We thank the Dr. Werner Jackstädt-Foundation for the generous support of the Classifi cation of Atrohy Meeting 2 - CAM-2.
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Friday, September 11^th, 2015
08:30 - 18:30

Saturday, September 12^th, 2015
08:30 - 17:00

Kongresshaus Baden-Baden
Augustaplatz 10
76530 Baden-Baden
Germany
www.kongresshaus.de

www.AMD2015.org

Daniel Pauleikhoff
St. Franziskus Hospital
Department of Ophthalmology
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2 51 / 9352-711
Fax: +49 (0)2 51 / 9352-719
dapauleikhoff@muenster.de

Frank G. Holz
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Bonn
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53105 Bonn, Germany
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Friday, September 11^th, 2015
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Saturday, September 12^th, 2015
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August 15^th, 2015

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L = Lectures: 12 min presentation + 2 min discussion
P = Papers: 6 min presentation + 2 min discussion

Poster: Pinboard 1.60 m height x 1.30 m width

Projection
PowerPoint Presentation on USB-Stick, DVD or CD-R

Hotel Merkur***^S
(approx. 2 min. walking distance)
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Opening remarks and welcome
Daniel Pauleikhoff
Frank G. Holz

1^st Session
Genetic risk factors for AMD susceptibility
Chair: John G. Flannery (Berkeley)
Bernhard H.F. Weber (Regensburg)

Johanna Colijn, G.H.S. Buitendijk, J.R. Vingerling, A. Hofman, C.C.W. Klaver (Rotterdam)
Changing prevalence of AMD in Europe

Bernhard H. F. Weber (Regensburg)
AMD polymorphisms – risk vs. protection

Eveline Kersten, Y.T.E. Lechanteur, N.T.M. Saksens, M.J. Geerlings, T. Schick,
S. Fauser, C.J.F. Boon, A.I. den Hollander, C.B. Hoyng (Nijmegen, Cologne, Leiden)
The majority of familial AMD can be explained by clustering of common risk factors

Yara Lechanteur, T. Schick, J.M.M. Groenewoud, L. Ersoy, S. Liakopoulos, A.I. den Hollander,
C.B. Hoyng, B.J. Klevering (Nijmegen, Cologne)
The level of complement activation varies between the stages of AMD)

Michael Oeverhaus, M. Dietzel, V. Meyer zu Westrup, D. Pauleikhof, H. W. Hense (Münster, Marburg)
Correlation between morphological and functional changes in patients with early AMD and the presence of risk polymorphisms in CFH- and ARMS2 genes

John G. Flannery (Berkeley)
Engineering viral gene transfer vectors to treat retinal dystrophies

Andrew Lotery (Southampton)
Gene therapy for macular degeneration

Verena Meyer zu Westrup, M. Dietze, D. Pauleikhoff, H.-W. Hense (Münster, Giessen)
Prospective assessment of macular pigment over time –results from the Münster Ageing Retina Study

Fridbert Jonasson, D. Fisher, G. Eiriksdottir, S. Sigurdsson, R. Klein, L. Loner, T. Harris, V. Gudnason, M.-F. Cotch
(Reykjavik, Bethesda, Kopavogur, Madison)
Elevated plasma HDL-cholesterol is associated with incident early AMD and progression to geographic atrophy and not to exudative AMD

Keynote Lecture
Alan C. Bird (London)
Disease mechanisms in age-related macular degeneration – Concepts and Challenges

Panel discussion
Implications of genetic risk factors – towards prevention and new therapies
Moderator:
Daniel Pauleikhoff (Münster)

Participants:
Alan C. Bird (London)
Emily Y. Chew (Bethesda)
John G. Flannery (Berkeley)
Carel B. Hoyng (Nijmegen)
Andrew Lotery (Southhampton)
Bernhard H. F. Weber (Regensburg)

Coffee break in the industrial exhibition area
Sponsored by

2^nd Session
Inflammation, Complement and Infl ammasome in AMD
Chair: Robert F. Mullins (Iowa City)
Imre Lengyel (London)

Xavier Guillonneau, O. Levy, S. Lavalette, J.-A. Sahel, P. Sullivan, F. Sennlaub (Paris, Durham)
APOE-isoform dependent effects on subretinal infl ammation and cardinal features of AMD

