Breakfast

Platform Session I - Stress Management

Rachel W. Kuchtey, MD, PhD: "Elastic Fiber Defects in Glaucoma Pathogenesis"

Terete Borras, PhD, FARVO: "Matrix GLA (MGP) Ablation Increases Stiffness in the Trabecular Meshwork and Disrupts the Retinal Vasculature in Living Mice"

J. Crawford Downs, PhD, FARVO: "Simulating the Biomechanics of the Lamina Cribrosa Microstructure and Associated Neural Tissues"

Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, PhD: "OCT Measurement of In Vivo Deformation and Strain in the Human Lamina Cribrosa after Laser Suturelysis"

Ian A. Sigal, PhD: "The Strain that Broke the Axon's Back; Towards Axon-Centric Optic Nerve Head Biomechanics"

Break and Poster Viewing

Platform Session II - Translational Advances

Special Tribute to Dr. Laszlo Z. Bito 

C. Ross Ethier, PhD: "Sustained IOP Lowering by a Novel Non-Surgical, Non-Pharmacologic Mechanism"

Gaurang C. Patel, PhD: "RNAi Based Approach for MYOC-Associated Glaucoma"

Tonia S. Rex, PhD: "Sustained Release Of EPO-R76E Protects Against Glaucoma by Activating Nrf2 Via the MAPK Pathway"

Cynthia L. Steel, MBA, PhD: "Preclinical Efficacy and Safety Profile of QLS-101, A Novel ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Opener for the Reduction of IOP"

Ariana M. Levin, MD: "The Bigger Picture: Use of Daily Round-the-Clock Intraocular Pressure Measurements for Understanding Glaucoma Progression"

Brad Fortune, O.D., PhD: Pharmacodynamic response of optic nerve head (ONH) tissue vasculature and blood flow after administration of PER-001, an endothelin receptor antagonist

Lunch

Platform Session III - Molecular Mechanisms

Raquel L. Lieberman, PhD: "Benign or Pathogenic? Perplexing Variants of the Glaucoma-Associated Myocilin Olfactomedin Domain"

Pete Williams, PhD:     Targeting Nmnat2 for Neuroprotection in Glaucoma  

Pete Williams, PhD:     Targeting Nmnat2 for Neuroprotection in Glaucoma  

Yutao Liu, MD, PhD: "The Role of miR-182 in Conventional Outflow Pathway"

Colin E. Willoughby MD FRCOphth:     A COMPARATIVE GENOME-WIDE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF GLUCOCORTICOID RESPONDER AND NON-RESPONDER PRIMARY HUMAN TRABECULAR MESHWORK CELLS

Stanislav Tomarev, PhD: "miRNA Changes in Retinal Ganglion Cells After Optic Nerve Crush and Glaucomatous Damage"

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD: "Age-Related Response to Ocular Hypertension"

Break and Poster Viewing

Keynote Lecture II

Break

Dinner

Reception and Poster Session

Registration

Poster Setup

Breakfast

Platform Session I - Stress Management

Rachel W. Kuchtey, MD, PhD: "Elastic Fiber Defects in Glaucoma Pathogenesis"

Terete Borras, PhD, FARVO: "Matrix GLA (MGP) Ablation Increases Stiffness in the Trabecular Meshwork and Disrupts the Retinal Vasculature in Living Mice"

J. Crawford Downs, PhD, FARVO: "Simulating the Biomechanics of the Lamina Cribrosa Microstructure and Associated Neural Tissues"

Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, PhD: "OCT Measurement of In Vivo Deformation and Strain in the Human Lamina Cribrosa after Laser Suturelysis"

Ian A. Sigal, PhD: "The Strain that Broke the Axon's Back; Towards Axon-Centric Optic Nerve Head Biomechanics"