GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Accommodations

The conference participants will be staying at the Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village (A' class), which is located in Hersonissos, 25 km from the airport.

 

Arrival and Check-in

It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in on Friday after 2:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:00 pm on Saturday must make alternative dinner arrangements.

 

Breakfast

Breakfast will be served at your hotel during the hours scheduled in this program.

 

Conference Venue

The Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village Conference Center is located at the hotel. 

 

Handicapped Accessibility

The site is fully handicapped accessible.

 

Oral Presentations

An LCD projector and an overhead projector will be available for the oral presentations. Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive or CD to the conference reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

 

Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner

Badges are required for admission.

 

Tour to Knossos and Museum

Buses for the city & archaeological tour will be leaving from the hotel on Monday, June 29 at 2:30 p.m. Participants be picked up at the hotel front lobby at that time. Badges are required for participation.

 

Lunches

Lunches will be served at the indicated times to all registered participants and registered accompanying persons in the hotel. Badges are required for admission. 

 

Dinners

Three of the dinners will be served at local Greek Tavernas. Scheduled transportation to these events will be provided by Aegean Conferences. Vegetarian entrees are available only if the request is made in advance of the meeting.

 

Internet, Phone, & Computer

Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.

 

Other Information

Animals are not permitted on site.

All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.

 





Friday, June 26

 

5:00 - 8:00 PM

Open Registration

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Welcome Reception/Dinner

 

 

 

Saturday, June 27

 

 

 

9:00 AM

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

 

 

Session I

 

Complement Biology

 

 

Chairs: JP Atkinson, B Stevens

9:15 AM

1

Complement: from behind the scenes into the spotlight

J Lambris

9:40 AM

2

Role of properdin in complement-dependent tissue injury

W Song

10:05 AM

3

The role of the complement cascade in eliminating CNS synapses during development and disease

B Stevens, D Schafer, NJ Allen, GR Howell, LE Vasquez, NNouri, JD Lambris, SWM John, and BA Barres

10:30 AM

4

What atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome teaches us about age-related macular degeneration

JP Atkinson

 

 

 

10:55 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

Session II

 

Complement Structural Biology

 

 

Chairs: W Song, P. Zipfel

11:25 AM

5

Structural insights in the C3 convertase and its regulation

J Wu, YQ Wu, D Ricklin, S Rooijakkers, M Ruyken, BJC Janssen, J van Strijp, JD Lambris, and P Gros

11:50 AM

6

Solution structures and macromolecular interactions of complement factor H with its ligands

SJ Perkins

12:15 PM

7

Self-association of the TYR402 and HIS402 allotypes of complement factor H in the absence and presence of Zinc

R Nan, G Ward, J Gor, I Lengyel, and SJ Perkins

12:25 PM

8

Complement factor H related genes and age-related macular degeneration

N Lauer, B Uzony, J Böhme, C Skerka, BH Weber, M Opperman, TH Goodship, P Charbel-Issa, HP Scholl, F G Holz, and PF Zipfel

12:50 PM

9

Y402H polymorphism affects MCRP binding and leads to a diminished complement control on the surface of necrotic ARPE cells

N Lauer, A Hartmann, M Mihlan, H Richter, F Sühnel, C Binder, C v. Strachwitz, C Skerka, and PF Zipfel

1:00 PM

10

Glaucoma: what is the role of complement?

J Danias and L Panagis

 

 

 

1:20 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at a Local Greek Tavern

The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM

 

Sunday, June 28

 

 

Session III

 

Inflammation

 

 

Chairs: A Adamis, K Palczewski

9:00 AM

11

The case for complement and inflammation in AMD: open questions

AP Adamis

9:25 AM

12

The link between oxidation and inflammation in age related macular degeneration

JG Hollyfield

9:50 AM

13

Macrophages play an indispensable role in central nervous system  repair

M Schwartz, R Shechter, and A London

10:15 AM

14

Chemistry of vision and retinal disease

K Palczewski

 

 

 

10:40 AM

 

Coffe Break & Poster Session

 

 

 

Session IV

 

Inflammation

 

 

Chairs: J Danias, DT Shima

11:10 AM

15

Association between chlamydia pneumoniae infection and age-related macular degeneration

M Kalayoglu

11:35 AM

16

Possible role of bA3/A1-crystallin in the properdin system

D Sinha, JS Zigler, Jr., E Wawrousek, and GA Lutty

12:00 Noon

17

Functional genomics of complement activation in amd

AO Edwards, LA Hecker, E Ryu, N Tosakulwong, KH Baratz, W Brown, P Charbel Issa, B Pollok-Kopp, KE Schmid-Kubista, KR Bailey, and M Oppermann

12:25 PM

18

Endothelial cell activation: a molecular link between complement and monocytes in age-related macular degeneration?

