This year, the meeting will be chaired by Professor Wendy Bickmore (Director, MRC Human Genetics Unit) and hosted at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. The meeting will be held in person and we hope you can join us in Edinburgh!

The day will include sessions on clinical and molecular eye genetics, genetic case discussions, short talks and posters by early careers researchers, and talks by people affected by inherited eye disease. Confirmed speakers include Professor Elfride de Baere (Differential 3D genome topology delineates regulatory landscapes of IRD genes in human neural retina and retinal pigment epithelium), Dr Nikki Hall (eye developmental defects: pathology, diagnosis, and genetics), Dr David Gilmour (Clinical trials for the IRDs: a local PI’s perspective), Dr Joe Rainger (advances in understanding developmental genetic eye disease), Dr Shipra Bhatia (developmental enhancers in genetic eye disease), Dr Miguel Bernabeu (retinal imaging), Samantha Malka (genetic counsellor) and Dr Jamie Ellingford (variant interpretation for improving genetic diagnosis).

To submit abstracts for a poster and/or a short talk in the Early Career Researcher or clinical genetic cases sessions, please use the form below to submit your abstract. All abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be subject to peer review before acceptance. Submissions will close on 28th April 2023 and successful submissions will be notified by 9th May 2023. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the conference for the best oral and poster presentations.

Early Bird Discounted Registration is available until 9th May 2023 and full price tickets will be available until the day of the conference. UK-EGG members are entitled to £25 discount.

We look forward to seeing you there,