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April 17, 2023Congrats to Manjosh Uppal for Winning the Best Presentation Award for Graduate Students on Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Research Day
Congratulations to Manjosh Uppal for winning the Best Presentation Award for Graduate Students on Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Research Day on April 14, 2023. Manjosh Uppal is a Master's student in Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group. The title of his…
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March 20, 2023New Publication from Dr. Matsubara's Lab Shows that MicroRNAs in Tear Fluids Can Predict Underlying Molecular Changes Associated With Alzheimer's Disease
New paper by first author Dr. Printha Wijesinghe in Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group revealed that miRNAs associated with amyloid beta (Aβ) production and proinflammation showed significant up-regulations in the tear fluids of mice that modelled Alzheimer's…
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March 14, 2023New Research Shows Ergothioneine Improves Amyloid Beta Clearance in the Neuroretina of a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Congratulations to the team of Dr. Joanne Matsubara and first author Dr. Printha Wijesinghe on their publication, "Ergothioneine, a dietary antioxidant improves amyloid beta clearance in the neuroretina of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s…
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March 8, 2023Celebrating International Women's Day
On March 8th, the Research Excellence Cluster in Vision celebrates International Women's Day 2023. This year's campaign theme is #EmbraceEquity. Women scientists in the Research Excellence Cluster in Vision range from faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students,…
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February 28, 2023New Paper from Dr. Matsubara's Research Group Finds Granzyme B's Contribution to Wet AMD
New paper from Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group, led by first author Dr. Gideon Obasanmi, revealed that the protease Granzyme B cleaves Thrombospondin-1, which is a protein that inhibits unwanted growth of blood vessel in the eye in the condition of wet age-related macular…
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January 3, 2023New Chair Appointed for UBC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Dr. Neeru Gupta has been appointed as Head, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, effective from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. Dr. Gupta joins UBC from the University of Toronto, where she is currently a professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences and…