NEWSLETTER JAN-FEB 2018
TWO PAPERS PUBLISHED IN TWO MONTHS
Congratulations to the Research Group for the two recent publications!
1. The Vasoreparative Function of Myeloid Angiogenic Cells (MACs) is Impaired in Diabetes Through the Induction of IL1β. Chambers SE, O'Neill CL, Guduric-Fuchs J, McLoughlin KJ, Liew A, Egan AM, O'Brien T, Stitt AW, Medina RJ. Stem Cells. 2018 Feb 27.
2. Preclinical Evaluation and Optimization of a Cell Therapy Using Human Cord Blood-Derived Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells for Ischemic Retinopathies.Reid E, Guduric-Fuchs J, O'Neill CL, Allen LD, Chambers SEJ, Stitt AW, Medina RJ. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2018 Jan;7(1):59-67.
PRESENTATION AT EURETINA 2018
Reinhold gave a plenary lecture entitled What is new in our understanding of the pathogenesis of early and late diabetic retinopathy?at the 8th EURETINA meeting, organised by the European Society of Retina Specialists in Budapest the 16th February 2018.
http://www.euretina.org/Budapest2018/programme/default.asp
THANK YOU TO THE NATIONAL EYE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AWARDING A TRAVEL AWARD TO PIETRO BERTELLI
Pietro will be presenting at the International Ophthalmology Meeting ARVO 2018 (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) in Honolulu, Hawaii from April 29 to May 3.
Pietro also got a summary of his work published as a blog article:
VISITS TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND AND NUI GALWAY
Christina, Jasenka, Judith, and Reinhold visited RCSI in Dublin on Feb 28th to discuss potential collaborative research. Thank you to Roger, Ingmar, and Jamie for the arrangements and very productive day. We are looking forward to working with scientists from RCSI.
Sarah visited NUIG in Galway from Feb 11th to 14th to meet and learn from Tim O’Brien’s lab.
WELCOMES, FAREWELLS, AND BEST WISHES
+Good luck to Rachel Church on her new position at ALMAC!
+Welcome to Dr Louise Johnston who has recently join the group!
+Happy Birthday to Sarah, Rachel, and Edoardo!
+All the best to Lynsey-Dawn Allen!
CEM EVENTS
Well done to Christina and Varun for their oral presentations, and to Joana for getting a poster award at the CEM Postdoctoral Symposium (Jan 26th).
Edoardo helped showcasing eye research to the general public at the NI Science Festival (Feb 17th).
PROF SIR IAN WILMUT VISIT TO QUB BELFAST
Prof Sir Ian Wilmut received the Barcroft Medal at Queen's University Belfast for his outstanding contribution to Research in Embryology, Stem Cell Biology, and Regenerative Medicine. Prof Wilmut gave a plenary lecture entitled "From Dolly the sheep to treatment of human disease". The Barcroft Medal Lecture was organised by Reinhold, Derek, and Neil.
