich, Josseline Kaplan, Jean‐

Michel Rozet AON intravitreal injections to manipulate splicing in retinal cells. 16:40 ‐ 17:10 Daniel C. Chung, Jeannette Bennicelli, Adam Wojnom, Nicoletta A. Commins,

Robert W. Bloom, Daniel J. Bennett, Thu T. Duong, Meera Sivalingam, Arkady Lyubarsky, Jean Bennett

AAV mediated gene transfer via retrograde palpebral vein injection restores retinal and visual function in Lebercilin‐/‐ (LCA5) mice.

17:10 ‐ 17:15 Introduction of Mr. Ed Gollob by Matthew LaVail

17:15 ‐ 17:55 Keynote Lecture I: Edward H. Gollob Lecture JOHN FLANNERY, PhD The Blues and the Abstract Truth: Engineering AAV Vectors to Target Specific Functional Subclasses of Retinal Neurons and Glia

Introduced by Catherine Bowes Rickman


19:30 ‐ 22:00 POSTERS (Fred Farr Forum & Patio, Kiln. Sponsored by BrightFocus Foundation.)


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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

07:30 ‐ 09:00 BREAKFAST (Crocker) FULL DAY EXCURSION (for all attendees and accompanying persons)

In the 30‐year history of the RD Symposia, the full‐day Excursion has been a most important feature of the meeting. During these times, the top 100‐200 vision scientists from around the world have the opportunity to interact in an informal way with others whom they seldom, if ever, get a chance to meet. As a consequence of these personal interactions in a relaxed and exciting atmosphere, many collaborations, professional connections, personal friendships, and innovations have arisen during the Excursions. It is also a time when young trainees in vision research can network, meet senior investigators in the field, and explore potential postdoctoral and faculty positions. These invaluable interactions are not possible at larger scientific meetings.

Morning Excursion: Choice of either

09:00 ‐ 12:00 Whale Watching on the Monterey Bay

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09:30 ‐ 12:00 The 17‐Mile Drive

All:

12:00 ‐ 14:00 Box Lunches from Asilomar,

Monterey’s Del Monte Beach

14:00 ‐ 18:00 Free time at Fisherman’s Wharf, Cannery Row

Buses to return to Asilomar

18:00‐19:30 COOKOUT AT ASILOMAR (Barbeque Pit Area)

19:30 ‐ 22:00 POSTERS (Fred Farr Forum & Patio, Kiln. Sponsored by BrightFocus Foundation)

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

07:30 ‐ 08:30 BREAKFAST (Crocker) [Available for Accomp. Persons until 09:00]

08:30 ‐ 10:10 Platform Session V: Mechanisms of Degeneration I Moderators: Wolfgang Baehr and Monica Aguila

08:30 ‐ 09:00 Marie E. Burns, Emily S. Levine, Eric B. Miller, Azhar Zam, Pengfei Zhang,

Robert J. Zawadzki, Edward N. Pugh Jr. Quantifying the time course and ultrastructure of photoreceptor

degeneration in vivo 09:00 ‐ 09:20 Matt V. Rutar, Riccardo Natoli, Michelle Madigan, Jan M. Provis Targeted inhibition of Il1b reduces chemokine expression, monocyte

recruitment, and cell death in an animal model of atrophic AMD 09:20 ‐ 09:50 Orson L. Moritz, Masahiro Kono, Beatrice M. Tam Photoactivation‐induced instability of rhodopsin mutants T4K and T17M in

rod outer segments underlies retinal degeneration in transgenic models of retinitis pigmentosa

09:50 ‐ 10:10 Alex S. McKeown, Yuquan Wen, Diana M. Niculescu, Timothy W. Kraft Physiological changes in stressed rod photoreceptors: survival of the fastest?


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10:30 ‐ 12:00 Platform Session VI: Mechanisms of Degeneration II Moderators: Janet Sparrow and John Hulleman

10:30 ‐ 11:00 Ekaterina Lobanova, Stella Finkelstein, Nikolai Skiba, Vadim Arshavsky Proteasome overload is a common stress factor in multiple forms of

inherited retinal degeneration 11:00 ‐ 11:30 Laurie M. Renner, Trevor J. McGill, Tiffany Adevai, Alex Bemis, Jonathon

Stoddard, Martha Neuringer Macular degeneration in rhesus monkeys: accelerated progression, increased

autofluorescence, and RPE cell death associated with deficiency of Lutein/Zeaxanthin and omega‐3 fatty acids

11:30 ‐ 12:00 Yan Li, Todd Duncan, Haohua Qian, Lijin Dong, T. Michael Redmond The impaired visual cycle of the hypomorphic RPE65/P25L knockin mouse

model is protective under intense light conditions 12:00 ‐ 13:30 LUNCH (Crocker) 13:30 ‐ 15:10 Platform Session VII: RPE I

Moderators: Patricia Bacerra and Douglas Vollrath 13:30 ‐ 14:00 Olaf Strauß, Claudia Müller, Nestor Mas Gomez, Nadine Reichhart Contribution of ion channels in calcium signaling regulating phagocytosis:

maxiK, Cav1.3 and bestrophin‐1 14:00 ‐ 14:20 Zsolt Ablonczy, Mohammed Dahrouj, Alexander G. Marneros Progressive dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium and retina due to

increased VEGF‐A levels 14:20 ‐ 14:40 Mallika Valapala, Stacey Hose, Imran A. Bhutto, Rhonda Grebe, James T.

Handa, Peter A. Campochiaro, Eric Wawrousek, J. Samuel Zigler, Debasish Sinha

Regulation of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex1 (mTORC1) signaling in retinal pigment epithelial cells

14:40 ‐ 15:10 Quentin Rieu, Jonathan Chatagnon, Emeline F. Nandrot Role of scavenger family receptors in the phagocytosis of spent

photoreceptor outer segments by RPE cells



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15:30 ‐ 17:00 Platform Session VIII: Stem Cells Moderators: Dean Bok and Danielle Smith 15:30 ‐ 16:00 Budd A. Tucker, Robert F. Mullins, Edwin M. Stone Production of clinical grade, genetically corrected, autologous iPSC derived

photoreceptor precursor cells for the treatment of RP: From CRISPR based genome editing to small dedicated cGMP facilities

16:00 ‐ 16:20 Christopher J. Tracy, Whitney Young, Jacqueline W. Pearce, Joan R. Coates,

Martin L. Katz Ex vivo gene therapy as a directed therapy for progressive retinal

degeneration in a canine model of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 16:20 ‐ 16:40 Yao Li, Wen‐Hsuan Wu, Yi‐Ting Tsai, Stephen Tsang Gene therapy on patient‐specific stem cell lines with membrane frizzled‐

related protein defect 16:40 ‐ 17:00 Claudia Müller, Timothy A. Blenkinsop, Jeffrey H. Stern, Sally Temple, Silvia C.

