by nall486 | Sep 28, 2018 | SOVS Post
Read about the latest advancements at the School of Optometry and Vision Science Dear Colleagues Welcome to the eighth issue of the SOVS newsletter for 2018. First, a variety of congratulations – to Lisa Hamm and Zaria Burden who have recently celebrated their...
by nall486 | Sep 28, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Photo: Dr Ehsan Vaghefi Congratulations to SOVS bioengineer Dr Ehsan Vaghefi who is behind the innovative MyIScope device that has just received nearly $1m in funding in the 2018 round of the Endeavour Fund, New Zealand’s largest contestable research fund. Dr Vaghefi...
by nall486 | Sep 27, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
On Friday 7 September 2018, the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences hosted the 12th annual HealtheX Conference sponsored by the Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (MPPT), FMHS Postdoc Society, and FMHS PGSA – without whom...
by nall486 | Sep 27, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
The Latin American Training Program (LATP) was held at the Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile from 25 August – 27 September 2018. The theme was “From molecules to behaviour – the quest for new treatments of neuropathologies” and the conference was attended by various...
by nall486 | Sep 27, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Photo: From left: Dr Julie Lim, PhD candidates Wilson Pan and Peter Qiu, Professor Paul Donaldson The XXIII Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research (ISER) took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK from 9-13 September, 2018. This is one of the...