The 7th LIME international meeting

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

– 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

– 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

• Program