Cell-matrix interactions in the corneal stroma
| Dates: | 2 December 2014 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Life Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Andrew J Quantock |
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This seminar is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series. The cornea is the clear connective tissue at the front of the eye, and is about 0.5mm thick in man. Macromolecular interactions between collagen and proteoglycans is influential for the development and maintenance of the cornea’s unique internal ultrastructure, which, in turn is responsible for tissue transparency. The talk will cover several related aspects of corneal research in Cardiff covering the development, loss, and recovery of corneal transparency. It will consider why corneal matrix structure so important and what factors help control it. Also, to be discussed will be extracellular matrix changes with that accompany the acquisition of corneal transparency during development and its loss in some corneal diseases. Finally, new attempts to recover corneal function in selected pathologies via minimally invasive surgery will be presented.
Speaker
Andrew J Quantock
Organisation: Cardiff University
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Michael Smith Building
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