TFOS/ARVO Travel Awards

ARVO 2010, Ft. Lauderdale


Recipients to be announced

 

ARVO 2009, Ft. Lauderdale

Fabian Garreis , Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg: Expression and Regulation of Antimicrobial Peptide Psoriasin (S100A7) in the Lacrimal Apparatus

Ana Guzman , Schepens Eye Research Institute and Complutense University: Role of T-synthase in Apical Barrier Formation on Ocular Surface Epithelia

Shaohui Liu , Schepens Eye Research Institute: Growth Factor Influence on the Proliferation of Human Meibomian Gland Epithelial Cells

Xiaoyong Yuan , Baylor College of Medicine: Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Evolution of Corneal Neovascularization during Experimental Candida albicans Keratitis

James Mun , University of California Berkeley: Pre-exposure of Corneal Epithelial Cells to Human Tear Fluid Induces Protective Activity Against P. aeruginosa Virulence Mechanisms; Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation Award

ARVO 2008, Ft. Lauderdale

Fang Bian, Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute, Houston, TX, USA. Human Limbal Basal Epithelium-Derived GDNF Suppresses the Stress and Inflammation-Induced Cytokines Through NF-kB Signaling Pathway

Shaohui Liu, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Isolation, Culture and Immortalization of Human Meibomian Gland Epithelial Cells

Flavio Mantelli, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Glycogene Profile Of The Conjunctival Epithelium In Normal And Dry Eye Patients

Ushasree Pattamatta, Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia. Bovine Lactoferrin Promotes Alkali-Induced Wound Healing in Corneal Epithelial Cells by Up-Upregulating PDGF

Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation Award:

Shivaram Selvam, USC Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Impact of Chronic Stimulation with Carbachol, Histamine and Serotonin on Ion Transport in a Novel, Chloride-Secreting Rabbit Lacrimal Acinar Cell Monolayer Model.

ARVO 2007 , Ft. Lauderdale

Romulo Albuquerque, DDS, MS?College of Medicine, Univ of Kentucky, Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences?Topical Gene ablation of sflt-1 Abolishes Corneal Avascularity

Shao Lui, MD, PhD?Schepens Eye Research Institute?Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation Award?Aromatase Influence on Gene Expression in the Meibomian Gland

Zan Pan, MD, MS?SUNY State College of Optometry?Functional Expression of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

Hong Qi, MD, PhD?Baylor College of Medicine?Identification of Neurotrophic Factors NGF, GDNF and Their Corresponding Receptors TrkA, GFR -1 as Potential New Markers for Human Corneal Epithelial Stem Cells

Chandra Saravanan?Tufts University?Galectin-3 Promotes Formation of Lamellipodia, Filopodia and Tunneling Nanotube (TNT)-Like Structures in Corneal Epithelium.

Fan Zhang, MD?SUNY State College of Optometry?Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) Activation Induces Proinflammatory Responses Through MAPK Stimulation

ARVO 2006 , Ft. Lauderdale

Cintia de Paiva, Baylor, US?

Angela Johnson, Case Western Reserve, US?

PB Thomas, Doheny Eye Institute, US?

S. Xu, SUNY State College of Optometry, US

ARVO 2005 , Ft. Lauderdale

Audrey Bernstein, New York, NY, USA?Urokinase Pathway Regulation in Corneal Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts.

Gabriel Greifner, Jerusalem, Israel?Cell Migration Course in the Healthy Rat's Palpebral Mucocutaneous Transitional Zone Epithelium.

Tetsuya Kawakita, Miami, FL, USA ?Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by Limbal Epithelial Progenitor Cells Leads to Intrastromal Invasion, Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency and Fibrosis.

Peisong Ma, Charlottesville, VA, USA?Identification of Syndecan-1 as a Coreceptor for Prosecretory Mitogen 'Lacritin.'

Bupe Mwaikambo, Montreal, Quebec, Canada?Activation of CD36 Inhibits and Prevents Progression of Corneal Neovascularization.

Ashish Sharma, Charlottesville, VA, USA?Tumor Necrosis Factor-Induced Apoptosis in Corneal Epithelial Cells Is Attenuated by Novel Lacrimal Glycoprotein, Lacritin.