DAY 1 - Sunday, May 6
Welcome
Ophthalmology Times welcomes ophthalmic professionals from around the world to Fort Lauderdale. Our four-day coverage of this year’s meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology begins today and includes the latest research findings and clinical news of interest to readers.
Enjoy the meeting!
MEETING PREVIEW
‘Translational Research’ focus of Fort Lauderdale finale
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Some 12,000 researchers from 80 countries are expected to attend the 2012 meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) here May 6 to 10, an event that will feature notable first and last milestones for the largest eye and vision research meeting in the world.
It will be the first meeting held in more than two decades without longtime executive director Joanne G. Angle, 70, who led ARVO from 1990 until this January. She died March 8 at a hospice in Virginia after a year-long struggle with cancer.
A celebration of Angle’s leadership will take place at the ARVO Business Meeting, open to all ARVO members, at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday. The newly created Joanne G. Angle Service Award will be announced at that time. It will be the highest service honor to a volunteer professional bestowed by ARVO, recognizing outstanding leaders who have made significant, continuous contributions to ARVO in support of its mission. One Joanne G. Angle award will be presented each year.
As for lasts, this meeting, which has the theme “Translational Research: Seeing the Possibilities,” will be the last in Fort Lauderdale, at least for now. Starting next year, the annual meeting will rotate cities. Up first, in 2013, will be Seattle, followed by Orlando in 2014, Denver in 2015, and back to Seattle in 2016. » MORE
OPENING SESSION
Genomics pioneer Dr. Venter this year’s keynote speaker
Fort Lauderdale, FL—In one of this year’s biggest annual meeting highlights, J. Craig Venter, PhD, regarded as one of the 21st century’s leading scientists, will be the keynote speaker at the opening session on Sunday. His presentation is entitled “From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code.”
Dr. Venter’s numerous contributions to genomic research include publication of the first draft human genome in 2001, the first complete diploid human genome in 2007, and the creation of the first self-replicating bacterial cell constructed entirely with synthetic DNA. » MORE
AWARD LECTURES
2012 ARVO award recipients to be honored
Fort Lauderdale, FL—The ARVO Annual Awards and their accompanying lectures are another annual meeting highlight, and several award recipients will be acknowledged this year. » MORE
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