Tim U. Krohne (Bonn)
Role of the infl ammasome in AMD

Christine A. Curcio (Birmingham)
Visualizing RPE fate in AMD with histology and optical coherence tomography

Olaf Strauß, C. Busch, A. Genewsky, C. Huber, C. Skerka, P. Zipfel, B. Rohrer
(Berlin, Munich, Jena, Charleston)
Complement signaling at the RPE

Martin Busch, S. Wasmuth, G. Spital, A. Lommatzsch, D. Pauleikhoff (Münster)
Activation of Erk1/2 signaling pathway by complement serum in UV-POS pretreated ARPE-19 cells

Catharina Busch, S. Jacob, C. Huber, C. Skerka, P.F. Zipfel, A. M. Joussen, O. Strauß (Berlin, Jena)
Effect of AMD patients’ sera on ARPE-19 cells in comparison to normal human serum

Susanne Wasmuth, M. Busch, A. Lommatzsch, D. Pauleikhoff (Münster)
Altered viability by complement on zinc-supplemented retinal pigment epithelial cells

Diana Pauly (Regensburg)
Different approaches for complement therapy in AMD

Dzenita Smailhodzic, F. van Asten, A.M. Blom, F.C. Mohlin, A.I. den Hollander, J.P.H. van de Ven, R.A.C. van Huet, J.M.M. Groenewoud,Y. Tian, T.T.J.M. Berends (Nijmegen, Malmor, Maastricht, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Leiden)
Zinc supplementation inhibits complement activation in AMD

Lunch
Sponsored by

3^rd Session
Inflammation, Complement and cellular immune system in AMD
Chair: Andrew Dick (Bristol)
Philip J. Luthert (London)

Keynote Lecture
Jayakrishna Ambati (Lexington)
Infl ammatory pathways in AMD – what have we learned so far?

Robert F. Mullins (Iowa City)
MAC deposition in the choroid, BM and sub-RPE deposits

Glen Jeffery (London)
Composition of sub-RPE material

Imre Lengyel (London)
Drusen biogenesis - role of hydroxyapatite?

Philip J. Luthert (London)
Cellular immune system and AMD

Andrew Dick (Bristol)
Parainflammation and macrophages modulation in AMD

Coffee break in the industrial exhibition area
Sponsored by

4^th Session
Defining the phenotypic variations in AMD
Chair: Glenn J. Jaffe (Durham)
SriniVas R. Sadda (Los Angeles)

Peter Gouras (New York)
AMD in the monkey

Carel B. Hoyng (Nijmegen)
Late-onset macular atrophy – how to differentiate disease entities

Moritz Lindner, S. Lambertus, N. Bax, M. Mauschitz, E. Kersten, M. Schmid, S. Schmitz-Valckenberg, C.B. Hoyng, F.G. Holz, M. Fleckenstein (Bonn, Nijmegen)
Comparison of geographic-atrophy progression in late-onset Stargardt disease and AMD

Monika Fleckenstein (Bonn)
Foveal sparing in geographic atrophy

SriniVas R. Sadda (Los Angeles)
The role of widefield imaging in AMD

Glenn J. Jaffe (Durham)
Implications of changes in the outer retina in exudative AMD

Zsolt Ablonczy, H.E. Bowrey, K.L. Schey, R.K. Crouch
(Columbia, New Brunswick, Nashville)
Multimodal imaging of the retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch’s membrane to uncover molecular predictors of AMD

SriniVas R. Sadda (Los Angeles)
Giovanni Staurenghi (Milan)
Frank G. Holz (Bonn)
Results of the International Classifi cation of Atrophy consensus Meeting (CAM-1 and CAM-2)

End of the first day

Reception and Galadinner at “Brenner´s Park Hotel”
followed by Clubbing

5^thSession
Neurobiology of the outer retina and management I
Chair: John Marshall (London)
Thomas Langmann (Cologne)

Ulrich Schraermeyer, S. Schmelze, S. Schultheiss, S. Julien, T. Oltrup, T. Bende, A. Tschulakow (Tübingen)
The anatomy of the foveola reinvestigated

