On April 6th, 2017 Przemyslaw (“Mike”) Sapieha, PhD came to the Dept. of Ophthalmology of the University of Cologne as a Visiting Scientist in the German Research Foundation Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye”. Dr. Sapieha is Director of the Neurovascular […]

On April 18th, 2017, Christiane Ruhrberg of the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology came to Cologne as Visiting Professor to the German Research Foundation Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye”. Prof. Ruhrberg is Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Biology at […]

In the framework of her visit to Cologne as Visiting Professor in the German Research Foundation Research Unit FOR 2240, Prof. Christiane Ruhrberg of the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology in the United Kingdom spent ample time with PD Dr. med. Franziska Bucher, FEBO (pictured center from left) and […]

In May 2017, the journal Klinische Monatsblätter Augenheilkunde (engl. Clinical Monthly for Ophthalmology, founded in 1863) devoted a special issue to the Research Unit FOR 2240, whose main seat is in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Cologne. The Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and cellular immunity […]

Set to begin in July/August of 2017, PD Dr. med. Mario Matthaei, FEBO has landed a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a project that will investigate a micro-RNA target to treat Fuchs endothelial dystrophy.  The project is called “Molecular investigations of miR-29-associated deposits of extra-cellular matrix in […]

Dr. SriniVas Sadda came to Cologne to visit the Cologne Image Reading Center (CIRCL) on January 27th, 2017. Dr. Sadda is President & Chief Scientific Officer of the Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles, CA, USA and an internationally highly renowned expert in the diagnosis and treatment of (chorio-) retinal […]

One of the chief foundational papers for the DFG research unit FOR 2240 at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Cologne has been awarded a “Highly Cited Research” certificate. The paper, “Novel anti(lymph)angiogenic treatment strategies for corneal and ocular surface diseases” was co-authored by PD Dr. rer. nat. […]

On the 1st of December, 2016, the Cologne-based DFG research unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and cellular immunity in inflammatory diseases of the eye” hosted Visiting Professor Dr. Reza Dana (photo right), who is a widely cited, prize-winning cornea expert and ocular immunologist. He holds the Claes Dohlman Chair in […]