EEBA Program (PDF/3MB) - EEBA - Annual Meeting

INVITED LECTURE: THOMAS FUCHSLUGER, GERMANY: ARTIFICIALCORNEAHead, LIONS Cornea Bank in North Rhine-WestphaliaConsultant, Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital DüsseldorfChair, Cornea Section, European Association for Vision and Eye ResearchBiography: Thomas Fuchsluger, MD FEBO MSc, is a clinician-scientistwith an own reseach group located at the Dept. of Ophthalmology atHeinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is head of theLions Eye Bank at Düsseldorf University Eye Hospital. His research focus is gene and cell therapy tocorneal cells using viral vectors and nanoparticles and ocular surface reconstruction by bioengineered,biocompatible tissues. Since scientific stays in Kyoto/Japan and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA,USA, he gained particular expertise in studying and regulating cell death pathways of corneal cells. Hisgroup is working on translational approaches relating to corneal transplantation, both during cornealstorage and after engraftment. Dr Fuchsluger is associate editor with Acta Ophthalmologica and theOpen Journal of Ophthalmology. Recently, he was elected Chair of the „Cornea & Ocular Surface“section of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER), the leading ophthalmologicalresearch association in Europe which covers all areas of ophthalmology and the visual sciences.Summary: Artificial corneaArtificial corneas present an alternative to conventional corneal transplantation using corneal tissue.The field can be divided into „classical“ keratoprostheses and „biomimetic“ scaffolds. The presentationwill give an overview over different strategies and recent developments in both groups.70