International Conference
International Conference
The 1st LIME International Conference
Tuesday, May 2013 19:30-20:30
Holiday Inn Seattle Emerald room
- Prof. James V. Jester
[Ophthalmology School of Medicine University of California, Irvine] - “The Effects of Age and Evaporative Stress on Meibomian Gland Function.”
The 2nd LIME International Conference
Friday, April 4,2014 18:00-20:00
The University of Tokyo, Reception Room
- Prof. Shizuya Saika
[Department of Ophthalmology, Wakayama Medical University] - “Growth factor signaling in embryonic eyelid morphogenesis.”
- Prof. Choun-Ki Joo
[Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea] - “3D imaging of Meibomian glands”
The 3rd LIME International Conference
Saturday,November 22,2014 15:00-17:00
The University of Tokyo, 15F meeting room
- Dr. Tohru Sakimoto
[Nihon University Itabashi Hospital] - “Fundamental mechanisms of ocular surface inflammation”
- Prof. Kyoung Yul Seo
[Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea] - “Inflammatory cytokines related to MGD”
The 4th LIME International Conference
Wednesday, May 4,2016 19:30
Seattle, USA
- Opening Remarks
- Reiko Arita, Itoh Clinic / LIME, Japan
- I. Mini-symposium “Meibomian Gland”
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– Organizers
Naoyuki Morishige(Yamaguchi Univ.), Shizuka Koh(Osaka Univ.),
Motoko Kawashima(Keio Univ.), Rika Shirakawa(Univ. of Tokyo)Topic / Speaker Moderator New insights of lipid layer and meibomian glands. Reiko Arita(Itoh Clinic / LIME, Japan)
Choun-Ki Joo
(Catholic Univ. of Korea, S. Korea)The relationship between Morphology and Function of the meibomian glands. Jong Suk Song(Korea Univ., S. Korea)
Kyoung Yul Seo
(Yonsei Univ. Hospital, S. Korea)The clinical application of in vivo confocal microscopy of the meibomian glands. Edoardo Villani(Univ. of Milan, Italy)
James V. Jester
(Univ. of Calif. Irvine, USA)Nonobvious MGD. Caroline Blackie(TearScience, USA)
Jerry Paugh
(Southern Calif. College of Optometry, USA) - II. Integral Discussion “Diagnostic criteria for MGD in each country”
– Organizers
Shizuya Saika (Wakayama Medical Univ.), Reiko Arita (Itoh Clinic)
- III. Open Discussion with Dinner
The 5th LIME International Conference
Monday, September 26, 2016Tokyo,Japan
- Prof. Eric Knop
[Center for Anatomy,Charite – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany] “A New Holistic Concept on the PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DRY EYE DISEASE”
The 6th LIME International Meeting
Tuesday, May 9, 2017Baltimore, USA
- Opening Remarks
- Dr.Reiko Arita (Representative Board Member, LIME Working Group)
- Greetings from TearScience
- Thomas Fry (Vice President, International, TearScience)
- Introduction speake
- Dr. Reiko Arita
- Plenary Lecture
- Dr. Donald R. Korb (Korb Associates, Korb Research)
“MGD – The center of the dry eye universe: 1980 – 2017” - Discussion with Dr. Korb
- Dinner
- Greetings from TearScience
- Clyde F. Ito (Asia Pacific Business Development Manager, TearScience)
- Closing Remarks
- Dr.Naoyuki Morishige (Board Member, LIME Working Group)
The 7th LIME international meeting
Sunday, Aplil 29, 2018Hawaii, USA
- Opening Remarks
- Reiko Arita (Representative LIME Board Meeting)
- Sponsor Company Greetings
- Mr. Serita (KOWA). Mr. Sato (Lumenis Japan)
- 1. Clinical Research in MGD and Meibomian gland
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– Moderator
Dr. Jennifer Craig(The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Topic Speaker Healthcare delivery in MGD and blepharitis. Dr. Louis MG. Tong
(Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore)The efficacy of IPL (M22) treatment on refractory MGD – a multi-center study-. Dr. Reiko Arita
(Itoh clinic, Japan)Understandings of lipid profile with DR-1α tear interferometry. Dr. Kyoung Yul Seo
(Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea) - 2. Basic Research in Meibomian gland
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– Moderator
Dr. Choun-Ki Joo(St.Catholic University of Medicine, South Korea)
Dr. Naoyuki Morishige(Ohshima Eye Hospital, Japan)Topic Speaker Combined Optical Coherence Tomography and Interferometry for Imaging the Tear Film. Dr. William Ngo
(University of Alabama at Birmingham, U.S.)Notch signaling in MGs and its therapeutic potential. Dr. Ali R. Djalilian
(University of Illinois Hospital, U.S.)Meibogenesis – biosynthesis of lipids in the Meibomian gland from the genomic and lipidomic points of view Dr. Igor Butovich
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, U.S.)PPAR gamma regulation of Meibocyte Differentiation. Dr. James V. Jester
(University of California, Irvine, U.S.) - Group photo
- Total Discussion and Buffet
- Closing remarks
The 8th LIME international meeting
Tuesday, April 30, 2019Vancouver,Canada
- – Facilitator
Osama Ibrahim (Department of Ophthalmology,Tokyo Dental College, Japan)
- Opening remarks
Reiko Arita (Representative LIME Board Meeting)
- Sponsor Company Greetings
Sean Clark (Alcon Japan Ltd.)
- 1.Presentations from LIME international members
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Moderator:
Dr. Louis MG. Tong (Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore)Topic Speaker Meibography Dr. Tor Paaske Utheim
(Univesrity of Oslo, Norway)Moderator:
Dr. Eduardo Villani(University of Milan, Italy)Topic Speaker MGD and Dry eye are similar, but different;
based on a population-based study in Japan
(Hirado-Takushima Study)Dr. Reiko Arita
(Itoh clinic, Japan)Moderator:
Dr. Shizuka Koh(Osaka University, Japan)Topic Speaker Mechanical and eyeliner effect on meibomian glands Dr. Jerry Paugh
(Ketchum University, U.S.) - 2.Key Note Lectures
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Moderator:
Dr. Jennifer Craig(The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Dr. Kyoung Yul Seo(Yonsei University, South Korea)Topic Speaker Pharmacological effects on meibocyte differentiation Dr. Friedrich Paulsen
(Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)Ménage à trois: Sex, sex steroids and meibomian gland dysfunction Dr. David A. Sullivan
(Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, U.S.) - Group Photo
- Total Discussion and Buffet
- Closing remarks