Ocular genetics
Monday 15 February 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England
A joint meeting with the Medical Genetics Section
Registration Details:
RSM Retired Fellow: £25
RSM Student: £25
RSM Trainee: £40
RSM Associate: £50
RSM Fellow: £50
Consultant/GP: £145
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £80
Trainee: £80
Clinical Scientist/Genetics Counsellor: £45
Student: £35
Charity/Voluntary Sector: £45
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £45
Fee: £40
Guest: Free of charge
Meeting ref: MGA04
CPD: 5 credits
9.15 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.50 am |
Introduction and welcome |
| Dr Lily Islam, UCL Institute of Child Health | |
| Chair: Dr Huw Dorkins, Kennedy Galton Centre, Oxford and Dr Lily Islam, UCL Institute of Child Health | |
10.00 am |
Genetic counselling for eye disorders |
| Ms Georgina Hall, University of Manchester | |
10.40 am |
Usher syndrome |
| Mr Andrew Webster, Moorfields Eye Hospital | |
11.20 am |
Coffee |
| Chair: Chairs: Professor Alan Emery, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford and Dr Emma Baple, St George's Hospital, London | |
11.50 am |
Complex genetic eye disorders |
| Professor Andrew Lotery, University of Southampton | |
12.30 pm |
X-linked ocular disorders |
| Professor Alison Hardcastle, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology | |
1.10 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Professor Veronica van Heyningen, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh and Professor Graeme Black, University of Manchester | |
2.00 pm |
Cell-based therapies in ocular repair |
| Dr Jane Sowden, UCL Institute of Child Health | |
2.40 pm |
Prospects for therapy for inherited retinal dystrophies |
| Professor Anthony Moore, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology | |
3.20 pm |
Coffee |
| Chair: Professor Anthony Moore, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London and Dr Victoria Murday, Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow | |
3.50 pm |
Retinoblastoma: counselling and management |
| Dr Elisabeth Rosser, Great Ormond Street Hospital | |
4.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.35 pm |
The future of genetic screening for eye diseases |
| Professor Graeme Black, University of Manchester | |
5.15 pm |
Close of meeting and drinks reception |