| Time (in hrs) | Event | Speaker | Title |
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| 08:00 - 08:50 | Registration | ||
| 08:50 - 09:00 | Inauguration | ||
| Session 1: Stem Cells, Development and Regenerative Therapies | |||
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Chair: Dr. Indumathi Mariappan, LVPEI, Hyderabad Dr. S. Krishnakumar, MRF, Chennai |
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| 09:00 - 09:20 | Keynote Lecture 1 | Dr. Gowri Priya Chidambaranathan AMRF, Madurai |
Towards development of a stem cell-based therapy for patients with primary open angle glaucoma |
| 09:20 - 09:35 | Invited Talk 1 | Dr. Rajani Battu CEGR, Bengaluru |
Early results of Eyecyte RPETM in the treatment of dry Age-related macular degeneration and Geographic atrophy. |
| 09:35 - 09:50 | Invited Talk 2 | Dr. Swaminathan Sethu Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru |
Immunological barriers and considerations in gene therapy |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Free Paper 1 | Ms. Gopika S Kumar AMRF, Madurai |
Pigmentation loss reflects EMT and Functional decline in iPSC-derived RPE cells |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Free Paper 2 | Dr. Aatish Mahajan LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Effect of maternal diabetes on placental epigenetics and its influence on retinal development in infants |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Free Paper 3 | Mr. Namit Dey Pandorum Technologies, Bengaluru |
3D cell migration model for screening corneal implants for efficient wound healing |
| 10:20 - 11:00 – Photo Session / Tea Break / Stalls | |||
| Session 2: Genetics, Molecular and Cell Biology | |||
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Chair: Dr. P. Sundaresan, AMRF, Madurai Dr. S. Sripriya, VRF, Chennai |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | Invited Talk 3 | Dr. Shailja Tibrewal SCEH, New Delhi |
Caring for Rare Eye Diseases - building an ecosystem |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | Keynote Lecture 2 | Dr. Inderjeet Kaur LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Complementing the neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation and neovascularisation in the eye. |
| 11:35 - 11:45 | Free Paper 4 | Mr. Shubhrajit Barman CSIR-IICB, Kolkata |
SPARC as a novel driver of gliosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in early diabetic retinopathy |
| 11:45 - 11:55 | Free Paper 5 | Mr. Dhruv Sharma LVPEI, Hyderabad |
To investigate the role of intraflagellar transport protein gene IFT88 in Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Retinitis Pigmentosa in Indian Patients |
| 11:55 - 12:05 | Free Paper 6 | Ms. Erudhayadhas Lavanya VRF, Chennai |
Evaluation of novel cell penetrating peptides targeting neuronal protein 3.1(P311) in preventing epithelial to mesenchymal transition in ARPE 19 cells |
| 12:05 - 12:15 | Free Paper 7 | Ms. Syed Ali Fathima Afrin J VRF, Chennai |
DNA methylation profiling in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome |
| Session 3: Dr. S. S. Badrinath Oration | |||
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Chair: Dr. Lingam Gopal, MRF, Chennai Dr. Girish S Rao, MRF, Chennai |
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| 12:15 - 13:00 |
Dr. Gullapalli N Rao LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Eye Research in India : Current status and Future possibilities | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 – Lunch/ Quiz (Preliminary round) | |||
| Session 4: Dr. Bireswar Chakrabarti Oration | |||
| Chair: Dr. Subhabrata Chakrabarti, LVPEI, Hyderabad | |||
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Dr. Ghanshyam Swarup CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad |
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of glaucoma caused by mutations of Optineurin | |
| 14:45 – 15:45 – Poster/ Tea Break/ Stalls | |||
| Session 5: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Artificial Intelligence | |||
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Chair: Dr. V. Umashankar, NIRT, Chennai Dr. A.R. Anand, MRF, Chennai |
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| 15:45 - 16:00 | Invited Talk 4 | Dr. Karthik Raman IITM, Chennai |
Computational approaches to understanding microbial ecosystems: Disentangling complexities with metabolic modelling |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Invited Talk 5 | Dr. Bharanidharan Devarajan AMRF, Madurai |
Enhancing Genomic Discovery with a Novel Computational Framework for Eye Disease-Specific Pathogenic Variants |
| 16:15 - 16:25 | Free Paper 8 | Dr. Devanjali Relan BML Munjal University, Gurugram |
Automated HbA1C classification from retinal images using a hybrid deep learning framework |
| 16:25 - 16:35 | Free Paper 9 | Mr. Sujoy Mukherjee LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Customized version of vessel density quantification with image processing |
| 16:35 - 16:45 | Free Paper 10 | Ms. Vennela Vankudoth University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad |
Age-dependent variations in corneal nerve morphology |
| 16:45 - 17:45 – Quiz | |||
