Plenary Session

PLENARY I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM

Plenary Speaker(s)

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  Michael Pepper, MBChB, PhD, MD, PD (he/him/his)

  Medical Immunology
  University of Pretoria, South Africa
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  Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
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  Vidita Vaidya, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Biological Sciences
  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

This Presidential Symposium highlights the integration of perspectives across the fields of biology, engineering, medicine, and the humanities, through research in developmental and reproductive biology, host-microbe interactions in global health, disease modeling, and clinical applications. It is through the richness of our varied scientific interests, backgrounds, and approaches that we can convey one message: interdisciplinarity and equity ethics will significantly advance our field and deliver impact on human health.

Presentations:

• MONOAMINES, MITOCHONDIA, AND MOOD
  

  Plenary Speaker: Vidita A. Vaidya, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• ENSURING GLOBAL ACCESS TO ADVANCED THERAPIES
  

  Plenary Speaker: Michael S. Pepper, MBChB, PhD, MD, PD (he/him/his) – University of Pretoria
• SUSTAINABLE RETINAL CELL THERAPY
  

  Plenary Speaker: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University