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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

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