You can now explore our research aims, project areas, and team members at www.crc1607.de. But thats not the only milestone worth celebrating - Translational Experimental Ophthalmology Cologne (TEO-C) moved to Uniklinik Flex Building 74 (Weyertal 115c).

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the establishment of the new Collaborative Research Center (“Sonderforschungsbereich”) SFB 1607, titled “Towards immunomodulatory and anti(lymph)angiogenic therapies for age-related blinding eye diseases”, headed by Prof. Dr. med. Claus Cursiefen. This milestone marks a significant achievement for our research community and highlights the lasting impact of the work carried out by our DFG Research Unit FOR2240.

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Silvia Schrittenlocher, specialist in cornea and glaucoma at the Center for Ophthalmology at Cologne University Hospital, has been awarded the Faculty Prize for Science 2022 by the Faculty of Medicine and the Förderkreis Medizin e.V. for the best habilitation achievement.

Dr. Martina Maaß, scientist in the Ocular Surface Group,headed by Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Steven, has been awarded a poster prize for her poster on "Desiccation stress is a risk factor for the development of ocular graft-versus-host disease"

Šejla Gegić M.Sc. won the Margarete Kramer prize on the annual DOG Congress (www.dog.org). This prize is awarded by the Young DOG for the best abstract submitted to the congress. The purpose of this prize is to recognize outstanding scientific work by young ophthalmologists and scientists from across the field of ophthalmology.

The Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Cologne was honored to host Associate Professor Takefumi Yamaguchi from Tokyo Dental College. During his recent visit, he attended corneal surgeries with a rich exchange on surgery techniques with Prof. Cursiefen and his team. Afterwards Prof. Yamaguchi gave a guest lecture titled "Visual optics in corneal transplantation to achieve better visual acuity"

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Cursiefen, Director of the Center for Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Cologne and the Faculty of Medicine, has been elected to Chair LVI of the international university ophthalmological association at the annual meeting of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI) in Prague.

The Center for Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Cologne has once again received the most mentions in the field of ophthalmology in the Focus list of physicians throughout Germany. A total of fourteen doctors were named in the current list of doctors in "Focus Gesundheit".

The Initiator Initiated Trial (IIT) entitled "Comparison of Positioning, Schlemm Canal Dilation and Intraocular Pressure after Hydrus Microstent vs. I Stent Injection in Combination with Cataract Surgery" conducted by the Center for Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Cologne under the leadership of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Verena Prokosch has been approved by the Alcon Global Grant Committee and will be funded with approximately 84,500 Euros.