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Call for posters for the 2nd annual international Fox Center conference
"Vision Restoration: Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology" May 11, 2012, University Club, Pittsburgh, PA. All conference participants are welcome to present a poster. A poster...March 28, 2012
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World Glaucoma Week
Glaucoma is the second-most common cause of blindness in the United States, yet there are often no early symptoms. Find if you are at risk. Visit UPMC.com/Glaucoma or call 1-800-446-3797....March 21, 2012
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Fox Center Lecture: April 4, 2012 "The biology of human ocular basement membranes: implications for tissue repair and gene therapy"
Halfter, Willi M., PhD Associate Professor, Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh PhD, University of Tubingen, Germany (1981) April 4, 11:45am - 1:00pm Eye and Ear Boardroo...March 14, 2012
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Stem cell therapy for corneal scarring: Western Pennsylvania Eyebank Foundation makes a difference.
The Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration received several major donations from the Western Medical Eye Bank Foundation. These donations are used to further the research on stem cell ther...February 17, 2012
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Fox Center lecture: March 7, 2012
"Live Imaging of the Mechanobiology of Matrix Production by Corneal Fibroblasts" Jeff Ruberti, PhD; Associate Professor Director of the Extracellular Matrix Engineering Res...February 14, 2012
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Fox Center organizes special session at the McGowan Institute scientific retreat
The Retreat will include distinguished guest speakers, a poster session, an elevator pitch contest, and with the participation of external partners and potential collaborators, there will be multip...February 2, 2012
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Recruiting: 2012 OTERO Project
2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Ocular Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Ophthalmology (OTERO). The Neuroimaging Laboratory of the Department of Radiology and the Sensory Substituti...February 1, 2012