Advance notice - Macular Carotenoids & AMD 2013
will be held at Downing College, Cambridge, UK, 9-12 July 2013
Bringing together internationally recognised opinion leaders in the
field, Macular
Carotenoids & AMD 2011 provided a unique forum for discussion of current
and evolving concepts in this growing and important area of research.
Speakers in 2011 included
Miss Sobha Sivaprasad, Kings College Hospital, UK -
Aetiology of AMD
Professor Ronald Klein, University of Wisconsin, USA -
Prevalence, Incidence of AMD and definitions and grading of AMD
Professor Julie Mares, University of Wisconsin, USA -
Epidemiology of relationships of lutein in diet, serum and macular
pigment to AMD
Professor John Landrum, Florida International University, USA - Macular carotenoids: an overview
Professor Liz Johnson, Tufts University, USA - Dietary
sources of the macular carotenoids
Professor Richard Bone, Florida International University, USA - Light distribution on the retina: Implications for AMD
Professor Paul Bernstein, University of Utah, USA -
Transport and retinal capture of the macular carotenoids
Professor David Thurnham, University of Ulster, UK -
Measurement of the macular carotenoids in serum
Professor Billy Wooten, Brown University, USA -
Measurement of macular pigment in vivo
Dr John Paul SanGiovanni, National Eye Institute, USA -
Omega-3 AMD and AREDS 2 update
Professor Randy Hammond, University of Georgia, USA -
Macular carotenoids and visual performance
Professor Stephen Beatty, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland - Clinical trials investigating the macular carotenoids and AMD
Dr John Nolan, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland -
Clinical trials investigating the macular carotenoids in normals
Professor Toss Berendschot, University Eye Clinic Maastricht,
The Netherlands - Risk factors for AMD and their relationship
with the macular carotenoids
Professor Barbara Klein, University of Wisconsin, USA -
Relationships of cataract, cataract extraction and light exposure
and AMD
Dr Wolfgang Schalch, DSM Nutritional
Products - Bioavailability of the Macular Xanthophylls -
overview and recent data
Professor John Barbur, The Henry
Wellcome Laboratories for Vision Sciences, UK - Detecting the
earliest signs of eye disease
With a lively poster session with contributions from students from around the world
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Macular Carotenoids & AMD 2013 will be set in the beautiful and historic university city of Cambridge,
England – famous for King’s College Chapel and punting on the River Cam.
It will include a social programme to enable delegates to see and experience
this remarkable place.
The
conference venue will again be the new Howard Theatre at Downing College, an
exceptional building that combines neo-classical design with a zero
carbon footprint and the latest technologies.
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