Denver, Colorado, USA, 3-7 May 2026

Scientists and research scholars from AMRF participated in the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2026, held in Denver, Colorado, USA. The conference was attended by nearly 8,500 delegates from across the world.

Dr. P. Sundaresan, ICMR Emeritus Scientist, AMRF, Dr. Gowri Priya Chidambaranathan, Scientist, Immunology & Stem Cell Biology, AMRF and Dr. S. Senthilkumari, Scientist, Ocular Pharmacology, AMRF, presented papers and posters at the meeting. Sneha Nair, Junior Research Scholar, Department of Immunology & Stem Cell Biology, AMRF, received the Developing Country Eye Researcher Travel Fellowship (DCERF) 2026 to attend the conference.

The following presentations were made during the meeting:

Gowri Priya Chidambaranathan, Ravindran Kanthimathi, Arif Waseema, Lochan Aravinda, Math, Punitkumar, Devarajan Bharanidharan, Ayyasamy Vanniarajan, Radhakrishnan Shanthi, and Ramasamy Kim

• Spatial transcriptomic analysis identified the presence of stem-like cells in adult human peripheral retinal pigment epithelium (Paper Presentation)

Sneha Nair, Bharanidharan Devarajan, Vanniarajan Ayyasamy, Krishnadas S.R., Gowri Priya Chidambaranathan

• Integrated digital spatial transcriptomics and miRNA profiling identified molecular regulation of trabecular meshwork stem cells and their alteration in glaucomatous condition (Paper Presentation)

Dr. P. Sundaresan, Gowri Poigaialwar, and Maheshkumar Shanmugam

• Exploring the metabolomics signature of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) for possible therapeutic targets (Poster Presentation)

Dr. S. Senthilkumari, Sharmila Rajendrababu, Vijayalakshmi Senthilkumar, Indira Durai, Fazil H., Krishnadas S.R., Dharmalingam Kuppamuthu, Eric Shultz, and Donald Schwartz

• TULIP™ – A non-invasive, office-based therapy to restore cellular and neural function in glaucoma (Poster Presentation)