Finnemann Capacity and molecular mechanism for photoreceptor outer segment

phagocytosis of RPE cells derived from adult human RPE stem cells

17:00 ‐ 17:40 Keynote Lecture II: Sally Temple, PhD Endogenous RPE Stem Cells, their Surprising Plasticity and Implications for Therapeutic Applications

Introduced by Christian Grimm

17:40 ‐ 18:00

17:40 ‐ 18:00 Paul Sieving, Director, National Eye Institute NEI Audacious Goals Initiative


19:30 ‐ 22:00 POSTERS (Fred Farr Forum & Patio, Kiln. Sponsored by BrightFocus Foundation)

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

07:30 ‐ 08:30 BREAKFAST (Crocker) [Available for Accomp. Persons until 09:00] 08:30 ‐ 9:30 Platform Session IX: Drug Therapy ‐ Animal Studies

Moderators: Baerbel Rohrer and Muayyad Al‐Ubaidi

08:30 ‐ 08:50 David A. Parfitt, Monica Aguila, Caroline H. McCulley, Dalila Bevilacqua, Dimitra Athanasiou, Sergey Novoselov, Michael E. Cheetham

Pharmacological manipulation of the stress response in retinal degeneration 08:50 ‐ 09:10 Lei Xu, Huiming Xia, John Ash Metformin protects photoreceptors in mice with the PDE6bRd10 mutation

and protects RPE in mice treated with sodium iodate 09:10 ‐ 09:30 Christopher B. Toomey, Una Kelly, Jindong Ding, Catherine Bowes Rickman A novel complement dysregulated mouse model of age‐related macular

degeneration 09:30 ‐ 10:00 Platform Session X: Drug/Device Therapy ‐ Human Studies Moderators: Jacque Duncan and Stephen Daiger 09:30 ‐ 10:00 David G. Birch, Kirsten G. Locke, Lea D. Bennett Long‐term follow‐up of patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) receiving

sustained‐release CNTF through intraocular encapsulated cell technology implants

10:00 ‐ 10:20 COFFEE BREAK [Coffee, tea, etc. available 10:00 ‐ 11:00] 10:20 ‐ 11:20 Platform Session X (Continued): Drug/Device Therapy ‐ Human

Studies 10:20 ‐ 10:50 Wadih Zein, Brett Jeffrey, Henry E. Wiley, Amy Turiff, Santa J. Tumminia, Weng

Tao, Ronald A. Bush, Dario Marangoni, Rong Wen, Lisa L. Wei, Paul A. Sieving CNTF effects on CNGB3 achromatopsia: Phase I/II Human Trial 10:50 ‐ 11:20 Eberhart Zrenner, Bartz‐Schmidt Karl Ulrich, Caroline Chee, Florian Gekeler,

Timothy L. Jackson, Robert MacLaren, Janos Nemeth, Helmut Sachs, Katarina Stingl, David Wong, SUBRET Study Group

Visual outcome in 26 blind RP‐patients with electronic subretinal implant Alpha‐IMS


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11:20 ‐ 12:00 Keynote Lecture III: SAMUEL G. JACOBSON, MD, PhD A Treatment Trial for an Inherited Retinal Degeneration: What Have We Learned?

Introduced by Joe Hollyfield

12:00 ‐ 13:30 LUNCH (Crocker)

13:40 ‐ 15:30 Platform Session XI: RPE II Moderators: T. Michael Redmond and Kimberly Toops

13:40 ‐ 14:10 Michael E. Boulton, Qingwen Qian, Xiaoping Qi, Sayak Mitter, Zhigang Cai,

Catherine Bowes Rickman, Maria Grant A non‐canonical role for β‐secretase in AMD 14:10 ‐ 14:40 Mandy Lambros, Gary O’Mealey, Kendra Plafker, Scott Plafker Interrogating mitochondrial function in RPE health and disease 14:40 ‐ 15:00 Melissa Ann Calton, Douglas Vollrath Augmentation of retinal pigment epithelium glycolysis mediates retinal

degeneration 15:00 ‐ 15:30 David S. Williams, Julian Esteve, Mei Jiang, Vanda Lopes, Tanja Diemer, Conchi

Lillo, Kang Zhang AMD‐like phenotype resulting from defect in RPE intracellular trafficking

15:30 ‐ 15:50 Welcome to RD2016 ‐ John Ash/Nagahisa Yoshimura/Robert E. Anderson

19:30 ‐ 22:00 DINNER (Merrill Hall & Hearthside)


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Friday, July 18, 2014

07:30 ‐ 09:00 BREAKFAST (Crocker)

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RD2014 Poster Presentations

Poster Dimensions: The maximum dimensions of each poster are 45” x 45”, as two posters

will be displayed on each side of a 91”‐wide board (x 45” high). Poster Setup: All posters should be set up in the Kiln and Fred Farr Forum buildings

after registration on Sunday, July 13th. Pins will be provided. Poster boards are also covered with Velcro‐receptive fabric.

Poster Removal: Posters will be displayed all week and should be removed at the end of

the poster session on Wednesday, July 16th. Poster Schedule: Posters will be presented on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

evenings between 7:30 and 10:00 pm. On Monday and Wednesday evenings, presenting authors of an ODD numbered poster should be available in front of the poster between 7:30 and 8:45 pm. Authors of an EVEN numbered poster should be at their poster between 8:45 and 10:00 pm. On Tuesday evening, everyone is free to roam all posters.

