TFOS Conference Awards

2007

5th International Conference on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, September 5-8, Taormina, Italy

Amanda Ackerman, UC Berkeley School of Optometry, Berkeley, CA. Corneal Epithelial Cell Killing Of Internalized Bacteria.

Jeffrey Bair, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. Effect Of Protein Kinase Ca And P42/P44 Mapk On Egf-Stimulated Rat Cultured Conjunctival Goblet Cell Proliferation.

Linda Banbury, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Steroid Hormones in the Tear Film.

Lilian Chiang, University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy. The Role Of Rab27b In The Regulation Of Intracellular Trafficking In The Lacrimal Gland.

Fabian Garreis, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. Ocular Surface Expression And Regulation Of b-Defensins.

Kari Green-Church, Ohio State University, Columbus OH. The Human Tear Film Proteome And Its Potential Application To Disease Biomarker Discovery.

Vinodh Kakkassery, University Eye Clinic, Essen, Germany; Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. Membrane-Associated Mucins Are Affected By Inflammatory Mediators On Ocular Surface Epithelial Cells.

Flavio Mantelli, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. Inhibition Of Galectin-3 Association With Cell Surface O-Glycans Results In Corneal Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction.

Cuong Nguyen, University of Florida, College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL. TH17 CELLS IN EXOCRINE GLAND TISSUES OF AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME (Sjs)

Rachel Redfern, University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX. Toll-Like Receptor Expression And Dry Eye.

Shivaram Selvam, USC Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Ion Fluxes Across Rabbit Acinar Cell Monolayers On Polyester Membrane Scaffolds.

Philipp Steven, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany. Intravital Real-Time Imaging Of Conjunctiva-Associated Lymphoid Tissue.

Padmaja Thomas, USC Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Autoimmune Dacryoadenitis Induced By Auto-Adoptive Transfer Of Cd4+ T Cells.

Tais Wakamatsu, Keio University School of Medicine, Keio, Japan. Histopathological Alterations In Senescent Cu, Zn–Superoxide Dismutase-1 (Sod–1)–Knock-Out Mice: A New Model For Dry Eye.

Ai Yamada, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. The Proinflammatory Response Of Human Corneal Epithelial Cells To Toxigenic Staphylococcus Aureus.