Yuchen Lin, M. Karlstetter, S. Jacob, S. Micklisch, S.Fauser, D. Pauly, T. Langmann, P.F. Zipfel, C. Skerka
(Jena, Cologne, Berlin, Regensburg)
Age-related Maculopathy Susceptibility Protein 2 (ARMS2) interacts with human properdin

John Marshall (London)
Correlation of Alzheimers and AMD

Sobha Sivaprasad (London)
Neuronal dysfunction in diabetic retinal disease; implications for AMD

Thomas Langmann (Cologne)
Microglia in AMD

Lois Smith (Boston)
Photoreceptor energetics and its relevance to AMD

Uwe Wolfrum (Mainz)
“Aging” of photoreceptor outer segments

Coffee break at the posters – Poster Session II (see page 21)
Sponsored by

6^th Session
Neurobiology of the outer retina and management II

Yuhua Zhang, X. Wang, M. Clark,C. Owsley, C.A. Curcio (Birmingham)
The impact of subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD) on surrounding photoreceptors revealed by multimodal imaging and mesopic and scotopic microperimetry

Peter Charbel Issa, M. Gliem, D. Hendig, R.P. Finger, F.G. Holz (Bonn)
Reticular pseudodrusen associated with Bruch’s membrane diseases:
Sorsby’a fundus dystrophy and pseudoxanthopma elasticum

Wolf M. Harmening (Bonn)
Monitoring of photoreceptor survival by AO-SLO

Janet Sparrow (New York)
Visual Cycle adducts and AMD

Thomas Ach, R.T. Smith, Z. Ablonczy, J. Hillenkamp, R. Heintzmann, K.R. Sloan, C.A. Curcio
(Würzburg, New York, Charleston, Jena, Birmingham)
As the bright light dims: loss of lipofuscin-attributable autofl uorescence from RPE in aging and AMD

Emily Y. Chew (Bethesda)
Can we infl uence the risk for AMD – new results from AREDS 2

Julia S. Steinberg, M. Fleckenstein, R. Fimmers, F.G. Holz, S. Schmitz-Valckenberg (Bonn)
Correlation of outer nuclear layer thickness with scotopic and photopic fundus-controlled perimetry in patients with reticular drusen

Martin Zinkernagel, D. Jaggi, S. Wolf, L. Berger, A. Ebneter (Bern)
Inner nuclear layer thickening in patients with geographic atrophy

Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg (Bonn)
Imaging biomarkers for geographic atrophy progression

R. Theodore Smith, Z. Ablonczy, G. Gerig, S. Hong, Y. Tong, T. B. Ami, C. Curcio,
T. Ach (New York, Columbia, Salt Lake City, Birmingham, Würzburg)
Hyperspectral autofl uorescence (AF) imaging of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) ex vivo in AMD

Deborah Ferrington (Minneapolis)
Mitochondria as a therapeutic target for treating AMD

Martin Rudolf (Lübeck)
New therapeutic strategies for outer retinal aging changes

Lunch
Sponsored by

7^th Session
Neurobiology of the outer retina and management III
Chair: Richard F. Spaide (New York)
Sebastian Wolf (Bern)

Giovanni Staurenghi (Milan)
OCT-angiography and en-face SD-OCT imaging in AMD

Richard B. Rosen (New York)
OCT angiography – segmentation challenges in AMD

Marie-Louise Farecki, M. Ziegler, B. Heimes, M. Gutfl eisch, G. Spital, A. Lommatzsch, D. Pauleikhoff (Münster)
Exudative AMD in OCT-angiography – correlation of classic and occult CNV in fl uorescein angiography and OCT-angiography

Keynote Lecture
Richard F. Spaide (New York)
New concepts of Anti-VEGF-treatment in AMD by OCT angiography

Akio Oishi, A. Tsujikawa, N. Yoshimura (Kyoto)
The effect of afl ibercept on polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Adnan Tufail (London)
Is a phenotypical differentiation important for the treatment of exudative AMD?

