RHODOPSIN - ADVANCES & PERSPECTIVES

Organizers on behalf of the Board of Vision Research:

- Klaus Peter Hofmann, Humboldt University, Germany
- Kris Palczewski, Case Western Reserve University, USA
- Wolfgang Baehr, University of Utah, USA

Organized by Vision Research / Elsevier and co-sponsored by ARVO, this two day conference immediately prior to the 2006 Annual Meeting of ARVO will provide delegates with a comprehensive look at recent advances in rhodopsin research. Session topics and chairs include:

Structure and stability of the rhodopsin ground state
- Chair: Paul Hargrave, University of Florida, USA

Retinal isomerization and coupling to the apoprotein
- Chair: Klaus Peter Hofmann, Humboldt University, Germany

Coupling of R* to transducin, GRK1, and arrestin
- Chair: Kevin Ridge, University of Texas, USA

Rhodopsin and GPCRs: similarities and differences
- Chair: Heidi Hamm, Vanderbilt University, USA

Release of the retinal chromophore and rhodopsin regeneration
- Chair: Dan Oprian, Brandeis University, USA

Cone pigments and evolution of color vision
- Chair: Gerald Jacobs, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA

Trafficking of rhodopsin
- Chair: Dusanka Deretic, University of New Mexico, USA

Rhodopsin mutations and retina disease
- Chair: Wolfgang Baehr, University of Utah, USA

Abstracts for poster presentations at the conference are invited. Please submit abstracts online at www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com by February 3, 2006.

The Tenth Annual Vision Research Conference is sponsored and hosted by Elsevier / Vision Research (www.elsevier.com). The meeting is co-sponsored by ARVO (www.arvo.org).

For further details visit: www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com or contact vr-conference@elsevier.com.