Note: Presenting authors are underlined; Travel Awardees are shown in bold

Therapeutic Approaches Stem Cells and Cell‐based Therapies

1. Stem cell‐derived microvesicles: involvement in retinal regeneration? Debora B. Farber 2. A stem cell‐derived model of retinal degeneration associated with Spinocerebellar

ataxia type 7 Danielle Claire Smith, Lauren Mary Watson, Robea Ballo, Janine Scholefield, Sally

Cowley, Matthew J.A. Wood, Susan H. Kidson, Jacquie Greenberg 3. Mesenchymal stem cell based ex vivo gene therapy approach for X‐linked

retinoschisis Emran Bashar, Andrew Metcalfe, Kevin Gregory‐Evans 4. Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell‐derived RPE transplants induce immune response

in pigs Elliott H. Sohn, Chunhua Jiao, Robert F. Mullins, Edwin M. Stone, Budd A. Tucker P

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5. Cone photoreceptor transplantation as a therapy for retinal degenerative diseases Sheila Smiley*, Stuart Matan‐Lithwick*, Sherry Thurig, Adam Baker, Alan Mears,

Catherine Tsilfidis, Valerie Wallace (*co‐first author) 6. Retinal sheet transplantation to restore vision

Magdalene J. Seiler, Robert B. Aramant, Biju B. Thomas, Pamela B. Yang, Norman D. Radtke, Hans S. Keirstead

7. Potential mechanisms underlying human retinal pigment epithelial cell osseous

metaplasia Janmeet S. Saini, Timothy A. Blenkinsop, Jeffrey H. Stern, Sally Temple 8. Modulation of gliosis using shGFAP and shVimentin to determine its role in

photoreceptor transplantation efficiency Claire Hippert, Amanda C. Barber, Anastasios Georgiadis, Anna Graca, James W. Bainbridge, Alexander J. Smith, Jane C. Sowden, Robin R. Ali, Rachael A. Pearson

Gene Therapy and Antisense 9. Antisense oligonucleotide‐based therapy for CEP290‐associated LCA Alex Garanto, Lonneke E.M. Duijkers, Ru Xiao, Luk H. Vandenberghe, Rob W.J. Collin 10. Evaluation of ocular gene therapy in an Italian patient affected by Congenital Leber

Amaurosis type 2 treated in both eyes Francesco Testa, Albert Maguire, Settimio Rossi, Eric Pierce, Junwei Sun, Alberto

Auricchio, Paolo Melillo, Jean Bennett, Francesca Simonelli 11. Reprogramming the human retinal pigment epithelial stem cells (RPESCs) into retinal

progenitor cells Qingjie Wang, Jeffrey H. Stern, Sally Temple 12. Functional rescue of retinal degeneration‐associated mutant RPE65s with a L22P,

T101I, or L408P substitution in non‐active sites Minghao Jin, Songhua Li, Jane Hu, Heather H. Jin, Tadahide,Izumi, Samuel G. Jacobson,

Dean Bok 13. Combinatorial and generic gene therapies for retinal degeneration diseases Wenjun Xiong, Alexandra Garfinkel, Michael Brown, Michael Do, Constance Cepko 14. Prevention of photoreceptor cell degeneration in P23H rats after allele‐specific

knockdown of mutant Rhodopsin RNA expression using antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) treatment

Susan Murray, Ali Jazayeri, Matthew LaVail, Michael Matthes, Douglas Yasumura, Haidong Yang, Michael McCaleb, Raechel Peralta, Andy Watt, Sue Freier, Brett Monia

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15. Expressing TNFa and repressing Notch signaling are necessary and sufficient to induce Müller glia dedifferentiation and proliferation in the zebrafish retina

Clay Conner, Kristin M. Ackerman, Manuela Lahne, Joshua S. Hobgood, David R. Hyde 16. Cre recombinase: you can't live with it, and you can't live without it Yun‐Zheng Le, Meili Zhu, Robert E. Anderson

Neuroprotection, Small Molecules and Other Approaches 17. Pharmacological restoration of visual function in zebrafish mutants following HDAC

inhibitor treatment. Conor Daly, Eugene Dillon, Lisa Shine, Theresa Heffernan, Gerard Cagney, Breandan N.

Kennedy 18. Enhanced systemic administration of the hsp90 inhibitor, 17‐DMAG, retards retinal

degeneration in the P23H‐3 rat model Anna‐Sophia Kiang, Anh Nguyen, Kenna Paul, Marian Humphries, G. Jane Farrar,

Matthew Campbell, Peter Humphries 19. Different photobiomodulation treatment protocols are retinoprotective in the P23H

rat Janis T. Eells, Sandeep Gopalakrishnan, Betsy Abroe, Heather Schmitt, Phyllis

Summerfelt, Adam Dubis, Joseph Carroll 20. Opposing effects of valproic acid treatment in four animal models of retinitis

pigmentosa Ruanne Y.J. Lai, Zusheng Zong, Beatrice M. Tam, Christopher G. May, Orson L. Moritz 21. Hsp90 inhibition protects against inherited retinal degeneration Mònica Aguilà, Dalila Bevilacqua, Caroline McCulley, Nele Schwarz, Dimitra

Athanasiou, Naheed Kanuga, Sergey S. Novoselov, Clemens A.K. Lange, Robin R. Ali, James W. Bainbridge, Carlos Gias, Peter J. Coffey

22. Cone photoreceptor structure in patients with inherited retinal degeneration at 12

months in a randomized trial of sustained‐release ciliary neurotrophic factor Stephanie K. Lynch, Shiri Zayit‐Soudry, Travis C. Porco, Nicolas Sippl‐Swezey, Jennifer

Holland, Jaskiran Mann, Jacque L. Duncan 23. Intravitreal CNTF slightly improves residual cone function in CNGB3‐/‐ mouse Dario Marangoni, Vijay Camasamudram, Ronald A. Bush, Lisa L. Wei, Rong Wen, Paul

A. Sieving 24. A potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of autosomal dominant retinitis

pigmentosa Matthew Adamowicz, Tony Song, Mike Lukason, Elizabeth DuFresne, Samuel

Wadsworth, Seng Cheng, Abraham Scaria, Catherine O’Riordan

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25. Transscleral controlled delivery of geranylgeranylaceton using a polymeric device protects rat retina against light injury Nobuhiro Nagai, Hirokazu Kaji, Toru Nakazawa, Matsuhiko Nishizawa, Toshiaki Abe

26. Exercise and cyclic light preconditioning protect against light‐induced retinal

degeneration and evoke similar gene expression patterns. Jeffrey H. Boatright, Micah A. Chrenek, Jana T. Sellers, Eric C. Lawson, Priscila A. Cunha, Cristina Kendall, Moon K. Han, Adam Hanif, Vincent T. Ciavatta, Marissa A. Gogniat, John M. Nickerson, Machelle T. Pardue

27. Small molecule therapy for the treatment of BBS1 associated RP Arlene V. Drack, Robert F. Mullins, Edwin M. Stone, Budd A. Tucker 28. The neuroprotective effects of Bex1 over‐expression in photoreceptor cells Sarah J. Wassmer, Alan J. Mears, Wai Gin Fong, Tristan Brownrigg, Catherine Tsilfidis 29. JNK inhibition reduced retinal cell death after ischemia/reperfusion in vivo and after

hypoxia in vitro. Nathalie Produit‐Zengaffinen, Tatiana Favez, Constantin J. Pournaras, Daniel F.

