Congratulations to all
Dr. Avril Watson and Dr. Rozalya Tsikandelova who completed their vivas successfully in November 2023 with minor corrections. Very well done!
Dr. Robert Atkinson who completed his viva successfully in March 2023. Very well done!
Marina Moya Molina who was awarded a travel scholarship to attend the RDM meeting in October 2023!
We're looking for an exceptional student
We are looking for an exceptional and motivated PhD student to join our group in 2024 and work with our team in generation of retinal assembloids.
For enquiries please contact Prof. Lako at majlinda.lako@ncl.ac.uk
A new paper demonstrating a novel role for extracellular vesicles as disease messenger in AMD has just been accepted by the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. Well done Marzena and team!
A second paper describing the incorporation of microglia like cells in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal organoids has been accepted by the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Watch this space for the preprint!
Best Poster prize
Best Poster prize went to our talented final year PhD student, Robert Atkinson at the Newcastle University Bioscience Institute Postdoctoral Symposium
Presenting at ARVO 2022 in Denver
Well done to Maria Georgiou and Agata Rozanska for presenting our group’s work at ARVO 2022 in Denver!
A successful PhD defence
Congratulations to Maria Georgiou for a successful PhD defence.
Good luck to Joseph
Dr. Joseph Collin has joined Astra Zeneca after 12 years of working in our group. We wish him well in his future endeavours in Sweden.
Lewy Body dementia
Impressive work done by our Dr. Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi on the role of fats and proteins in Lewy Body dementia. Well done Marzena! New understanding of Lewy body dementia - Press Office - Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)
Winner
Maria Georgiou from our group won the best NUBI photo competition event in 2021! Well done Maria!
Retinal Stem Cell Research
Biosciences Institute
Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3 BZ. United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)191 241 8688
Email: majlinda.lako@ncl.ac.uk