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Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Sajjad Ahmad
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 1997–July 1998
House Officer
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Medicine and Surgery
August 1997–January 1998
Senior House Officer
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Ophthalmology
February 1998–October 1999
Clinical Research Fellow
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Glaucoma drug trials
November 1999–December 2002
Senior House Officer
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Ophthalmology
January 2003–August 2006
Clinical Research Assistant
Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Stem cell biology research
August 2006–September 2009
Specialist Registrar
Northern Deanery (United Kingdom)
Ophthalmology
October 2009–December 2011
Academic Clinical Lecturer
Northern Deanery (United Kingdom)
Stem cell biology research and development of cell therapy
January 2012–June 2012
Corneal Fellow
St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital (United Kingdom)
Cornea and external eye disease
July 2012–June 2013
Corneal Fellow
Moorfields Eye Hospital (United Kingdom)
Cornea and external eye disease
August 2013–November 2016
Consultant
St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital (United Kingdom)
Cornea, external eye disease, cataract and refractive surgery. Special expertise in ocular surface
reconstruction and stem cell therapies for cornea.
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Curriculum vitae
August 2013–November 2016
Sajjad Ahmad
Senior Clinical Lecturer
Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of
Liverpool (United Kingdom)
Stem cell biology for the surface of the eye and cornea.
November 2016–Present
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Moorfields Eye Hospital (United Kingdom)
Cornea, external eye disease, cataract and refractive surgery. Special expertise in ocular surface
inflammation and reconstruction and stem cell therapies for cornea.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
August 1992–June 1997
MB BS
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Medicine and Surgery
November 1999–October 2002
MRCOphth
Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London (United Kingdom)
Basic ophthalmic training
January 2003–August 2006
PhD
Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Stem cell biology
September 2006–June 2011
FRCOphth
Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London (United Kingdom)
Higher ophthalmic training
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Expertise
Publications
Stem cell biology, corneal regeneration and reconstruction, development of stem cell therapies,
ophthalmology, good manufacturing practise of cell therapies
1. “Derivation of human embryonic stem cells from day-8 blastocysts recovered after three-step in
vitro culture” Stojkovic M., Lako M., Stojkovic P., Pryzborski S., Evans J., Armstrong L., Hyslop L.,
Ahmad S., Herbert M., Murdoch A., and Strachan T. (2004) Stem Cells 22:790-7
2. “Phenotypic characterisation of murine haematopoietic progenitors isolated on basis of aldehyde
dehydrogenase activity” (2004) Armstrong L., Stojkovic M., Dimmick I., Ahmad S., Stojkovic P., Hole
N., and Lako M. (2004) Stem Cells 22:1142-1151
3. “Corneal epithelial stem cells: characterisation, culture and transplantation” Ahmad S., Figueiredo
F., and Lako M. (2006) Regenerative Medicine 1:29-44
4. “Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into corneal epithelial-like cells by in vitro replication
of the corneal epithelial stem cell niche” Ahmad S., Stewart R., Yung S., Kolli S., Armstrong L.,
Stojkovic M., Figueiredo F., and Lako M. (2007) Stem Cells 25:1145-1155
5. “Management of limbal stem cell deficiency” Figueiredo F., Lako M., Kolli S., and Ahmad S. (2007)
Focus article for Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK
6. “Loss of corneal epithelial stem cell properties in outgrowths from human limbal explants cultured
on intact amniotic membrane” Kolli S., Lako L., Figueiredo F., and Ahmad S. (2008) Regenerative
Medicine 3:329-342
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7. “A putative role for RHAMM/HMMR as a negative marker of stem cell-containing population of
human limbal epithelial cells” Ahmad S., Kolli S., Li D-Q., de Paiva C., Pryzborski S., Dimmick I.,
Armstrong L., Figueiredo F., and Lako M. (2008) Stem Cells 26:1609-1619
8. “Limbal stem cell deficiency and its management: from lab to limbus” invited chapter for book “Stem
Cell Applications in Diseases” by Nova Science Publishers (2008)
9. “Culture conditions for primary human limbal epithelial cells” Osei-Bempong C., Henein C., and
Ahmad S. (2009) Regenerative Medicine 4:461-470
10. “Corneal epithelial stem cells and their therapeutic application” invited chapter for book “Trends in
Stem Cell Biology and Technology” by Springer (2009)
11. “Successful clinical implementation of corneal epithelial stem cell therapy for treatment of unilateral
limbal stem cell deficiency” Kolli S.*, Ahmad S.*, Lako M. and Figueiredo F. (2010) Stem Cells 28:597610 *these are first equal co-authors
12. “Stem cell therapies for ocular surface disease” Ahmad S., Kolli S., Figueiredo F., and Daniels J.
(2010) Drug Discovery Today Special Senses Issue 15:306-313
13. “The culture and transplantation of human limbal stem cells” Ahmad S., Osei-Bempong C., Dana
R. and Jurkunas U. (2010) Journal of Cellular Physiology 225:15-19 (“Highlights” article)
14. “13 years of cultured limbal epithelial cell therapy: a review of the outcomes” Baylis O., Figueiredo
F., Henein C., Lako M. and Ahmad S. (2011) Journal of Cell Biochemistry 112:993-1002
15. “Patents in limbal stem cell biology” Parekh M., Megaw R., Ray-Chaudhuri A. and Ahmad S.