Schorderet 30. Heat shock protein 70 induction delays photoreceptor cell death by N‐methyl‐N‐

nitrosourea in mice Yoshiki Koriyama, Kazuhiro Ogai, Kayo Sugitani, Suguru Hisano, Satoru Kato 31. Restoration of sight with photovoltaic subretinal prosthesis Daniel Palanker, Henri Lorach, Georges Goetz, Richard Smith, Xin Lei, Theodore Kamins,

Keith Mathieson, James Harris, Alexander Sher 32. Therapeutic targeting of LRG1 for the treatment of pathological angiogenesis in the

retina Stephen Moss, Xiaomeng Wang, Vineeta Tripathi, Sterenn Davis, Sabu Abraham, John

Greenwood

AMD AMD Models, Mechanisms and Therapy 33. Autophagy‐based secretion of ARMS2 Elod Kortvely, Stefanie M. Hauck, Karsten Boldt, Marius Ueffing 34. High levels of SQSTM1/p62 in the macula are associated with age‐related macular

degeneration (AMD) Lei Wang, Katayoon Ebrahimi, James T. Handa

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35. Overexpression of HtrA1 and exposure to cigarette smoke evoke choroidal neovascularization and retinal deposits in aged mice Mao Nakayama, Daisuke Iejima, Masakazu Akahori, Junzo Kamei, Asako Goto, Takeshi Iwata

36. Comparative assessment of gliosis and associated changes in the extracellular matrix

in murine models of retinal degeneration Anna Graca, Claire Hippert, Robin Ali, Rachael Pearson 37. The effect of 810nm NIL on CSC with lower power irradiated at macula Chao Qu, Fangyu Lin, Wei Lin, Yingchuan Fan, Wei Cao, Chuntao Lei 38. Cigarette smoke treatment induces alterations in protein networks of AMD risk

genes Juliane Merl, Fabian Gruhn, Gerrit John‐Schuster, Marius Ueffing, Ali Ö. Yildirim,

Stefanie M. Hauck 39. A2E induce a decrease of ERK1/2 phosphorylation possibly via bFGF autocrine effect Delphine Balmer, Linda Wicht, Martine Emery, Daniel Francis Schorderet, Raphaël

Roduit 40. Molecular targeting of the TGF‐b type II receptor in the mouse retina causes retinal

neovascularization Barbara Maria Braunger, Sarah Verena Leimbeck, Anja Schlecht, Cornelia Volz, Herbert

Jägle, Ernst R. Tamm 41. Drusen progression, influence of diet and correlation with cone density in a Japanese

macaque model of maculopathy Trevor J. McGill, Laurie M. Renner, Anda Cornea, Mark E. Pennesi, Travis B. Smith, Kay

Rittenhouse, Joachim Fruebis, Martha Neuringer 42. Gene‐diet interactions of dietary glycemic index with mouse models of AMD Sheldon Rowan, Min‐Lee Chang, Karen A. Weikel, Barbara A. Nagel, Amanda Carey,

Christa Cassalman, Jeffrey S. Thinschmidt, Maria B. Grant, Steven J. Fliesler, Donald Smith, Allen Taylor

43. Reversal of oxidative stress in a mouse model of dry AMD Manas R. Biswal, Zhaoyang Wang, Haoyu Mao, Hong Li, Alfred S. Lewin 44. Therapeutic approaches to histone reprogramming in age‐related macular

degeneration Kabhilan Mohan, Andre Berner, Dingyuan Luo, Justin West, Rei Kono, Ilene Sugino,

Marco Zarbin, Jayakrishna Ambati, Mark E. Kleinman 45. IL‐18 and its dichotomous role in age‐related macular degeneration Sarah Doyle, Ema Ozaki, Kiva Brennan, Marian Humphries, Kelly Mulfaul, James

Keaney, Paul Kenna, Arvydas Maminishkis, Anna‐Sophia Kiang, Ed Lavelle, Clair Gardiner, Padraic Fallon, Pete Adamson, Peter Humphries, Matthew Campbell

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46. Characterization of a fovea‐like region of cone photoreceptor packing in the canine

retina and its susceptibility to inherited retinal degenerations. William A. Beltran, Artur V. Cideciyan, Karina E. Guziewicz, Simone Iwabe, Malgorzata Swider, Alexander Sumaroka, Samuel G. Jacobson, Gustavo D. Aguirre

47. Retina analysis of mice lacking aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) Soo‐Young Kim, Hyun‐Jin Yang, Yi‐Sheng Cheng, Jung‐Woong Kim, Matthew Brooks,

Emily Chew, Robert N. Fariss, Wai T. Wong, Rivka A. Rachel, Haohua Qian, Anand Swaroop.

48. Aging of the retina involves elevated IRE1 signaling and ER stress levels Marcel V. Alavi, Wei‐Chieh Chiang, Heike Kroeger, Douglas Yasumura, Michael T.

Matthes, Matthew M. LaVail, Douglas Gould, Jonathan H. Lin 49. Senile local eye amyloidosis ‐ Associated degeneration in the retina in AMD Victor Vladimirovich Ermilov, Nikita Pavlovich Volkov, Alla Anatolyevna Nesterova

Complement 50. A potential therapy for bisretinoid‐mediated retinal degeneration by modulating

complement regulatory protein expression in the retinal pigment epithelium Roxana A. Radu, Zhichun Jiang, Marcia Lloyd, Dean Bok, and Shanta Sarfare 51. Injury of choriocapillaris endothelial cells by membrane attack complex of

complement in AMD: Histological, biochemical and in vitro studies Robert F. Mullins, Budd A. Tucker, Edwin M. Stone 52. Reduced metabolic capacity in aged primary retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is

correlated with increased susceptibility to oxidative and complement‐mediated stress

Baerbel Rohrer, Mausumi Bandyopadhyay, Anthony Leonard, Craig C Beeson 53. A novel antibody inhibits the alternative complement system and specifically detects

properdin from blood samples Diana Pauly, Benedikt M. Nagel, Jörg Reinders, Tobias Killian, Matthias Wulf, Susanne

Ackermann, Boris Ehrenstein, Peter F. Zipfel, Christine Skerka, Bernhard H.F. Weber

