2024- Oxford
Building on the success of the last four Genetics of Ocular Development (GoOD) meetings, we are very pleased to announce that the 2024 meeting will take place from:
Monday 23rd September (arrival), with the main meeting days on the 24 - 25th September 2024 at New College, Oxford, UK.
New College, part of the University of Oxford, was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, and is steeped in historical, academic, and architectural excellence. The college was designed with cloisters and a bell tower and boasts the first enclosed quadrangle of its type, completed in 1386, with the original City Walls coursing through; all remain essential parts of college life today.
The conference itself will be located in a brand new architecturally stunning building Gradel Quad, New College, Oxford located adjacent to the main part of the College, which houses a beautiful lecture hall and new en-suite accommodation available to book, right in the heart of Oxford. A formal Dinner will be held in the historic Hall at New College.
The GoOD Meeting 2024 presents a fantastic opportunity for scientists and clinicians involved in the genetic research into eye anomalies, therapeutics and patient care to hear about the developments in the field of ocular genetics, learn of the latest research findings, meet with collaborators, establish new research opportunities and collaborations.
As a highlight, we are honoured to have two highly distinguished guest speakers - Professor Cheryl Gregory-Evans, from Vancouver, who will be speaking on “New approaches to treat ocular developmental diseases: CRISPR and stem cell technologies.” and Professor Elfride de Baere, from Ghent, who will be speaking on “Multi-omics to unravel regulatory landscapes and tackle missing heritability in inherited retinal diseases.”
Meeting registration and gala dinner bookings are now open.
Meeting fees:
general delegates £250 (members), £350 (non-members)
students: £150 (student members), £200 (non-members)
gala dinner: £80
Discounted prices are available for members of the GoOD Network and the Genetics Society
To become a member of the GoOD Network, click here.
For more information on how to become a member of the Genetics Society chick here.
Optional single occupancy bedrooms (£140/night) are available at New College for 23 and 24 September and can be booked when registering
Bookings for on-site accommodation and gala dinner will close on Monday 9 September 2024 13.00 BST. General registration will be available until Tuesday 17 September 2024.
Abstracts
Contributors are invited to send an abstract using the form below.
The topics of interest for this meeting include, but are not limited to:
1. New eye development genes - New phenotypes (including new syndromes and undiagnosed cases)
2. Diagnosis (clinical and molecular) - short review presentations with a clinical/genotypic summary
3. Disease models (animal and IPSC-derived optic cups)
4. New technologies (such as RNA-Seq, Optical Genome Mapping)
5. New Treatments/Therapies.
6. New variants/demonstrations of atypical inheritance patterns