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EGG-UK 2008 Meeting - 26th
September 2008
Details
Date: Friday 26th September 2008
Location: Cardiff
Time: 09:30 - 16:15
Registration: 09:00 - 09:30
Programme
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09:00
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Registration
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Welcome - Marcela Votruba and Patrick
Watts |
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Retinoblastoma - Chair: Patrick
Watts |
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09:30
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Genetic Testing and Management of Retinoblastoma -
Professor Graham Black and Professor Anna O'Grady,
Manchester |
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10:00
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Genetic Testing and Ophthalmic Screening for Retinoblastoma
- case discussions - Dr Helen Stewart, Oxford |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee and Networking |
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Genetic Studies - Chair: Tony
Moore |
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11:00
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The Epidemiology of Childhood Onset Hereditary Retinal
Disorders - Dr Esther Hamblion, MEH/IOO/ICH |
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11:20
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Leber Congenital Amaurosis - Phenotype-Genotype Correlation
- Dr Martin McKibbin, Leeds |
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11:40
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Update on AMD Genetics - Professor Andrew
Lotery, Southampton |
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12:00
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Genetic Profiling in Angiogenic Eye Disease - Dr
Amanda Churchill, Bristol |
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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Genetic Therapy and Testing Update - Chair:
Marcela Votruba |
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13:30
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The Influence of Microglia on Retinal Progenitor Cell
Turnover and Cell Replacement - Professor Andrew Dick, Bristol |
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14:00
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Prospects for Therapy for Childhood Retinal Dystrophies -
Professor Tony Moore, UCL |
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14:30
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Developing a new NHS Genetic Test: OPA 1 and Inherited
Optic Neuropathy - Dr Rachel Butler |
| 15:00-15:20 |
Tea and Networking |
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Cases from the Floor - Chair: Patrick Watts
and Marcela Votruba |
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15:20
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Clinical Cases from the Floor |
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16:00
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Summary and Future Plans - Dr Marcela
Votruba
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16:15
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Close of Meeting |
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