Laboratory for Ocular Cell Biology

The aim of my research is to gain a better understanding of corneal diseases, corneal wound healing and refractive surgical procedures.

Methodology

Clinical:

• Pilot studies, clinical studies phase 1-3

Laboratory:

• Molecular biology
• Immunefluorescence
• Light and electron microscopy
• In vivo rabbit model for corneal wound healing after laser injury
• In vivo mouse model for induced retinal degeneration
• Various transgenic mouse models

Scientific Cooperations

• Cooperation 1:
  Ronald Smith (Doheny Eye Institute, USC, Los Angeles, Ca, USA)
• Cooperation 2:
  Eberhard Spoerl (Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Dresden, Germany)
• Cooperation 3:
  Gregory Schultz (Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Glorida, Gainesville, Fl, USA)
• Cooperation 4:
  Ali Hafezi-Moghadam (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)