Microglia, Monocytes and Retinal Macrophages 54. Polysialic acid controls microglial reactivity and reduces vascular leakage after retinal

laser‐damage Marcus Karlstetter, Janine Claude, Albert Caramoy, Bettina Linnartz‐Gerlach, Jens

Kopatz, Alexander Aslanidis, Yiner Wang, Johannes Ackermann, Volkmar Gieselmann, Harald Neumann, Thomas Langmann

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55. Rapid light‐dependent induction of microglial activation in rods with prolonged phototransduction signaling

Emily S. Levine, Helen Wang, Azhar Zam, Pengfei Zhang, Robert J. Zawadzki, Edward N. Pugh, Jr., Marie E. Burns

56. Aging‐related alterations in microglia in the retina and their relevance to age‐related

retinal disorders Wenxin Ma, Wai T. Wong 57. Activated microglia whey acidic protein (AMWAP) inhibits microglial NFĸB signaling

and reduces laser‐induced choroidal neovascularization Alexander Aslanidis, Marcus Karlstetter, Nikita Ved, Scott Robbie, James W.B.

Bainbridge, Robin R. Ali, Ulrich F. Luhmann, Thomas Langmann 58. Translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) is expressed on reactive retinal microglia and

modulates microglial inflammation and phagocytosis Rebecca Scholz, Marcus Karlstetter, Caroline Nothdurfter, Alexander Aslanidis,

Katharina Moeller, Felicitas Horn, Harald Neumann, Bernhard H.F. Weber, Rainer Rupprecht, Thomas Langmann

59. Characterization of retinal macrophages in stages of age‐related macular

degeneration Eleonora M. Lad, Sina Farsiu, Scott W. Cousins, Alan D. Proia

Inflammation 60. Apolipoprotein E inhibits immunosuppression and promotes mononuclear phagocyte

survival in the subretinal space Olivier Levy, Bertrand Calippe, Sophie Lavalette, Shulong Hu, José‐Alain Sahel, Xavier Guillonneau, Florian Sennlaub

61. CX3CR1 deficiency exacerbates photoreceptor toxicity of mononuclear phagocyte in

a model of subretinal inflammation Shulong Hu, Bertrand Calippe, Sophie Lavalette, Xavier Guillonneau, Florian Sennlaub 62. Early pathogenesis in cone‐only Rpe65‐/‐ / Nrl‐/‐ mice is characterized by

inflammatory response and caspase‐independent cell death Sylviane Métrailler, Daniel F. Schorderet, Sandra Cottet 63. MicroRNAS associated with the inflammatory response in a model of retinal

degeneration Kartik Saxena, Riccardo Natoli, Matt Rutar, Jan Provis 64. Proinflammatory cytokines increase the expression of Dickkopf‐1 in human retinal

pigment epithelial cells in culture R.K. Kutty, W. Samuel, C.N. Nagineni, C. Vijayasarathy, C. Jaworski, T. Duncan, T.M.

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65. Anti‐inflammatory effect of interferon ß signaling in a murine model for AMD‐like retinal degeneration

Anika Lueckoff, Albert Caramoy, Marcus Karlstetter, Thomas Langmann 66. Testing of AAV vectors delivering anti‐inflammatory genes to the retina in the

endotoxin‐induced uveitis mouse model Cristhian J. Ildefonso, Henrique Jaime, Masmudur M. Rahman, Qiuhong Li, Grant

McFadden, Alfred S. Lewin

Macular Dystrophies/Inherited Macular Degeneration 67. Retinal Elovl4, VLC‐PUFA biosynthesis and photoreceptor light responses

Peter Barabas, Aruna Gorusupudi, Trevor Gulbrandsen, Paul S. Bernstein, David Krizaj 68. Expression of mutant ELOVL4 in the absence of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty

acids causes age‐related functional and structural decline in rod but not cone photoreceptors

Martin‐Paul Agbaga, Blake Hopiavuori, Feng Li, Nawajes Mandal, Richard S. Brush, Michael H. Elliott, Radha Ayyagari, Robert E. Anderson

69. Synaptic defects in VLC‐PUFA‐deficient mice Lea D. Bennett, Blake R. Hopiavuori, Richard S. Brush, Michael Chen, Matt J. VanHook,

Wallace B. Thoreson, Robert E. Anderson 70. Quantifying fundus autofluorescence in recessive Stargardt Disease (STGD1) and Best

Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (BVMD) Janet R. Sparrow, Tobias Duncker, Rando Allikmets, Stephen Tsang, Francois Delori 71. Histopathology of the retina in eyes from a patient with Stargardt disease caused by

compound heterozygous ABCA4 mutations Vera L. Bonilha, Mary E. Rayborn, Xiaoping Yang, Brent A. Bell, Meghan J. Marino,

Gerald A. Fishman, Joe G. Hollyfield 72. Probing the role of N‐linked glycosylation of fibulin‐3: implications for disease‐

associated R345W fibulin‐3 stability and folding John D. Hulleman, Jeffery W. Kelly

Inherited Retinal Degenerations and Photoreceptors 73. Histopathological comparison of eyes from patients with autosomal recessive

retinitis pigmentosa caused by novel EYS mutations Stephanie A. Hagstrom, Vera L. Bonilha, Mary E. Rayborn, Xiaoping Yang, Brent A. Bell,

Meghan J. Marino, Gayle J. Pauer, Craig D. Beight, John Chiang, Elias I. Traboulsi, Joe G. Hollyfield

74. Role of activating transcriptional factor 4 in retinal degeneration of ADRP mice Marina Gorbatyuk, Yogesh Bhootada, Sergei Zolotukhin, Oleg Gorbatyuk

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75. Aberrant dolichol chain length distribution in plasma and urine is a biomarker for

retinitis pigmentosa associated with dehydrodolichol diphosphate synthase (DHDDS) Genotypes

Byron L. Lam, Ziqiang Guan, Potyra R. Rosa, Yiwen Li, Rong Wen 76. A novel approach to identify photoreceptor compartment‐specific tulp1 binding

partners Lindsey A Ebke, Gayle J.T. Pauer, Belinda Willard, Stephanie A. Hagstrom 77. Functional evaluation of TULP1 mutations in retinal degeneration for development

of novel pharmacoperones Glenn Prazere Lobo, Lindsey Ann Ebke, Stephanie Ann Hagstrom 78. CNTF‐triggered cell‐to‐cell signaling events in a retinitis pigmentosa model Xian‐Jie Yang, Kun‐Do‐Rhee, Kevin Chao, Steve Nusinowitz, Dean Bok 79. Glycosylation of rhodopsin: Keeper of the gate to the outer segments Muayyad Al‐Ubaidi 80. Photoreceptor structure, function and retinal gene expression in the canine NPHP5

