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Meetings

Find out here the agenda as well as practical information about our Action Management Committee and Working Group meetings.

ANIRIDIA-NET #CA18116 COST Action holds regular management committee meetings as well as working group meetings to coordinate and organise the Action’s scientific and networking activities as listed in the ANIRIDIA-NET Memorandum of Understanding. COST Association representatives, all Action MC members as well as WG participants are invited to attend the actions meetings.

Please check this space regularly for updated information as well as practical information about our upcoming meetings. Updates are also circulated through @AniridiaNet in Twitter and Linkedinn.

For more details contact ANIRIDIA-NET Financial Scientific and Administrative
Coordinator: Esther Engel (esther.engel@uk-koeln.de).

AniridiaNet COST Actions #18116 members and participants got together for the Action’s Final MC/WG meeting taking place at Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, last 29th and 30th June 2023. A highly successful meeting that gathered ophthalmologist, researchers, trainees, industry and patient’s organizations to discuss recent advancements and to foster collaborations for further research in the field of aniridia. Harmonized clinical protocols, aniridia pathophysiology, clinical translation tips, post-transplant immunosuppression and MSCs for eye diseases are some of the topics covered during this networking event. This meeting owes its success to our network’s members devoting their expertise and efforts to provide the action with outstanding resources and outcomes stimulating collaboration and research and aniridia patients. We would like to express many...

On the 26th of October AniridiaNet COST Action CA#18116 members connected for the action’s 4th MC meeting taking place fully online. A highly successful meeting that gathered ophthalmologist, researchers, industry and patient’s organizations members from 22 countries. Thank all the members for their enthusiastic participation in discussing the current progress of the action and stimulating a closer collaboration for improved understanding of aniridia and related eye disorders. ...

AniridiaNet COST Actions #18116 members and participants got together for the Action’s 3rd MC/WG meeting taking place at the Molecular Medicine Institute in Lisbon, last 27th and 28th February 2020, coinciding with Rare Disease Day [www.rarediseaseday.org]. A highly successful meeting that gathered ophthalmologist, researchers, trainees, industry and patient’s organizations to discuss recent advancements and to foster collaborations for further growth and research in the field of aniridia. Culture and assessment of LSC, clinical multicentre studies, harmonized clinical protocols, aniridia pathophysiology, post-transplant immunosuppression and MSCs for eye diseases are some of the topics covered during this networking event. Find out more in meeting minutes HERE. This meeting owes its success to all its enthusiastic members devoting their expertise and much of...