Sebastian Wolf (Bern)
Long-term changes in the outer retina and its relevance for monitoring and outcomes during anti-VEGF therapy

Freekje van Asten, L. Lorés-Motta, A.I. den Hollander, S. Fauser, C.B. Hoyng (Nijmegen, Cologne)
Pharmacogenetics in neovascular AMD: useful or useless?

Alexa Klettner, M. Dithmer, J. Roider (Kiel)
Fc-receptors in uptake and transport of bevacizumab and afl ibercept in retinal pigment epithelial cells

Laura Lorés de Motta, F. van Asten, P. Muether, D. Smailhodzic, J.C. Chen, R.K. Koenekoop, S. Fauser, C. Hoyng, A. den Hollander, E. de Jong (Nijmegen, Cologne, Montreal)
A genetic variant in NRP1 is associated with worse response to ranibizumab treatment in neovascular AMD

Nadine Reichhart, S. Crespo-Garcia, N. Kociok, A.M. Joussen, O. Strauß (Berlin)
Role of PlGF in CNV

Panel discussion
Future of therapies in AMD
Moderator:
Frank G. Holz (Bonn)
Daniel Pauleikhoff (Münster)

Participants:
Emily Y. Chew (Bethesda)
Richard F. Spaide (New York)
Giovanni Staurenghi (Milan)
Sebastian Wolf (Bern)

Award ceremony:
Young Research Award
for the best three presentations (3 x 500 €)

Closing summary – Adjourn

Poster sessions (Coffee breaks at the posters)
Session I: Friday, 11th September 2015, 15.45 - 16.45
Session II: Saturday, 12th September 2015, 10.10 - 10.50

Elod Kortvely, M. Dierstein , F. Klose, S. Dammeier, K. Schenke-Layland, M. Ueffi ng (Tübingen, Stuttgart, Los Angeles)
Use of laser capture microdissection coupled mass spectrometry to analyze the choroidal proteome in healthy and AMD eyes

Peter Heiduschka, L. Pohlmann, D. Niekämper, L. Lahme, N. Eter (Münster)
Can inhibition of interleukin-8 be a new therapy option in neovascular AMD?

Ulrich Schraermeyer, T. Taubitz, L.-P. Steinbrenner, T. Peters, A. Biesemeier,
M. Rittgarn, S. Schultheiss, A. Tschulakow, S. Julien (Tübingen)
Intravitreal injection of Fc-fragments induced infi ltration of macrophages into the vitreous and retina.

Nicole Schäfer, D. Pauly, R. Föckler, E. Eckert, A. Dannullis, J. Reinders, B.H.F. Weber, C. Skerka (Regensburg, Jena)
Newly generated antibodies affect the functional role of CFHR3 in complement and AMD

Saskia Jacob, C. Busch, A.-K.B. Maier, M. Rehak, O. Strauss, P.F. Zipfel, C. Skerka, A.M. Joussen (Berlin, Jena)
ARMS2- and CFH risk genotypes in AMD:
a cohort study analysis of a new Charité database

Maartje Geerlings, N.T.M. Saksens, B. Bakker, T. Schick, S. Fauser, C.J.F. Boon, E.K. de Jong, C.B. Hoyng, A.I. den Hollander (Nijmegen, Cologne, Leiden)
Rare variants in complement genes associated with AMD cluster in multiplex families and result in a lower age at onset

Johanna Madeleine Walz, D. Boehringer,H.L. Deissler, L. Faerber, J. Goepfert, P. Heiduschka, S.M. Kleeberger, A. Klettner, T.U. Krohne, N. Schneiderhan-Marra, F. Ziemssen, A. Stahl (Freiburg, Regensburg, Ulm, Nürnberg, Tübingen, Münster, Bonn, Kiel)
Pre-analytical parameters affecting VEGF measurements from human plasma

Matthias Gutfleisch, M.-L. Farecki, B. Heimes, G.Spital, A. Lommatzsch, D. Pauleikhoff (Münster)
Eaxudative AMD in OCT-angiography – correlation of fl uorescein angiography and OCT-angiography of pigment epithelial tears of progressive pigment epithelial detachment

Petra P. Fang, N. Eter, A. Wolf, P. Charbel Issa, F. G. Holz, T. U. Krohne (Bonn, Münster, München)
Ranibizumab in pigment epithelial tears secondary to AMD – a prospective, multicenter, investigator-initiated trial (RIP Study)