LCA ciliopathy model Gustavo D. Aguirre, Sem Genini, Louise M. Downs, Erin M. Scott, Simone Iwabe, William

A. Beltran 81. An expression quantitative trait locus modifies Mertk‐associated retinal

degeneration Douglas Vollrath, Douglas Yasumura, Wei Feng, Michael Matthes, Gillie Ben‐Chorin,

Natalie Nguyen, Cecilia Sedano, Melissa A. Calton, Matthew M. LaVail 82. Increased function of protein kinase G contributes to cone death in cyclic nucleotide‐

gated channel deficiency Xi‐Qin Ding, Hongwei Ma, Arjun Thapa, Lynsie Morris, Mirja Koch, Martin Biel, Stylianos

Michalakis 83. KAT3 acetyltransferases, CRX and photoreceptor gene expression Anne K. Hennig, Shiming Chen 84. Genetic ablation of DHDDS induces photoreceptor degeneration Yiwen Li, Byron L. Lam, Ying Li, Zhengying Wang, Yun Le, Rong Wen 85. Retinal degeneration and abnormal ERG in transgenic mice carrying the DHDDS K42E

mutation Rong Wen, Byron L. Lam, Ziqiang Guan, Ning Wang, Yihui Chen, Zhengying Wang,

Yiwen Li 86. A tool for predicting disease genes associated with dominant retinal degenerations

Beryl Royer‐Bertrand, Silvio Alessandro Di Gioia, Carlo Rivolta

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87. Allele‐specific overexpression of mutant CRX is caused by altered mRNA stability in a mouse model for CRX‐linked dominant retinopathy

Shiming Chen, Nicholas M.A. Tran 88. The Japanese whole exome analysis project for hereditary retinal diseases Takeshi Iwata 89. The complex of proteins associated with BBS5 in photoreceptor outer segments W. Clay Smith, Susan N. Bolch, Donald R. Dugger, Reshmi Mathew, Gina D'Ambrosio,

Alyssa Berger, J. Hugh McDowell, Uwe Wolfrum 90. Non‐genetic models of retinal degeneration Henri Lorach, Yossi Mandel, Jennifer Kung, Roopa Dalal, Philip Huie, Daniel Palanker 91. Endoplasmic reticulum‐associated degradation of mutant rod opsin disrupts the

protein homeostasis of photoreceptor cells during retinal degeneration Wei‐Chieh Chiang, Heike Kroeger, Carissa Messah, Douglas Yasumura, Michael T.

Matthes, Sanae Sakami, Krzysztof Palczewski, Matthew M. LaVail, Jonathan H. Lin 92. Isolation and characterization of autophagosomes in retina, the possible role of

autophagy in cone degeneration Seifollah Azadi, Robert E. Anderson, Raju V.S. Rajala 93. Arl3 rod‐specific knockout displays RP‐like photoreceptor degeneration Christin Hanke, Houbin Zhang, Jeanne M. Frederick, Wolfgang Baehr 94. Histopathology of the retina in eyes from patients with digenic usher syndrome

caused by USH2A and GPR98 mutations Joe G. Hollyfield, Vera L. Bonilha, Mary E. Rayborn, Mary E. Rayborn, Brent A. Bell,

Xiaoping Yang, Meghan J. Marino, William J. Kimberling, Elias I. Traboulsi, Stephanie A. Hagstrom

95. A mouse model of NMNAT1 Leber congenital amaurosis Scott H. Greenwald, Mike Bowl, Magdalena Staniszewska, Eric A. Pierce 96. Age‐related cone degeneration involves cone arrestin (Arr4) expression Cheryl Mae Craft, Joseph S. Pak, Janise D. Deming, Eun‐Jin Lee, Bruce M. Brown 97. Identification of a novel gene on 10q22 causing autosomal dominant retinitis

pigmentosa Stephen P. Daiger, Lori S. Sullivan, Sara J. Bowne, Daniel C. Koboldt, Susan H. Blanton, Rui Chen, Richard A. Lewis, David G. Birch

98. X‐chromosome inactivation in X‐linked retinitis pigmentosa Abigail T. Fahim, Dianna H. Wheaton, Kaylie D. Webb, Mohammad Othman, Sara J.

Bowne, Lori S. Sullivan, Kerby A. Shedden, Athanasios J. Karoukis, John R. Heckenlively, David G. Birch, Stephen P. Daiger

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99. Blue light‐induced cone cell death and edema formation in the retina of the R91W;Nrl‐/‐ mouse

Marijana Samardzija, Philipp Geiger, Maya Barben, Christian Grimm 100. Mechanistic studies of retinitis pigmentosa in genetic models Chun‐hong Xia, Haiquan Liu, Mei Li and Xiaohua Gong 101. Loss of cones and cone function is a sustained low‐level light damage model of retina

degeneration Molly E. Clark, Glen S. Rubin, Timothy W. Kraft 102. Classification of Rhodopsin mutations by integrated in silico and in vitro

characterization and screening of chaperone molecules to rescue Rhodopsin misfolding

Valeria Marigo, Petra Behnen, Angelo Felline, Francesca Fanelli 103. In Vivo functionality of the RDS C‐terminal Shannon M. Conley, Justin L. Burnett, Dibyendu Chakraborty, Muna I. Naash 104. In‐depth functional diagnostics of mouse models by the conventional single‐flash

and a novel mesopic flicker ERG paradigm Naoyuki Tanimoto, Stylianos Michalakis, Bernhard H.F. Weber, Christian A. Wahl‐

Schott, Hans‐Peter Hammes, Mathias W. Seeliger 105. Phenotypic variability of SLC24A1‐related retinopathy Ajoy Vincent, Elise Heon 106. Cell cycle proteins and epigenetic modifications during photoreceptor degeneration Yvan Arsenijevic, Karine Schouwey, Sarah Decembrini 107. Leber congenital amaurosis with NMNAT1 mutations Akira Murakami, Shuri Kawamorita, Takuro Fujimaki, Mineo Kondo, Sumiko Watanabe 108. Phenotypes and genotypes of x‐linked congenital retinoschisis in children born

during 1993‐2009 in Finland Sirkka‐Liisa Rudanko, Arja Laitinen, Kristiina Avela, Riitta Salonen‐Kajander 109. Retinal dopamine receptor D4 (Drd4) regulation requires two arrestins Janise D. Deming, Kayleen Lim, Bruce M. Brown, Cheryl M. Craft 110. An Intronic SINE insertion in FAM161A that causes exon‐skipping is associated with

progressive retinal atrophy in Tibetan spaniels and Tibetan terriers Louise M. Downs, Cathryn S. Mellersh 111. Intra‐familial similarity of wide‐field autofluorescence in retinitis pigmentosa and

cone‐rod dystrophy Ken Ogino, Yuka Furutani, Akio Oishi, Nagahisa Yoshimura

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112. The first USH2A mutation analysis of Japanese autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa patients: A totally different mutation profile with the lack of frequent mutations found in caucasian patients

