Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Day

January 25, 2016     Glencoe Club

A special evening supporting research within Calgary’s Ophthalmology program.untitled (2)

Moderator:   Dr. Bryce Ford

Judges: Dr. K. Punja,  Dr. F Adatia, Dr. S. McFarlane

Based on judges review; the following Paper & Posters received a $500 Research Award from the University Eye Foundation:

Poster:

         An evaluation of the ophthalmology on-call system for pediatric emergencies.   Cote S.,  Sanders E. Huang J, Astle W, Huang J.

2016 RD StephanieCote
Stephanie Cote (Award Recipient)

                                                                                                                                       

2016 RD Nobuhiko Tachibana
Nobuhiko Tachobana  (Award Recipient)

Pten regulates amacrine cell number by reducing responsiveness to Tgfb negative feedback signaling.   Tachibana N., Cantrup R., Dixit R., Touhari Y., Zinyk D., Kaushik G., Biernaskie J., McFarlane S., Schuurmans C.

 

Paper:

Odermatt N., Teves M., Carr B., Shi H., Stell W., :      Retinal Cell-Cell Coupling via Cx35/36-Containing Gap Junctions:  Key Role in visual Processing and Form-Deprivation Myopia (FDM) in Chick

Chung H., Sanders E., Bharmra J., :     Current Opinions on Corrective Refractive Surgery

(L to R) ), Bryce Ford (Moderator), Helen Chung (Award Recipient), Michelle Teves (Award Recipient), ) Amin Kherani (UEF President)

View complete list of all papers and posters.

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTORS FOR SUPPORTING THE 2016 RESEARCH DAY

Alcon Canada        Allergan Canada       Bayer Canada          

 Bausch + Lomb Canada             Novartis Pharma Canada