Monday, October 24th,2016: 2-4pm – Lab Tour and Networking Session with the UW Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) [Information and Registration]
There will be an introduction to the state-of-the-art laboratory facilities available at the centre and their capabilities of supporting:
- Microbiology and Toxicology testing – bacterial adhesion and growth, biofilm testing, microbial identification, cytotoxicity testing, biocompatibility testing
- Cell culture – cell identification/phenotype, immunohistochemistry,
- Tissue analysis
- Determination of inflammatory response in cells and biological fluids
- Protein and lipid biochemistry and quantification – including colorimetric and fluorescent assays, UV-Vis, radiolabel methods, HPLC, MS
- Biomaterial development, including drug delivery materials
- Biomaterial characterization – microscopy techniques include SEM, TEM, AFM and confocal microscopy, spectroscopic techniques include XPS and FT-IR, measurement of contact angle, biomaterial wettability, water content, protein and lipid uptake, optical transmissibility
Speakers:
We are pleased to announce new funding for ContactLensUpdate.com from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies. To read the press release, please click here.
Congratulations to Will Ngo for winning the 2014 William C. Ezell Fellowship.
Congratulations to Lyndon Jones on being awarded the Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award for 2014 by the American Optometric Foundation and the American Academy of Optometry. The award is given annually to a distinguished scientist or clinician scientist in recognition of the quality, significance, impact, and relevance to optometry of his or her current research contributions.
Click here to see a CTV News feature on the CORE, featuring Drs. Jill Woods, Mike Yang and Lyndon Jones.
Download our organizational profile for more information about the CORE, including clinical, biological and socio-behavioural research, educational activities and more.
Lyndon Jones, CORE Director, will receive the American Academy of Optometry’s Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award for his significant contributions to the field of cornea and contact lens research. His award lecture, “But I always hated chemistry …” is scheduled for 5pm on October 25 at the Seattle Convention Centre.
Founding director of the CORE, Desmond Fonn, recently received the Donald R. Korb Award for Excellence from the Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the American Optometric Association. This award is presented annually to an individual who has been a true innovator in the field of contact lenses and anterior segment disease – a description that certainly suits Des, who developed the CORE from a three-person operation into a thriving hub of basic and applied research over the course of two decades.