Katsuhiro Hosono, Yang Zhao, Kimiko Suto, Chie Ishigami, Yuuki Arai, Akiko Hikoya, Yasuhiko Hirami, Masafumi Ohtsubo, Shinji Ueno, Hiroko Terasaki, Miho Sato, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Shiori Endo, Kunihiro Mizuta, Hiroyuki Mineta, Mineo Kondo, Masayo Takahashi, Shinsei Minoshima, Yoshihiro Hotta

113. Retbindin is a novel photoreceptor‐specific protein and a member of the inter‐

photoreceptor matrix Ryan A. Kelley, Muayyad R. Al‐Ubaidi, Muna I. Naash 114. Non‐redundant roles of PGC‐1a and PGC‐1b in retinal sensitivity to light damage Carolina E. Abrahan, John D. Ash 115. nNOS/NO as a trigger of the MNU‐induced photoreceptor cell death Suguru Hisano, Yoshiki Koriyama, Kazuhiro Ogai, Kayo Sugitani, Satoru Kato 116. RetinoGenetics: A comprehensive mutation database for genes related to inherited

retinal degeneration Xiu‐Feng Huang, Zi‐Bing Jin 117. Comprehensive molecular diagnosis of patients with inherited retinal degeneration

by targeted resequencing Akio Oishi, Maho Oishi, Norimoto Gotoh, Ken Ogino, Yukiko Makiyama, Nagahisa

Yoshimura 118. Prospective cohort study in achromatopsia Frederick T. Collison, Gerald A. Fishman, Richard G. Weleber, Joseph Carroll,

Christopher S. Langlo, Jeffrey D. Chulay 119. Identification of a novel gene linked to autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa Zi‐Bing Jin, Xiu‐Feng Huang, Jia Qu 120. Retinal mutants from the Translational Vision Research Models (TVRM) chemical

mutagenesis program at The Jackson Laboratory Patsy M. Nishina, Wanda Hicks, Jeremy R. Charette, Mark P. Krebs, Lisa Stone, Jieping

Wang, Bo Chang, Juergen K. Naggert 121. Molecular characterization of novel compound heterozygous mutants associated

with Leber congenital amaurosis in Chinese family Yuriko Minegishi, Hunlun Sheng, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Yuri Sergeev, Masaaki Furuno,

Wenjun Zhuang, Yani Liu, Weining Rong, Kazuho Ikeo, Takeshi Iwata 122. Y141C in RDS leads to the formation of unique high molecular weight complexes: a

clue to the associated pattern dystrophy Michael W. Stuck, Shannon M. Conley, Muna I. Naash

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123. Genetic diagnostic testing: selective exon capture or whole exome sequencing? Kinga M. Bujakowska, Mark B. Consugar, Daniel Navarro‐Gomez, Emily M. Place,

Maria E. Sousa, Zoe D. Fonseca‐Kelly, Maria Janessian, Dan Yi Wang, Elizabeth D. Au, Anne B. Fulton, Janey L. Wiggs, Xiaowu Gai, Eric A. Pierce

124. Tetratricopeptide repeat domain 21B (TTC21B) is required for the organization and

maintenance of outer segment structure Qin Liu, Magdalena Staniszewska, Daniel Taub, Eric Pierce 125. Rapid photoreceptor degeneration occurs in zebrafish arl13b mutants following

suppression of PCP signaling Brian D. Perkins, Ping Song, Lynn Dudinsky 126. The LKB1‐AMPK pathway regulates photoreceptor synaptic organization in old age Melanie A. Samuel, P. Emanuela Voinescu, Brendan N. Lilley, Rafa de Cabo, Marc

Foretz, Benoit Viollet, Basil Pawlyk, Michael Sandberg, Demetrios G. Vavvas, Joshua R. Sanes

127. Thyroid hormone signaling regulates cone viability in mouse models of retinal

degeneration Hongwei Ma, Arjun Thapa, Lynsie Morris, T. Michael Redmond, Wolfgang Baehr, Xi‐Qin

Ding 128. Retbindin is a novel photoreceptor‐specific protein and a member of the inter‐

photoreceptor matrix Ryan A. Kelley, Muayyad R. Al‐Ubaidi, Muna I Naash

129. Receptor expression enhancing protein (REEP) 6 is required for rod photoreceptor

homeostasis Bibhudatta Mishra, Shobi Veleri, Souparnika H. Manjunath, Jacob Nellissery, Lijin

Dong, Tiansen Li, Anand Swaroop

130. Dynamics of rod photoreceptor transcriptome during retinal development and disease pathogenesis Jung‐Woong Kim, Hyun‐Jin Yang, Matthew Brooks, Alexis Boleda, Linn Gieser, Norimoto Gotoh, Raphael Villasmil, Bibhudatta Mishra, Koray Kaya, Jennifer Barb, Vijender Chaitanker, Peter Munson, Tiziana Cogliati, and Anand Swaroop

RPE 131. Opposite roles of MerTK ligands Gas6 and Protein S for RPE phagocytosis regulation

Celia Parinot, Jonathan Chatagnon, Emeline F. Nandrot

132. ApoE in the RPE: can isoform‐specific actions contribute to cellular pathology Kimberly A. Toops, Li Xuan Tan, Aparna Lakkaraju

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133. Stargardt‐3 macular degeneration: Defective processing of photoreceptor outer segments by RPE cells