| 19:00 - 20:00 – Cultural performance by Mr. Saisharan and his band (Hotel Ambassador Pallava) | |||
| 20:00 onwards – Banquet dinner (Hotel Ambassador Pallava) | |||
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| Session 6: Microbiology and Ocular Infections | |||
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Chair: Dr. Savitri Sharma, LVPEI, Hyderabad Dr. K. Dharmalingam, AMRF, Madurai |
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| 09:00 - 09:20 | Keynote Lecture 3 | Dr. Ashok Kumar Wayne State University, USA |
Targeting cell death pathways in ocular infections |
| 09:20 - 09:35 | Invited Talk 6 | Dr. Joveeta Joseph LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Tracking Superbugs: Genomic Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ocular Infections in Southern India |
| 09:35 - 09:45 | Free Paper 11 | Ms. Saraswathi B MRF, Chennai |
Diagnostic utility of targeted Nanopore sequencing in patients with canaliculitis |
| 09:45 - 09:55 | Free Paper 12 | Ms. Dharsini Nandhakumar AMRF, Madurai |
Prospective evaluation of RID-MYC assay for POC diagnosis and clinical management in smear and culture-negative keratitis with IVCM correlation |
| 10:00 - 10:05 | Free Paper 13 | Dr. Lakshminarayanan Gowtham LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Novel small molecule inhibitor AXM017 for fungal keratitis treatment: Evaluation of in vitro efficacy and safety |
| 10:05 - 10:15 | Free Paper 14 | Dr. Bibrita Bhar LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Self-assembling peptide hydrogels from nature's defenders: Next generation biomaterial engineering against fungal keratitis |
| Session 7: Clinical Ophthalmology and Optometry | |||
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Chair: Dr. Srikant Bharadwaj, LVPEI, Hyderabad Dr. Anuradha Narayanan, MRF, Chennai |
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| 10:15 - 10:35 | Keynote Lecture 4 | Dr. Prema Padmanabhan MRF, Chennai |
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology: Yin and Yang |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | Invited Talk 7 | Dr. Monisha Esther Nongpiur SERI, Singapore |
Phenotypic heterogeneity in primary angle closure disease: Insights from anterior segment imaging |
| 10:50 - 11:05 | Invited Talk 8 | Dr. Aiswaryah Radhakrishnan SRMIST, Chennai |
Emotion, cognition and ocular parameters |
| 11:05 - 12:00 – Poster/ Tea Break/ Stalls | |||
| Session 8: Prof. D. Balasubramanian Oration | |||
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Chair: Dr. Nirmala Subramanian, MRF, Chennai Dr. Joveeta Joseph, LVPEI, Hyderabad |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Dr. Savitri Sharma LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Diagnostic and Therapeutic challenges of Pythium insidiosum keratitis | |
| 12:45 - 13:45 – Lunch/ Board meeting | |||
| Session 9: Nanobiotechnology and Ocular Pharmacology | |||
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Chair: Dr. Velpandian, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr. J. Narayanan, VRF, Chennai |
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| 13:45 - 14:00 | Invited Talk 9 | Dr. Nirmal Jayabalan BITS – Hyderabad, Hyderabad |
Topical drops to protect the eyes from systemic drug-induced ocular toxicity |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Free Paper 15 | Dr. Manisha Malani BITS – Hyderabad, Hyderabad |
Valproate-associated Dry eye: Interplay between inflammation and oxidative stress |
| 14:10 - 14:20 | Free Paper 16 | Ms. Shridula Sankar BITS – Hyderabad, Hyderabad |
Shift from invasive to non-invasive treatment for Keratoconus: Resveratrol-loaded polymeric ocular patch |
| 14:20 - 14:30 | Free Paper 17 | Mr. Tapas Kumar Roy AIIMS, New Delhi |
Understanding ocular delivery of biotherapeutics: Insights into peptide transporters and blood-ocular barriers |
| Session 10: Interdisciplinary insights in Ocular diseases | |||
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Chair: Dr. G. Kumaramanickavel, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru Dr. N. Angayarkanni, MRF, Chennai |
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| 14:30 - 14:40 | Free Paper 18 | Dr. Nirbhai Singh PGIMER, Chandigarh |
Soluble biomarkers sFLT-1 and sST2 predict outcomes to anti-VEGF therapy in DME: an interdisciplinary approach |
| 14:40 - 14:50 | Free Paper 19 | Mr. Saurabh Kumar LVPEI, Hyderabad |
Altered lipid metabolism is a crucial regulator in Retinopathy of prematurity |
| 14:50 - 15:00 | Free Paper 20 | Mr. Pradeep K Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru |
Untargeted metabolomics and histology of the anterior lens capsule reveal novel metabolites and ECM markers in anterior subcapsular cataract |
| 15:00 - 15:10 | Free Paper 21 | Mr. Maradani Bhavani Shankar VRF, Chennai |
Aptamer based detection of Cystatin-C for screening of diabetic retinopathy |
| 15:10 - 15:20 | Free Paper 22 | Dr. Debasmita Pankaj Alone NISER, Odisha |
Unlocking the molecular code of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma: Multi-omic signatures of disease progression |
| 15:20 - 15:40 – Concluding Session and Prize distribution | |||
| 15:40 - 16:00 – High Tea | |||