Dr. José-Alain Sahel is a clinician-scientist who developed a groundbreaking neuroprotective strategy to rescue central vision and first-in-man studies with electronic retinal implants, gene and cell therapies to restore vision in patients with blinding retinal dystrophies. He led the clinical trial documenting for the first time partial visual recovery after optogenetic therapy in a blind patient.
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Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversations
Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel
Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversations offers a livestream with the exclusive opportunity to attend interviews with breakthrough thinkers online. All sessions provide an intense personal atmosphere, in which high-level guests, speakers and panelists will focus on their individual research, career paths and experiences. Falling Walls Conversations takes place parallel to the main programme of the Science Summit. All sessions will be recorded and made available to a broader public after the Science Summit. Falling Walls Conversations is supported by Klaus Tschira Stiftung.
Digital event; accessible for digital participants with Premium Interactive ticket
Learn more about José-Alain Sahel’s research and his talk at Falling Walls.
José-Alain Sahel
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine / Institut de la Vision (Sorbonne Université/Inserm/CNRS)
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