Frank G. Holz on behalf of the LUMINOUS Steering Committee (Bonn)
Effectiveness of ranibizumab for the treatment of neovascular AMD: Real world outcomes from the second interim analysis of the LUMINOUS study

Thomas Wecker, C. Ehlken, A. Bühler, C. Lange, D. Böhringer, H. Agostini, A. Stahl (Freiburg)
Effects of demographic variables on long-term anti-VEGF treatment patterns

Cosme Ildefonso Naval, K. Corpus (Manila)
Intravitreal Injection of autologous serum for different retinal conditions

Britta Heimes, H. Albrecht, C. Weigand, G. Spital, A. Lommatzsch, D. Pauleikhoff (Münster)
Infl uence of a telemedicine network on patient satisfaction and compliance with recommended dates in patients with exudative AMD

Robert Wilke, H.G. Sachs (Dresden)
Real life data from Saxony: Adherence to treatment and ease of access to anti-VEGF medication determine long term functional outcome in AMD

Carsten H. Meyer (Aarau)
Novel bifocal macular lens may restore reading vision in eyes with maculopathies

Thomas Theelen, M.M. Teussink, M.B. Breukink, C.B. Hoyng (Nijmegen)
OCT angiography compared to fl uorescein and ICG angiography in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy

Tatiana Semikova (Moscow)
Alternative method for AMD treatment

Tatiana Semikova, S.V. Semikov (Moscow)
Result of AMD treatment using antihomotoxic medications in patient with macular tear after multiple vitreoretinal surgery Clinical case report

Martin Gliem, P.L. Müller, F.G. Holz, P. Charbel Issa (Bonn)
Quantitative fundus autofl uorescence suggests normal or low lipofuscin levels in retinal disease with drusen associated with AMD

Stanley Lambertus, M. Lindner, N.M. Bax, M. Mauschitz, M. Schmid, M. Fleckenstein, S. Schmitz-Valckenberg, G.J. van der Wilt, F.G. Holz, C.B. Hoyng (Nijmegen, Bonn)
Progression of late-onset Stargardt disease

Zsolt Ablonczy
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Ophthalmology
167 Ashley Avenue,
SEI 518E SC 29425 Charleston
USA

Thomas Ach
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Josef-Schneider-Straße 11
97080 Würzburg
Germany

Jayakrishna Ambati
University of Kentucky
College of Medicine
Ophthalmology & Visual Science
740 S. Limestone Street
KY 40536 Lexington
USA

Stephen Beatty
Waterford Institute of Technology
Institute of Eye Surgery
Cork Road
Waterford
Ireland

Alan C. Bird
University College London
Institute of Ophthalmology
155 Turney Road
SE21 7JU London
UK

Dean Bok
Jules Stein Eye Institute
UCLA School of Medicine
Center for the Health
Sciences 100 Stein Plaza
CA 90095-70 Los Angeles
USA

Catharina Busch
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Klinik für Augenheilkunde
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin
Germany

Xavier Guillonneau
Institut de la Vision
17 rue Moreau
75012 Paris France

Matthias Gutfleisch
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Augenabteilung
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster Germany

Wolf M. Harmening
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Peter Heiduschka
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Domagkstraße 15
48149 Münster
Germany

Britta Heimes
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Augenabteilung
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster
Germany

Frank G. Holz
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Carel B. Hoyng
Radboud University Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Saskia Jacob
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Klinik für Augenheilkunde
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin
Germany

Laura Lorés de Motta
Radboud University Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Andrew Lotery
University of Southhampton
Southampton General Hospital
Duthie Building, MP806, Level D
Tremona Road
S016 6YD Southhampton
UK

Philip J. Luthert
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
11 - 43 Bath Street
EC1 V9EL London
UK

John Marshall
University College London
Institute of Ophthalmology
11-43 Bath Street
EC1V 9EL London
UK

Verena Meyer zu Westrup
Universität Münster
Institut für Epidemiologie
und Sozialmedizin
Domagkstraße 3
48149 Münster
Germany

