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EVENT REGISTRATION

Event:		8th Annual Bench to Bedside Symposium
Description:		This free, one-day symposium will focus on exciting advances in translational research. The event will bring together all those who are interested in applying state-of-the-art methodologies to human diseases – from undergraduate students to full-time professors, and experts in private industry. Topics include: - Neuroscience of Vision - Immune System and Eye Health - Regenerative Medicine - Novel Techniques for Vision Research Speakers include: -Aileen Anderson, PhD, Director, Sue and Bill Gross Research Center; Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UCI -Mayssa Attar, PhD, DABT, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow; Allergan, an AbbVie Company -Andrew Browne, MD, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI -Zhongping Chen, PhD, Professor, Beckman Laser Institute, UCI -Maria Del Valle Estopinal, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology and Pathology, UCI -Sunil P. Gandhi, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI -Albert LaSpada, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Neurology, UCI -Olivia L. Lee, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI -David Lyon, PhD, Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology, UCI -Rachel Martin, PhD, Professor, Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UCI -Eric Pearlman, PhD, Professor, Ophthalmology, and Director, Institute for Immunology, UCI -William C. Tang, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UCI -Andrea Tenner, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UCI
Date: Time:		Saturday, June 4, 2022 7:30 am – 6:00 pm PT
In Person:		Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center \| 100 Academy Way \| Irvine, CA 92617
Virtual Option:		Zoom link will be sent to those who register to attend virtually
Virtual event notes:		Livestream on 6/4 at 9:00 am PT, no registration required to view livestream. Event will be recorded and availabe for viewing after event.
		Livestream
Poster Presentation: Posters will be presented throughout the day to encourage interactions between post-doctoral fellow, scientists and industry experts. The top three outstanding post-doctoral posters will be awarded: $500 First Prize $300 Second Prize $200 Third Prize Thanks to the generous support of the Discovery Center for Eye Research, Research to Prevent Blindness, and the UCI Center for Translational Vision Research, the registration fees have been waived. For more information, email Dana Collinson \| dana.collinson@hs.uci.edu.

Agenda

Time	Session	Presenter	Presenters' Titles

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration and Breakfast - Lobby and Dinning Room
8:30 - 8:35 AM	Welcome	Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD	Chair, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology
	Session #1 - Neuroscience of Vision	Moderator - Valdimir Kefalov, PhD	Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI
8:35 - 9:05 AM	Ocular Surface Changes after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation	Olivia Lee, MD	Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI
	Q&A
9:05 - 9:35 AM	Cellular and Molecular Basis of the Cerebellar-Retinal Degenerative Disorder Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7	Albert LaSpada, MD, PhD	Distinguished Professor, Neurology, UCI
	Q&A
9:35-10:05 AM	Visual Cortex Recovery Following Treatments of Retinal Diseases	David Lyon, PhD	Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology, UCI
	Q&A
10:05-10:35 AM	Optical Coherence Tomography and Elastography of Ophthalmic Tissues	Zhongping Chen, PhD	Professor, Beckman Laser Institute, UCI
	Q&A
10:35-11:00 AM	Break and Poster Viewing - Atrium
	Session #2 - Immune System and Eye Health	Moderator - Sanjay Kedhar, MD	Director, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Ophthalmology, UCI
11:00-11:30 AM	Immune Regulation of Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis	Eric Pearlman, PhD	Professor, Ophthalmology; Director, Institute for Immunology, UCI
	Q&A
11:30 AM-12 PM	IgG4-related Ophthalmic Disease	Maria Del Valle Estopinal, MD	Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology and Pathology, UCI
	Q&A
12:00-12:30 PM	Strategic Targeting of the Complement System in Alzheimer’s Disease	Andrea Tenner, PhD	Distinguished Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UCI
	Q&A
12:30-1:30 PM	Lunch and Poster Viewing - Dinning Room and Atrium
	Session #3: Regenerative Medicine	Moderator - Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD	Assisstant Professor, Ophthalmology, Physiology & Biophysics, UCI
1:30 - 2:00 PM	A Novel Role for Complement-mediated Neuroimmune Signaling in the Central Nervous System	Aileen Anderson, PhD	Director, Sue and Bill Gross Research Center; Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UCI
	Q&A
2:00 - 2:30 PM	Retina on a Chip	William Tang, PhD	Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UCI
	Q&A
2:30 - 3:00 PM	Quantitative Mapping of Visual Activation in the Intact Whole-Brain at Single Cell Resolution	Sunhil Gandhi, PhD	Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI
	Q&A
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Break and Poster Viewing - Atrium
	Session #4: Novel Techniques for Vision Research	Moderator - Mitul Mehta, MD	Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI
3:30 - 4:00 PM	Translating Ocular PKPD to Improve Clinical Success Rates	Mayssa Attar, PhD, DABT	Vice President and Senior Research Fellow; Allergan, an AbbVie Company
	Q&A
4:00 - 4:30 PM	New AI Methods to Improve Ocular Surgeries	Andrew Browne, MD, PhD	Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI
	Q&A
4:30 - 5:00 PM	Advances in NMR Methodology for Molecular Vision Science	Rachel Martin, PhD	Professor, Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
	Q&A
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Best Posters and Reception - Atrium