New antimicrobial grant (5/19/2005)
Mark Willcox and Emma Hume of the Vision CRC have been successful in the 2005 round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants. Full Story
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Indian graduation (5/19/2005)
The first graduation ceremony for the Bausch and Lomb School of Optometry in Hyderabad, India was held on November 28, 2004. Full Story
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Expanded ocular genetics facilities (5/19/2005)
On Wednesday, March 9, a new extension to the McComas Ocular Genetics Units at Melbourne’s Centre for Eye Research Australia, a Vision CRC core participant, was opened. Full Story
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International meetings in India (5/19/2005)
LVPEI played host to two international meetings recently: the US-Indo Workshop on Collaborative Research from February 10-12, 2005, and the XI Annual Symposium of the Ranbaxy Science Foundation on March 5, 2005 entitled “Stem Cell Research – From Bench to Bedside”. Full Story
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First Vision CRC product launched (5/19/2005)
CRC researchers in collaboration with CIBA Vision developed the O2OPTIX contact lens, which was launched in the US during August 2004 and in Australia in February 2005. Full Story
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Tsunami eyecare response (5/16/2005)
The devastating tsunami has touched the hearts of everyone. A group of Australian eyecare organisations has joined forces under the banner of Vision 2020 Australia to support the eyecare needs of those affected by the disaster. Full Story
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Timor Leste survey (5/16/2005)
ICEE - the International Centre for eyecare Education, a Vision CRC core participant, in partnership with the Timor Leste Ministry of Health (TLMOH) is currently conducting a Visual Impairment and Eyecare Service Utilisation Survey in Timor Leste (formerly east Timor). Full Story
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