Duke Presentations at ISER 2026
| Duke Presenter | Date | Start Time | End Time | Event Number | Session | Session Type | Format | Title | Room | Topic |
| Bowes Rickman, Catherine | 8/24/26 | 1:00pm | 1:24pm | | Gene Therapy for the RPE | | Speaker | The Promise and Perils of RPE Gene Therapy | Multipurpose room 1B (Level 1) | Retinal Cell Biology |
| Bowes Rickman, Catherine | 8/24/26 | 1:00pm | 3:00pm | | Gene Therapy for the RPE | | Session Chair | Gene Therapy for the RPE | Multipurpose room 1B (Level 1) | Retinal Cell Biology |
| Liton, Paloma | 8/24/26 | 10:30am | 12:00pm | | Welcome to ISER 2026 | | Speaker | Welcome to ISER 2026 | Auditorium 1 (Level 0) | Prize Ceremony and Lecture |
| Liton, Paloma | | | | | | | | Meeting Chair | | |
| Maddala, Rupalatha | 8/25/26 | 3:54pm | 4:18pm | | Cytoskeletal Control of Aqueous Humor Outflow and Intraocular Pressure | | Speaker | New Molecular Targets to Modulate Trabecular Meshwork Contractility and Intraocular Pressure | Room 9 (Level 0) | Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma |
| Malek, Goldis | 8/25/26 | 8:00am | 10:00am | | Therapeutic Targets Beyond Complement | | Session Chair | Therapeutic Targets Beyond Complement | Multipurpose room 1D (Level 1) | RPE-Choroid and AMD |
| Malek, Goldis | 8/25/26 | 8:00am | 8:24am | | Therapeutic Targets Beyond Complement | | Speaker | Restoring RPE Homeostasis through Nuclear Receptor Modulation | Multipurpose room 1D (Level 1) | RPE-Choroid and AMD |
| Malek, Goldis | 8/26/26 | 3:30pm | 5:30pm | | Pre-Clinical Models of Retinal Degenerative Diseases: Bridging in Vitro and in Vivo Models | | Session Chair | Pre-Clinical Models of Retinal Degenerative Diseases: Bridging in Vitro and in Vivo Models | Multipurpose room 1D (Level 1) | RPE-Choroid and AMD |
| McPherson, Kyle | 8/27/26 | 9:36am | 10:00am | | Lipids, Drusen, and Deposits | | Speaker | AAV-Mediated Expression of the Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) Mimetic 5A Enhances Cholesterol Efflux: A Potential Therapy for Lipid Dysregulation in AMD | Multipurpose room 1D (Level 1) | RPE-Choroid and AMD |
| Rao, Vasantha | 8/25/26 | 3:30pm | 5:30pm | | Cytoskeletal Control of Aqueous Humor Outflow and Intraocular Pressure | | Session Chair | Cytoskeletal Control of Aqueous Humor Outflow and Intraocular Pressure | Room 9 (Level 0) | Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma |
| Rao, Vasantha | 8/26/26 | 1:00pm | 3:00pm | | Lens Cell Biology | | Session Chair | Lens Cell Biology | Room 6-7 (Level 1) | Lens |
| Rao, Vasantha | 8/27/26 | 8:00am | 10:00am | | Cytoskeletal Biology: Shaping Lens Growth and Function | | Session Chair | Cytoskeletal Biology: Shaping Lens Growth and Function | Room 6-7 (Level 1) | Lens |
| Rao, Vasantha | 8/27/26 | 8:48am | 9:12am | | Cytoskeletal Biology: Shaping Lens Growth and Function | | Speaker | What Lens Fibers and Axons Share: Membrane Cytoskeletal Architecture and Trafficking | Room 6-7 (Level 1) | Lens |
| Rao, Vasantha | | | | | | | | Section Organizer - Lens | | |
| Shiraki, Nobuhiko | 8/26/26 | 8:24am | 8:48am | | Posterior Segment Myeloid Cell Heterogeneity | | Speaker | Transcriptional Heterogeneity in Subretinal Microglia during Retinal Degeneration | Multipurpose room 1C (Level 1) | Ocular Immunology |
| Sim, Myoungsup | 8/25/26 | 1:48pm | 2:12pm | | Function of Schlemm's Canal in the Outflow Pathway | Speaker | Primary Cilia–Dependent Regulation of Nitric Oxide Production in Schlemm’s Canal | Room 9 (Level 0) | Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma |
| Stamer, Daniel | 8/24/26 | 1:00pm | 1:24pm | | Ocular Development and Disease: Insights from Organoid and Assembloids | | Speaker | Organ-on-a-Chip Modeling of Intraocular Pressure Regulation | Auditorium 3B (Level 0) | iPS Cells and Organotypic Technologies in Ophthalmology |
| Stamer, Daniel | 8/25/26 | 10:45am | 11:30pm | | The Ernst H. Bárány Prize | | Speaker-Awardee | The Ernst H. Bárány Prize Lecture | Auditorium 1 (Level 0) | Prize Ceremony and Lecture |
