Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Botond Roska

MD, PhD

Professional affiliation:

Director, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), Basel.

Country: Switzerland

Title of talk: Cell type-targeted mitochondrial transplantation for protecting retinal ganglion cells from degeneration.

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Claudio Gasperini

MD, PhD

Professional affiliation:

Head of Neurology in the Department of Neurosciences at S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital and member of the training network for the School of Specialization in Neurology at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome.

Country: Italy

Title of talk: Autoimmune optic neuropathies: present and future perspectives.

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Francesca Puledda

MD, PhD

Professional affiliation:

Headache Group, Wolfson SPaRC, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London.

Country: UK

Title of talk: Visual Snow Syndrome: from phenomenology to pathophysiology and prospects for treatment.

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Gisela Terwindt

MD, PhD

Professional affiliation:

Consultant neurologist-biologis and Director, Department Of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC).

Country: The Netherlands

Title of talk: Visual Pathways in Migraine: Biomarkers, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications.

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Larry Benowitz

PhD

Professional affiliation:

Professor of Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology Emeritus, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh.

Country: United States

Title of talk: Optic nerve regeneration: progress in animal models and strategies for translation.

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Michal Minczuk

PhD

Professional affiliation:

Professor of Mitochondrial Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Country: UK

Title of talk: Editing the mitochondrial genome: from animal models to therapy.

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