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Regenerative medicine: Preserving, regenerating and replacing retinal cells 

(included with All-Access Saturday pass)

Saturday, May 3
1 – 5pm MT
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center

Organizers

Kapil Bharti, PhD and Holly Chen, PhD

Preservation of retinal cells
1pm - 2:30pm

This session will address the neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), Gene therapy on Müller glia to preserve photoreceptors, and how small molecule drugs can be used as gene agnostic therapy.

Regeneration of retinal cells
2:30 - 4pm
This session will discuss the regeneration of retinal cells from retinal pigment epithelial cells and from Müller glia.

Replacement of retinal cells
4 - 5pm
This session will discuss the the generation and transplantation of photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

*Presenters and presentations are subject to change. 


All-Access Saturday pass

NEW: ARVO's All-Access Saturday pass grants you unlimited all-day access to your choice of Saturday sessions for just one registration fee. You have the freedom to move around to various presentations you are interested in within sessions and build your own individual schedule for the day. To sign up, simply add the All-Access Saturday pass to your registration for the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Registration for ARVO's All-Access Saturday opens Oct. 18.

 

Up to
March 7

March 8 -
April 25

After
April 25

ARVO Member

$235

$290

$320

ARVO Member-in-Training

$175

$200

$220

Nonmember

$310

$365

$395

Nonmember-in-training

$215

$240

$260

* Breakfast and lunch included with registration