Robert F. Mullins
University of Iowa
Department of Ophthalmology
Wynn Institute for Vision Research
375 Newton Road
IA 52242 Iowa City
USA

Sobha Sivaprasad
Moorfields Eye Hospital
162 City Road
ECIV 2PD London
UK

Dzenita Smailhodzic
Radboud University Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Lois Smith
Harvard Medical School Boston
Children‘s Hospital Ophthalmology
300 Longwood Avenue
MA 02215 Boston
USA

Roland Thedore Smith
NYU School of Medicine
462 First Avenue
NY 10016 New York
USA

Richard F. Spaide
Vitreous-Retina-Macula
Consultants of New York
460 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
NY 10022 New York
USA

Janet R. Sparrow,
PhD Columbia University
Department of Ophthalmology
635 West 165th Street
NY 10032 New York City
USA

Giovanni Staurenghi
University of Milan
Dept. of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
„Luigi Sacco” Sacco Hospital, Eye Clinic
Via G.B. Grassi, 74
20157 Milan
Italy

Martin Busch
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Ophtha-Lab
Department of Ophthalmology
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster
Germany

Peter Charbel Issa
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Emily Y. Chew
National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute
NIH, Bldg. 10, CRC, Room 3-2531
10 Center Drive, MSC 1204
MD 20892 Bethesda
USA

Johanna M. Colijn
Erasmus Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
‘s-Gravendijkwal 230
3015 CE Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Christine A. Curcio
University of Alabama
School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
1670 University Boulevard,
Volker Hall 360
AL 35294-0019 Birmingham
USA

Andrew Dick
University of Bristol
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Lower Maudlin Street
BS1 2LX Bristol
UK

Petra P. Fang
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Glenn J. Jaffe
Duke University Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 3802
NC 27710 Durham
USA

Glen Jeffery
University College London
Institute of Ophthalmology
11-43 Bath Street
EC1V 9EL London
UK

Fridbert Jonasson
Landspitalinn
Dept. of Ophthalmology
101 Reykjavik
Iceland

Eveline Kersten
Radboud University Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Ivana K. Kim
Massachusetts Eye
& Ear Infirmary
243 Charles Street
MA 02114 Boston
USA

Alexa Klettner
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Campus Kiel
Klinik für Augenheilkunde
Arnold-Heller-Straße 3
24105 Kiel
Germany

Elod Kortvely
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Forschungsinstitut für Augenheilkunde
Röntgenweg 11
72076 Tübingen
Germany

Cosme I. Naval
17 AB, Strata Suites,
300P. Guevarra
1500 San Juan,
Metro Manila
Philippines

Michael Oeverhaus
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Augenabteilung
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster
Germany

Akio Oishi
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Daniel Pauleikhoff
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Augenabteilung
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster
Germany

Diana Pauly
Universitätsklinikum Regensburg
Klinik und Poliklinik
für Augenheilkunde
Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11
93053 Regensburg
Germany

Nadine Reichhart
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Klinik für Augenheilkunde
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin
Germany

Richard B. Rosen
The New York Eye
& Ear Infirmary
310 East 14th Street
NY 10003 New York
USA

Julia S. Steinberg
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Olaf Strauß
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Klinik für Augenheilkunde
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin
Germany

Thomas Theelen
Radboud University
Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Adnan Tufail
Moorfields Eye Hospital
162 City Road
EC1V 2PD London
UK

Freekje van Asten
Radboud University
Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Johanna Madeleine
Walz Universitäts-Augenklinik
Killianstraße 5
79106 Freiburg i. Breisgau
Germany

Susanne Wasmuth
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Ophtha-Lab
Department of Ophthalmology
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster
Germany

Marie-Louise Farecki
St. Franziskus-Hospital
Augenabteilung
Hohenzollernring 74
48145 Münster
Germany

Deborah Ferrington
University of Minnesota
Department of Ophthalmology
and Visual Neuroscienc
380 Lions Research Bldg
2001 6th St SE
MN 55455 Minneapolis
USA

John G. Flannery
University of California, Berkeley
The Flannery Lab
132 Barker Hall, Mail Code 3190
CA 94720 Berkeley
USA

