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Congrats Jenna, Michael, Jackson, and Isaiah on the new article; Jenna and Isaiah's first with the lab! Of note, our data is the first showing that non-canonical EphA2 signaling is active in normal lenses, and our results suggest a physiological function. t.ly/7i8Ve
Happy Birthday to Gryffin! Glad we were able to fit in a birthday lunch amidst all the work and study!
Dr. Cheng's chapter on Lens Structure is now available digitally, ahead of the full Encyclopedia of the Eye, 2nd Edition's physical print. Contact our lab ([email protected] or [email protected]) to get a digital copy of the chapter!
ALT Cover for the 1st Edition of the Encyclopedia of the Eye.
We recently had Dr. Yuka Okada visit us for some research and some fun! Thanks for coming Yuka, we'll see you again soon!
Read our new review on tissue, cellular, & molecular factors for lens biomechanics in @FrontOphthalmol! Increased lens stiffness & decreased elasticity are long believed to contribute age-related loss of accommodation, presbyopia, & thus reading glasses. frontiersin.org/journals/oph…
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Very excited to share that Gryffin Flowers was awarded a scholarship from @IU_Optometry to pursue his M.S. degree alongside his O.D.! His research project investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms affecting eye lens biomechanical properties. Way to go, Gryffin!
ALT Gryffin presenting a poster at HRVS 2024!
Congrats to Jenna Horner & Gryffin Flowers on earning best talk and best poster awards at Heartland Vision Research Symposium 2024! HVRS highlights innovative vision research from the US heartland, this year, the keynote was Dr. Michael Chiang, @NEIDirector.
Take a look at @PeterTheHuynh first article with our lab where he further narrows the list of potential EphA2 and ephrin-A5 binding partners within the lens! This opens the way for more effective and informative protein work within the lens! Have a read: frontiersin.org/journals/oph…
At #ARVO2024, Dr. Catherine Cheng handed over the position as ARVO AMPC chair to Dr. Xingjun Fan and welcomed the newest LE section member, Dr. Janice Walker! Thanks to everyone on the ARVO Annual Meeting Program Committee for their contributions to make the meeting successful!
ALT Left to right: Dr(s). Janice Walker, Catherine Cheng, Bianca Maceo Heilman, Xingjun Fan.
The Thursday #ARVO2024 symposium, organized and moderated by Dr(s). @stankowskalab and Catherine Cheng, was abundant with great ideas and science! Thank you to the presenters and the attendees for the insightful discussion on biomolecules and drug delivery to the eye!
ALT Left to Right: Dr(s). Connie Tam, Catherine Cheng, Laura M. Ensign, Martin Friedlander, Raghu Krishnamoorthy, Dorota Luiza Stankowska, Ram H. Nagaraj, Peter F. Kador.
The symposium title is "Innovative approaches for harnessing novel small and biomolecules for the treatment of eye diseases". Thanks to Dr(s). Connie Tam, Catherine Cheng, @LauraEnsignPhD , Martin Friedlander, Raghu Krishnamoorthy, @stankowskalab, Ram H. Nagaraj, Peter F. Kador.
Organized by #ARVO2024 LE section and moderated by Dr(s). @bmaceo and Shizuka Koh, the mini-symposium was very successful! It was so full, researchers were standing along the walls! Thank you organizers, moderators, presenters, and attendees for the great work and engagement!
ALT Left to right: Dr(s). Kirill Larin, Christine Frances Wildsoet, Bianca Maceo Heilman, Catherine Cheng, Shizuka Koh, C. Ross Ethier, Giuliano Scarcelli.