Collaborative research agreement between NEI/NIH and NISO/NHOTMC to work on genetic eye diseases in Asia
WOC, Tokyo, Japan, April 5, 2014
Director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institute of Health (NIH), Dr. Paul Sieving and President of the National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center (NHOTMC), Dr. Junzo Takeda signed the Collaborative Research Agreement to jointly work on genetic eye diseases in Asia, the most densely populated region in the world. Director of the National Institute of Sensory Organs (NISO), NHOTMC, Dr. Yozo Miyake joined this ceremony. From left, Gyan (John) Prakash, Yozo Miyake, Paul Sieving, and Takeshi Iwata (Photo taken by S. Natarajan).
1st Asian Eye Genetics Consortium Meeting at ARVO 2014
May 6, 2014
Orlando, FL, USA
Asian Eye Genetics Consrotium Kick-Off Meeting was held during the ARVO 2014 meeting in Orlando, Florida. Nine scientists from Hong Kong, India, Japan and USA in photo and Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik from NEI, NIH (on phone) gathered to discussed about the need of data sharing and to promote research of genetic eye diseases in Asia. We all agreeded to identify active Asian scientists working in this field and to establish network by organizing meetings and sessions at Asian local ophthalmology meetings.
History of Global Eye Genetics Consortium
2024-05-06: New appointments, Yingbin Fu as Vice President, Kapil Bharti as Chief Scientific Officer, and S. Natarajan as Treasury.
2024-05-06: GEGC Business Meeting, ARVO 2024 in Seattle, USA
2023-09-01: Shailja Tibrewal appointed as Secretray General and S. Natarajan as Vice President of GEGC
2023-04-25: S. Natarajan and his team was awarded the 1st GEGC Special Recognition Award for the success of 1st International Congress of GEGC in Mumbai, India
2023-04-25: Robert B. Hufnagel appointed as Vice President
2023-04-25: GEGC Business Meeting, ARVO 2023 in New Orleans, USA
2023-02-20: GEGC Session: Genetic Studies of the Pacific Rim, XXV ISER 2023 Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia
2022-11-19~20: 1st International Congress of GEGC in Mubai, India (Program by Chair S. Natarajan, hosted by Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society, President Santosh Bhide)
2022-09-09: GEGC Live Symposium, virtual World Ophthalmology Congress 2022
2022-06-04: Live Virtual NEI-GEGC Educational Workshop
2021-03-19: Advances in Vision Research Volume III, Genetic Eye Research around the Globe is published from Springer Nature
2020-06-29: GEGC Live Symposium, Virtual World Ophthalmology Congress 2020
2020-05-01: GEGC Phenotype-Genotype Database "GenEye" in operation
2020-02-07: GEGC session, AIOS 2020, Gurugram, India
2019-04-29: GEGC Business Meeting, ARVO 2019 in Vancouver, Canada
2019-03-07: Calvin CP Pang appointed as Chief Scientific Officer of GEGC
2019-03-06: GEGC session, APAO 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
2019-02-19: GEGC meeting, Mumbai, India
2019-02-12: GEGC meeting, Delhi, India
2018-11-05: Advances in Vision Research Volume II, Genetics Eye Research in Asia and the Pacific is published from Springer Nature
2018-05-03: GEGC web site, www.gegc.org is open
2018-05-02: Global Eye Genetics Consortium (GEGC) was established, while maintaining the same aim as AEGC to the globe
2018-05-02: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium Business Meeting, ARVO 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2018-02-08: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium meeting, APAO 2018 in Hong Kong, China
2017-05-09: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium Business Meeting, ARVO 2017 in Baltimore, USA
2017-05-08: Poster presentation of AEGC, ARVO 2017
2017-05-07: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium introduced at Global Health Workshop at ARVO 2017
2017-04-01: Advances in Vision Research Volume I, Genetics Eye Research in Asia and the Pacific is published from Springer Nature
2017-03-03: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at APAO 2017 in Singapore
2017-02-05: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at ARVO Asia 2017 in Brisbane, Australia
2016-11-21: Annoucement of RP2 gene analysis and gene therapy from Tae Kwann Park, South Korea
2016-09-26: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at ISER 2016 in Tokyo, Japan
2016-09-14: Annoucement of East Asia IRD Studies by Kaoru Fujinami, Japan
2016-07-21: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium website, www.asianeyegenetics.org is open
2016-05-03: Paul N Baird appointed as Vice President of Asian Eye Genetics Consortium
2016-05-03: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium Business Meeting, ARVO 2016 in Seattle, USA
2016-03-28: Siddhita S. Nare visits Tokyo Medical Center by AEGC Visiting Program
2016-02-28: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at 74th All India Ophthalmology Congress
2015-10-29: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at 2nd Congress of ASEAN Ophthalmology Society, Hanoi, Vietnam
2015-05-04: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium Business Meeting, ARVO 2015 in Denver, USA
2015-03-07: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at ARVO Asia 2015, Yokohama, Japan
2015-02-07: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium session at All India Ophthalmology Congress 2015, New Delhi, India
2015-02-06: Takeshi Iwata appointed as President of Asian Eye Genetics Consortium
2014-10-01: Asian Eye Genetics Consortium evening symposium at XII congress of the SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2014-05-06: Launch of the Asian Eye Genetics Consortium by 4 countries (Hong Kong, India, Japan, USA) at ARVO 2014 in Orlando, USA. President, Gyan Prakash; Vice President, Takeshi Iwata; Secretary General, S. Natarajan.
2014-04-05: Collaborative research agreement was signed by Paul Sieving, National Eye Institute and Junzo Takeda, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center to jointly work on genetic eye diseases in Asia