Monika Fleckenstein
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Maartje Geerlings
Radboud University
Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Martin Gliem
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Peter Gouras
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dept. of Ophthalmology
630 West 168th St.
NY 10032 New York
USA

Tim U. Krohne
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Stanley Lambertus
Radboud University
Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Thomas Langmann
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Zentrum für Augenheilkunde
Experimentelle Immunologie
des Auges
Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 9
50931 Cologne
Germany

Yara Lechanteur
Radboud University
Medical Centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Philips van Leydenlaan 15
6525 EX Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Imre Lengyel
University College London
Institute of Ophthalmology
11-43 Bath Street
EC1V 9EL London
UK

Yuchen Lin
Leibniz-Institut für
Naturstoff-Forschung und
Infektionsbiologie e. V.
Beutenbergstraße 11a
07745 Jena
Germany

Moritz Lindner
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Martin Rudolf
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Campus Lübeck Augenklinik
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23538 Lübeck
Germany

SriniVas R. Sadda
University of Southern California
School of Medicine
Doheny Eye Institute
1450 San Pablo Street
CA 90033 Los Angeles
USA

Stanislav Saksonov
Kyiv Clinical Ophthalmology Hospital
Eye Microsurgery Center 3,
Komarov Avenue
03680 Kyiv
Ukraine

Nicole Schäfer
Klinik und Poliklinik
für Augenheilkunde
Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11
93053 Regensburg
Germany

Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Ernst-Abbe-Straße 2
53127 Bonn
Germany

Ulrich Schraermeyer
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Schleichstraße 12-16
72076 Tübingen
Germany

Tatiana Semikova
Konovalov Eye Center
3rd Tverskaya-Yamskaya 56/6
125047 Moscow
Russian Federation

Bernhard H. F. Weber
Universitätsklinikum
Institut für Humangenetik
Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11
93053 Regensburg
Germany

Thomas Wecker
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Killianstraße 5
79106 Freiburg i. Breisgau
Germany

Robert Wilke
Städtisches Klinikum Augenklinik
Friedrichstraße 41
01067 Dresden
Germany

Uwe Wolfrum
Johannes-Gutenberg Universität
Mainz Institut für Zoologie
Abt.I- AG Wolfrum
Müllerweg 6
55099 Mainz
Germany

Yuhua Zhang
University of Alabama
at Birmingham
Department of Opthalmology
1670 University Boulevard,
Volker Hall 390C
AL 35294-0019 Birmingham
USA

Martin S. Zinkernagel
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Inselspital Freiburgstrasse 8
3010 Bern
Switzerland

Bayer HealthCare
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 70
51366 Leverkusen
Germany
www.bayer.de

D.O.R.C. Deutschland GmbH
Schießstraße 55
40549 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.dorc.eu

Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Tiergartenstraße 15
69121 Heidelberg
Germany
www.HeidelbergEngineering.de

Novartis Pharma GmbH
Roonstraße 25
90429 Nürnberg
Germany
www.novartis.de

Optovue
2800 Bayview Drive
CA 94539 Fremont
USA
www.optovue.com

Reichert GmbH –
Buchhandlung für Medizin
Fabrikstraße 23
64625 Bensheim
Germany
www.bookmed-reichert.de

Ursapharm Arzneimittel GmbH
Industriestraße 35
66129 Saarbrücken
Germany
www.ursapharm.de

bon Optic Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Stellmacherstraße 14
23556 Lübeck
Germany
www.bon.de

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Global Medical Affairs - I2O
Bldg. 074/3O.Z16.339
Grenzacherstrasse 183
4070 Basel
Switzerland
www.roche.com

IRIDEX Corporation
1212 Terra Bella Avenue
94043-1824 Mountain View,
CA 94043
USA
www.iridex.com

OmniVision GmbH
Lindberghstraße 9
82178 Puchheim
Germany
www.omnivision.de

Pharm-Allergan GmbH
Westhafenplatz 6-8
60327 Frankfurt
Germany
www.allergan.de

Théa Pharma GmbH
Schillerstraße 3
10625 Berlin
Germany
www.theapharma.de

Carl Zeiss Meditec Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Rudolf-Eber-Straße 11
73447 Oberkochen
www.meditec.zeiss.com