RF Mullins and JM Skeie

12:55 AM

19

Using mouse models to dissect the links between inflammation and retinal neovascular disease

DT Shima

 

 

 

1:20 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at a Local Greek Tavern

The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM

 

Monday, June 29

 

 

 

Session V

 

Therapeutics

 

 

Chairs: MV Holers, D Ricklin

8:30 AM

20

Taming the double-edged sword: Therapeutic interventions in the complement cascade

D Ricklin, P Magotti, H Qu, G Sfyroera, YQ Wu, and JD Lambris

8:55 AM

21

Development and description of two potent targeted therapeutics that modulate the alternative pathway of complement by either inhibition of factor B or supplementation of factor H activity

MV Holers, C Horvath, C Smith, H Akana, I Mazsaroff, WJ Emlen, and R Marians

9:15 AM

22

Phase I results of the complement C3 inhibitor pot-4 in AMD

CG Francois, PJ Rosenfeld, J Slakter, S Bakri, D Boyer, S Kaushal, R Chace, H Hudson, P Deschatelets, and F Grossi

9:30 AM

23

Phase 1 trial of complement inhibition in neovascular AMD using an anti –C5 pegylated aptamer (ARC 1905)

S Patel and the Ophthotech Study Team

9:45 AM

24

Complement depletion with humanized cobra venom factor reduces tissue damage in a mouse model for age-related macular degeneration

DC Fritzinger, R Dean, K Wong,, R Halter, J Borlak, W St. John, and CW Vogel

10:00 AM

25

A targeted inhibitor of the alternative complement pathway reduces RPE injury and angiogenesis in models of age-related macular degeneration

B Rohrer, Q Long, B Coughlin, B Renner , Y Huang, K Kunchithapautham, V Ferreira, M Pangburn, G Gilkeson, J Thurman, and S Tomlinson

10:15 AM

26

Combination therapy for age-related macular degeneration using verteporfin and ranibizumab; pre-clinical assessment in the CAM model

E Debefve, BPegaz, JP Ballini, and H van den Bergh

 

 

 

10:30 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

Session VI

 

Therapeutics/Diagnostics

 

 

Chairs: T Iwata, JR Sparrow

11:00 AM

27

Suppression of drusen formation by Compstatin (POT-4), a peptide inhibitor of complement component C3 activation, on cynomolgus monkey with early-onset macular degeneration

T Iwata, Z-L Chi, T Yoshida, K Fujinami, Y Miyake, A Mizota, MT Suzuki, K Terao, Y Yoshikawa, JD Lambris, and P Olson

11:25 AM

28

Depletion of complement component C5 inhibits secondary cataracts in mice

R  Suetsugu-Maki, TP Fox, H Qu, JD. Lambris and PA Tsonis

11:50 AM

29

Towards predicting individual risk for age-related macular degeneration

JL Haines, K Spencer, LM Olson, P Gallins, WK Scott, N Schnetz-Boutaud, A Agarwal, EA Postel, J Kovach, S Schwartz, and MA Pericak-Vance

12:15 PM

30

Development of fluorescence probes based on kistrin linked to a photosensitizer to provide his selective delivery

B Pegaz, E Debefve, JP Ballini, and H van den Bergh

12:30 PM

31

Imaging of the optic nerve with improved radio frequency coils for 3T MRI

J Rose, EP Quigley, JS Anderson, S Kim, EK Jeong, E Minalga, R Merrill, D Parker, and R Hadley

12:45 PM

32

Activation of complement by photooxidation products of the bisretinoids of RPE lipofuscin

JR Sparrow

 

 

 

1:10 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

2:45 PM

 

Tour to Knossos Archaeological site & Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

The bus for the tour will depart from the hotel at 2:45 PM

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at a local Greek Tavern

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 30

 

 

 

Session VII

 

Angiogenesis/Animal Models

 

 

Chairs: T Chavakis, SW Cousins

9:00 AM

33

Mechanism studies of the racial differences in age related macular degeneration

R D’Amato and I Adini

9:25 AM

34

Novel aspects in the regulation of hypoxia-driven retina angiogenesis: The contribution of the Dna repair response and the complement system

H Langer, M Economopoulou, P Magotti, JD Lambris, and T Chavakis

9:50 AM

35

The alternative complement cascade regulates pathological angiogenesis in the retina

KM Connor, N Krah, R Dennison, K Willett, GL Stahl, and LEH Smith

10:10 AM

36

Retinal iron overload in Cp/Heph mutant mice induces degeneration and inflammation with features of AMD

M Hadziahmetovic, P Hahn, Y Song, JD Lambris, and J Dunaief

10:35 AM

37

Inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration: models, mechanisms and interventions

JS Hong

 

 

 

11:00 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

Session X

 

Animal Models

 

 

Chairs: K Del Rio-Tsonis, J Dunaief

11:30 PM

38

Up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor after scatter retinal photocoagulation – a possible cause for post-laser macular edema?

Y Ogura

11:50 PM

39

The role of complement in retina regeneration

T Haynes, A Tzekou, C Gomez, A Luz Madrigal, PA Tsonis, JD Lambris, and K Del Rio-Tsonis

12:15 PM

40

Macrophage infiltration into neurosensory retina in different mouse models for retinal disorders

SW Cousins and G Malek

12:40 PM

41

Chronic oxidant exposure in association with expression of C-reactive protein (CRP) induces thick basal laminar deposits in mice

KG Csaky, CCChan, AJ Szala, and CZhang

 

 

 

1:05 PM

 

Closing Remarks

 

 

 

 

1:30 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Gala Dinner at Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village

 

 

Wednesday, July 1

 

 

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast