DOG 2024 (English)

Highlights in Translational Science

Basic research plays a crucial role in ophthalmology, as all scientific knowledge is based on its results. The Thursday of the congress will be dedicated all day to basic research.

Results, structures and challenges will be presented. Clinical problems such as childhood myopia or diabetic retinopathy will be examined from different perspectives by clinicians and researchers. This holistic approach makes it possible to combine both perspectives in a meaningful way and to link the latest findings from basic research with relevant clinical issues. This will lead to translational findings and promote future developments in ophthalmology.

Thursday, 10 October 2024


08:30 – 09:45
Raum 3

Highlights in Translational Science: Immune modulation at the cornea – from bench to bedside

Personalized medicine – Translation into treatment of corneal diseases
Martine Jager (Leiden, NL)
Mediated immune modulation at the cornea
Alexander Steinkasserer (Erlangen)
Local VEGF-A blockade modulates the microenvironment of the corneal graft bed
Felix Bock (Köln)
Modulating mineralo-glucocorticoid pathways in corneal wound healing
Daniela Rodrigues-Braz (Paris, F)
Transcriptional Profiling Provides New Insights into Organ Culture-Induced Changes in Human Donor Corneas
Benjamin Thabo Lapp (Münster)


10:15-11:30 Uhr
Raum 3

Highlights in Translational Science: New trends in Thyroid eye disease
Donnerstag, 10. Oktober, 10:15 – 11:30

Thyroid Autoimmunity and TED: Where Is the Crossover?
Marian Ludgate (Cardiff, UK)
How do in vivo models contribute to new treatment concepts?
Gina-Eva Görtz (Essen)
Immunomodulation of TED: When to Select Steroids vs Other Immunomodulatory Therapies
Mario Salvi (Mailand, I)
IGF1R and TSHR targeting in TED
Anja K. Eckstein (Essen)
Gut and (thyroid) autoimmunity (or alternatively – KI and science what can we await for future research)
Giulia Masetti (Cerro Maggiore, I)


15:00-16:15 Uhr
Raum 3

Highlights in Translational Science: Progressive Myopia in Childhood: Advances in preclinical and clinical research

Possible mechanisms of myopia inhibition by atropine: results from animal models
Frank Schaeffel (Tübingen)
What have we learned from past and current atropine trials?
Navid Farassat (Freiburg)
The chromatic stimulation in animal model of myopia
Timothy Gawne (Birmingham, USA)
The effect of simulated longitudinal chromatic aberration on axial length in human subjects
Barbara Swiatczak (Basel, CH)


16:45-18:00 Uhr
Raum 3

Highlights in Translational Science: Retina – Diabetes

Einführung
Thomas Ach (Bonn)
Therapy strategies for diabetic retinopathy: a perspective from basic science
Antje Grosche (München)