Curriculum Vitae
Department of Ophthalmology
Experimental Ophthalmology
University of Cologne
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Cologne, GERMANY
Email: viet.le@uk-koeln.de
Visitor’s address: Building 13 (LFI), 4th floor
Scientific career
2015- Affiliated PhD student funded by the DAAD in Project 1 “Induction of transplant tolerance by antihem- and antilymphangiogenic therapies” in the DFG Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye” at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne
2016- Affiliated PhD student funded by the DAAD in the Horizons 2020 research consortium ARREST BLINDNESS, funded by the European Union, an associated project of the DFG Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye” at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne
2018- Affiliated PhD student funded by the DAAD in Project P1 “Induction of corneal transplant tolerance by anti(lymph)angiogenic therapy” in the DFG Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye” at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne
Selected publications
Le VNH, Schneider AC, Scholz R, Bock F, Cursiefen C (2018) Fine Needle-Diathermy Regresses Pathological Corneal (Lymph)Angiogenesis and Promotes High-Risk Corneal Transplant Survival. Scientific reports 8: 5707
Hou Y, Le VNH, Toth G, Siebelmann S, Horstmann J, Gabriel T, Bock F, Cursiefen C (2018) UV light crosslinking regresses mature corneal blood and lymphatic vessels and promotes subsequent high-risk corneal transplant survival. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Le VNH, Hou Y, Horstmann J, Bock F, Cursiefen C (2018) Novel Method to Detect Corneal Lymphatic Vessels In Vivo by Intrastromal Injection of Fluorescein. Cornea 37: 267-271
Hou Y, Le VNH, Clahsen T, Schneider AC, Bock F, Cursiefen C (2017) Photodynamic Therapy Leads to Time-Dependent Regression of Pathologic Corneal (Lymph) Angiogenesis and Promotes High-Risk Corneal Allograft Survival. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 58: 5862-5869