PRESENTATIONS
2018
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“The limbal stem cell trials” invited talk at the Baltic Eye Meeting 2018
Riga, Latvia; 26th August 2018
“Unusual presentations of the herpes viruses” invited talk at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress
Liverpool, UK; 23rd May 2018
“The management of dry eye disease” invited talk at the Santen Symposium
Budapest, Hungary; 12th May 2018
“Chronic Stevens Johnson syndrome: the variation of phenotype” invited talk at the 3rd International Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Symposium
Kyoto, Japan; 4th February 2018
“Management of the ocular surface in glaucoma: an update” invited talk at the Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium
London, UK; 28th January 2018
“Advanced therapies of the endothelium” invited talk at the European Eye Bank Association Meeting Coimbra, Portugal; 27th January 2018
2017
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“Limbal stem cell failure: diagnosis and management” invited keynote lecture to the 27th Annual Congress of the Iranian Society of Ophthalmology
Tehran, Iran; 4th December 2017
“CoQ10 and mitochondrial function: what is the role in ocular diseases” invited talk at ESCRS Symposium Lisbon, Portugal; 9th October 2017
“Autologous and allogeneic cultured limbal epithelial cell transplantation: a UK perspective
” invited talk at SICSSO Congress
Grosseto, Italy; 22nd June 2017
“The evolution of corneal transplantation” invited talk Ophthalmological Society of Pakistan
Bhurban, Pakistan; 29th April 2017
“The role of extracellular cues in human ocular surface epithelial plasticity” invited talk at Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Symposium
Kyoto, Japan; 21st January 2017
2016
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“Regenerating the cornea using stem cell biology: from lab to limbus” invited talk at Roche
Basel, Switzerland; 30th November 2016
“Cultured limbal epithelial cell transplantation” talk at ESCRS
Copenhagen, Denmark; 11th September 2016
“An update on limbal stem cell biology” invited talk at International Congress on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Tehran, Iran; 20th May 2016
2015
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“Cultured limbal epithelial transplantation for limbal stem cell deficiency” invited talk at ESCRS Summer Meeting 2015
Barcelona, Spain; 7th September 2015
“Corneal cross-linking” invited talk at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress
Liverpool, UK; 19th May 2015
2014
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“Stem cell based therapeutic strategies for understanding and treating ocular surface failure” invited talk at the Targeting Ocular Disorders meeting
Boston, USA; 7th October 2014
“Cultured limbal stem cell transplantation” invited talk at the “From Cells to Tissues Symposium”
Dublin, Ireland; 18th September 2014
2013
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“Reconstruction of the corneal surface using stem cell biology” invited talk at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials
Lahore, Pakistan; July 2013
“Regenerating the corneal surface using a stem cell therapeutic approach: overview and update” invited talk at the University of Health Sciences
Lahore, Pakistan; July 2013
2012
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“Identification of afferent and efferent components of human corneal neovascular complexes using fluorescent angiography” talk at International Society of Eye Research
Berlin, Germany; July 2012
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2011
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“Corneal epithelial stem cell biology” invited lecturer in the Post-Doctoral Programme of Health Sciences University of Coimbra, Portugal; October 2011
“The transplantation of cultured human limbal epithelium for unilateral chemical eye burns” invited speaker at the Annual Congress on Stem Cell Research
Sapanca, Turkey; September 2011
“Limbal stem cell deficiency and its management” talk and organiser for ESCRS Instructional Course Vienna, Austria; September 2011
“Limbal stem cell therapies” invited speaker at a workshop on “Supply chain management: innovation in meeting the challenges of the 21st century”
Prato, Italy; August 2011
“Grant applications in the UK and European Union” invited speaker at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting Members in Training Job Forum
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; May 2011
2010
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“Limbal stem cell deficiency” invited speaker Labaffi Nejad Hospital
Tehran, Iran; December 2010
“From lab to limbus: using stem cell biology to regenerate the surface of the eye” invited speaker at 4th Congress on Stem Cell and Gene Therapy
Samsun, Turkey; September 2010
2009
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“The differentiation of human embryonic stem cells towards the corneal epithelial lineage” invited speaker at the 5th Royan Stem Cell Biology and Technology Congress
Tehran, Iran; September 2009
“Repairing the ophthalmic system with stem cells” plenary speaker at the 1st Malaysian Regenerative Medicine Meeting
Penang, Malaysia; August 2009
“From lab to limbus” invited seminar at the University of Health Sciences
Lahore, Pakistan; July 2009
Invited contributor to Special Interest Group on the Ocular Surface at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; May 2009
2008
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“The clinical application of corneal epithelial stem cells: from bench to bedside” invited speaker at the CELLutions Summit
Boston, Massachusetts, USA; August 2008
2006
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“Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into epithelial lineages” poster presentation at The Keystone Symposium on Stem Cells
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada; March 2006
2005
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“The analysis of human limbal epithelial cells cultured on various extracellular matrix components” poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; May 2005
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2004
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“From embryo to eye: human embryonic stem cell markers OCT4 and NANOG are localised to adult limbal epithelium” talk at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; April 2004
“A tale of two stem cells: human embryonic and corneal epithelial stem cells” poster presentation at the Keystone Symposium on Stem Cells
Keystone, Colorado, USA; January 2004