Rare Eye Diseases Symposium: Clinical and Research

As part of RareBoost’s commitment to raising awareness about rare diseases, we are pleased to announce “Rare Eye Diseases Awareness Month” in October 2024. To mark this month, we invite you to join us for a special symposium on Friday, October 11, 2024.

The Rare Eye Diseases Symposium: Clinic and Research will bring together clinicians and researchers who specialize in rare eye conditions. With 14 presentations from eye disease experts, this event offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into the latest developments in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of rare eye diseases.

We welcome your participation at this symposium to learn about rare eye diseases, recent developments in their treatments and the research progress in the field.

Date: October 11, 2024, Friday

Time: 9:00

Location: IBG, Aziz Sancar Auditorium

Program

9:00-9:10 Registration

9:10-9:20 Opening Remarks: Prof. Uğur Özbek

SESSION 1

9:20-9:35 Asst. Prof. Fulya Yaylacıoğlu: Multidisciplinary Approach to Genetic Eye Diseases

9:35– 9:50 Prof. Hande Taylan Şekeroğlu: Genetics in Ophthalmology

9:50-10:05 Prof. Neil Lagali: European collaborative research in rare eye diseases: towards new knowledge and therapies

10:05-10:15 Discussion

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

SESSION 2

10:30-10:45 Assoc. Prof. Meryem Altın Ekin: Rare Diseases in Oculoplasty

10:45-11:00 Asst. Prof. Özlem Ural Fatihoglu Rare Diseases in Paediatric Ophthalmology

11:00-11:15 Asst. Prof. Ali Devebacak: Rare Diseases in Paediatric Retina

11:15-11:30 Assoc. Prof. Ömer Kartı: Rare Diseases in Retina and Ophthalmology

11:30-11:40 Discussion

11:40-12:45 Lunch

SESSION 3

12:45-1:00 Prof. Canan Aslı Yıldırım – Rare Diseases of the Cornea and Anterior Segment

1:00-1:15 Prof. Murat Tunç: Rare Eye Tumors

1:15-1:30 Assoc. Prof. Sinan Güven- Eye Organoid Models

1:30-1:40 Discussion

1:40-1:55 Coffee Break

SESSION 4

1:55-2:10 Dr. Gülçin Çakan Akdoğan: a Zebrafish Model of Macular Corneal Dystrophy

2:10-2:25 Asst. Prof. Fulya Yaylacıoğlu:⁠ From Clinic to Zebrafish: Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy

2:25-2:40 Asst. Prof. Beren Karaosmanoglu: New Treatment Option in Hereditary Retinal Diseases: Antisense Oligonucleotides

2:40-2:55 Dr. Sibel Kalyoncu: Antibody-based therapies for eye diseases

2:55-3:05 Discussion