Roni Hazim, Julian Esteve‐Rudd, Tanja Diemer, Kang Zhang, David Williams 134. Dysfunction of NHE8 leads to defective RPE cells and retinal degeneration Xiaohua Gong, Chun‐hong Xia, Haiquan Liu, Debra Cheung 135. P38 mediates anti‐apoptotic effect of valproic acid following oxidative damage in

human retinal pigment epithelial cells Piyush C. Kothary, Benjamin Rossi, Monte A. Del Monte 136. A primary RPE cell culture model to study early mechanisms of macular degeneration Rosario F. Godino, Eric A. Pierce, Donita L. Garland 137. Pigment epithelium‐derived factor receptor (PEDF‐R): novel inhibitor of 5‐

lipoxygenase (5‐LOX) Preeti Subramanian, Emily Mendez, S. Pat Becerra 138. Changes of EGF and HB‐EGF during photoreceptor regeneration in MNU‐induced

retinal degeneration model using zebrafish Kazuhiro Ogai, Suguru Hisano, Kayo Sugitani, Yoshiki Koriyama, Satoru Kato 139. Cell cycle proteins and epigenetic modifications during photoreceptor degeneration Yvan Arsenijevic, Karine Schouwey, Sarah Decembrini 140. Impact of Lyst and Dock7 mutations on retinal pigment epithelial cells Xiaojie Ji, Bo Chang, Mark P. Krebs, Jürgen K. Naggert, Patsy M. Nishina 141. F‐actin regulation during phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segment fragments by

retinal pigment epithelial cells Yingyu Mao, Silvia C. Finnemann 142. Role of Wnt/β‐catenin signal transduction pathway in the differentiation of human

retinal pigment epithelial cells W. Samuel, R.K. Kutty, T. Duncan, E. Poliakov, C. Jaworski, T.M. Redmond 143. RPE cell and sheet properties in normal and diseased eyes John M. Nickerson, Karen I. Mazitello, Alia Rashid, Shagun K. Arora, Micah A. Chrenek,

Qing Zhang, Jeffrey H. Boatright, Hans E. Grossniklaus, Yi Jiang

144. Protection of the health and structural integrity of RPE in the vldlr null mouse Xue Cai, Steven A. Sezate, Jiali Dong, Lijuan Chen, Quentin N. Pye, Sudipta Seal, James F. McGinnis

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Inner Retina 145. Retinal regeneration by Lgr5+ amacrine cells in adult mammals: Implications for age‐

related retinal degenerative diseases Mengfei Chen, Shenghe Tian, Nathan G. Glasgow, Gregory Gibson, Xiaoling Yang, Christen E. Shiber, Igor Nasokin, James Funderburgh, Simon Watkins, Jon W. Johnson, Joel S. Schuman, Hongjun Liu

146. Calcium signaling integrates mechanical and chemical signals in mouse RGCs in a

model for sensory transduction in glaucoma Peter Barabas, Daniel Ryskamp, Erik Soderborg, Andrew Oh Jo, David Krizaj 147. A comparative study of Neuroglobin expression in mouse and zebrafish retina after

optic nerve injury Kayo Sugitani, Yoshiki Koriyama, Kazuhiro Ogai, Keisuke Wakasugi, Satoru Kato 148. Investigation and comparison of retinal nerve fiber swelling in retinal dystrophies

and occult optic neuropathy John R. Heckenlively, Thiran Jayasundera, Naheed Khan, Cameron Strong, Kari E.

Branham, Timothy Steffens 149. Timed demethylation of Bhlhb4 locus H3K27me3 modification by Jmjd3 in specific

subsets of retinal cells allows maturation of rod ON‐bipolar cells Sumiko Watanabe, Toshiro Iwagawa, Yukihiro Baba, Akira Murakami 150. Characterization and reversal of synaptic defects in a mouse model of XLRS Vijay Camasamudram, Jingxing Ou, Shan Chen, Yong Zeng, Dario Marangoni, Ronald A.

Bush, Lisa L. Wei, Wei Li, Paul A. Sieving 151. Early Müller cell and vascular defects in a mouse model of X‐linked juvenile

retinoschisis John D. Ash, Huiming Xia, YingXiang Huang

In vivo Imaging 152. Flood‐illuminated adaptive optics camera performance in subjects with retinitis

pigmentosa Michael J. Gale, Shu Feng, Hope E. Titus, Travis B. Smith, Mark E. Pennesi 153. Repeatability of cone spacing measures in eyes with inherited retinal degenerations Shiri Zayit‐Soudry, Nicolas Sippl‐Swezey, Travis Porco, Stephanie Lynch, Reema Syed,

Kavitha Ratnam, Moreno Menghini, Austin J. Roorda, Jacque L. Duncan 154. High‐resolution assessment of cone photoreceptor structure and function in macular

telangiectasia (MacTel) type 2 Qinyun Wang, William S. Tuten, Brandon J. Lujan, Jennifer Holland, Paul S. Bernstein,

Steven D. Schwartz, Jacque L. Duncan, Austin J. Roorda

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155. Photoreceptor mosaic variability in RPGR‐associated retinal dystrophy Adam M. Dubis, Jonathan Aboshiha, Rola BaAbbad, Adam Pack, Ranjit S. Samra,

Ganeshan Ramsamy, Yusufu Sulai, Alfredo Dubra, Andrew Webster, Joseph Carroll, Michel Michaelides

156. In vivo imaging of retinal pigment epithelium cell death using a novel fluorescent

probe targeting caspases Kabhilan Mohan, Yoshio Hirano, Andre Berner, Dingyuan Lou, Chad Jackson, Jennifer

Brown, Gary Johnson, Jayakrishna Ambati, Mark Kleinman 157. Changes in SD‐OCT cyst volume measurements in a prospective cohort study in X‐

linked retinoschisis Mark E. Pennesi, David G. Birch, John R. Heckenlively, Ou Tan, Joycelin Niimi, Kirsten G.

Locke, Lea D. Bennett, Naheed W. Khan, Paul Yang, Thiran Jayasundera, Richard G. Weleber, Jeffrey D. Chulay

158. Correlation of photoreceptor structure with autofluorescence in retinal degeneration

associated with ABCA4 mutations Kimberly E. Stepien, Fouad R. Zakka, Drew H. Scoles, Benjamin S. Liu, Robert F. Cooper,

Christopher S. Langlo, Thomas B. Connor, Alfredo Dubra, Joseph Carroll 159. Imaging cone inner segment structure in Achromatopsia using split detector AOSLO Christopher S. Langlo, Drew H. Scoles, Gerald A. Fishman, David M. Gamm, Michael

Struck, John Chiang, Alfredo Dubra, Joseph Carroll

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We are grateful to the following organizations for their generous support of this meeting.

National Eye Institute

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Pro Retina Germany

Fritz Tobler Foundation Switzerland

BrightFocus Foundation

We also thank Ed and Sandy Gollob for their generous support.

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