(2011) Recent Patents in Regenerative Medicine 1:207-212
16. “In vitro modelling of cortical neurogenesis by sequential induction of human umbilical cord blood
stem cells” Ali H., Forraz N., McGuckin C., Jurga M., Lindsay S., Ip B., Trevelyan A., Basford C.,
Habibollah S., Ahmad S., Clowry G. and Bayatti N. (2012) Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 8:210-213
17. “Pluripotent stem cell model reveals essential roles for miR-450b-5p and miR-184 in embryonic
corneal lineage specification” Shalom-Feuerstein R., Serror L., de la Forest Divonne S., Petit I.,
Aberdam E., Camargo L., Damour O., Vigouroux C., Solomon A., Gaggioli C., Itskovitz-Eldor J.,
Ahmad S. and Aberdam D. (2012) Stem Cells 30:898-909
18. “The cornea, neural crest and stem cells” Osei-Bempong C., Ali H. and Ahmad S. invited chapter
for book “Neural crest stem cells: breakthroughs and applications” by World Scientific (2012)
19. “Cultivated limbal and oral mucosal epithelial transplantation” Aslani M., Baradaran-Rafii A. and
Ahmad S. (2012) Seminars in Ophthalmology 27:80-93
20. “Limbal stem cell deficiency, dysfunction and distress” Ahmad S. (2012) Stem Cells Translational
Medicine 1:110-115
21. “Viability of porcine and bovine corneal endothelium in culture” Somerville T., Ahmad S., Kaye S.,
Sheridan C. and Stewart R. (2012) European Cells and Materials 23(S4):44
22. “Comparative analysis of human-derived feeder layers with 3T3 fibroblasts for the expansion of
human limbal and oral epithelium” Sharma S., Fuchsluger T., Ahmad S., Katikireddy K., Armant M.,
Dana R. and Jurkunas U. (2012) Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 8:696-705
23. “Ocular Surface Reconstruction Using Cellular Therapies” Ahmad S., Stewart R., Hallam D. and
Osei-Bempong C. invited chapter for book “Cell transplantation: new research” by Nova Science
Publishers (2012)
24. “An investigation of donor and culture parameters which influence epithelial outgrowth from human
cadaveric limbal explants cultured on amniotic membrane” Baylis O., Rooney P., Figueiredo F., Lako
M. and Ahmad S. (2013) Journal of Cellular Physiology 228:1025-1030
25. “Limbal side population cells: a future treatment for limbal stem cell deficiency” Shaharuddin B.,
Ahmad S., Ali S. and Meeson A. (2013) Regenerative Medicine 8: 319-331
26. “Immunological properties of ocular surface and limbal stem cells for transplantation” Shaharuddin
B., Ahmad S., Meeson A. and Ali S. (2013) Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2:614-624
27. “Controversies in corneal epithelial stem cell biology” Ali H., Osei-Bempong C., Ray-Chaudhuri A.,
Shaharuddin B., Bianchi A., Parekh M. and Ahmad S. invited chapter for book “Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine” by Springer (in press)
28. “Optimisation of the side population assay for identification of limbal stem cells from both an
immortalised corneal epithelial cell line and corneal limbal tissues” Shaharuddin B., Ahmad S., Harvey
I., Ali S. and Meeson A. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports (in press)
29. “Pterygium: are we any closer to the cause” Chen J., Maqsood S., Kaye S., Tey A. and Ahmad S.
Invited Editorial for British Journal of Ophthalmology (in press)
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30. “Marginal corneal vascular arcades” Zheng Y., Kaye A., Boker A., Stewart R., Tey A., Ahmad S.,
Willoughby C., Bron A. and Kaye S. Invest. Ophthal. Vis. Sci. (in press)
31. “Successful application of ex vivo expanded human autologous oral mucosal epithelium for the
treatment of total bilateral limbal stem cell deficiency” Kolli S., Ahmad S., Mudhar H., Meeny A., Lako
M. and Figueiredo F. Stem Cells (in press)
32. “Human pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium in retinal treatment: from bench to
bedside” Parvini M., Satarian L., Parivar K., Javan M., Tondar M., Ahmad S. and Baharvand H.
Molecular Neurobiology (in press)
33. “Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in keratoconus and surgeon
experience” Kasbekar S, Jones M, Ahmad S, Larkin F and Kaye S on behalf of the Ocular Tissue
Advisory Group. AJO (in press)
Projects
Projects:
1999: Clinical glaucoma drug trials
2003-present: Development of autologous and allogeneic limbal stem cell therapies and trials for
limbal stem cell deficiency
2003-present: Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to corneal cells
2013-present: Ocular surface and corneal regeneration and reconstruction
Grants:
“The culture of human corneal epithelial stem cells”; Newcastle Healthcare Charity, UK; 2003-2004;
£50,000; co-applicant
“The transplantation of cultured human corneal epithelial stem cells”; Biomedical Research Centre for
Ageing, National Institute for Health Research, UK; 2004-2007; £100,000; co-applicant
“The characterisation of human corneal epithelial stem cells”; One North East, UK; 2007-2009;
£20,000; main applicant
“The development of an in vitro wound healing model for human corneal epithelium”; Randerson
Foundation, UK; 2010-2013; £60,000; main applicant
“The transplantation of cultured autologous human corneal epithelial stem cells for unilateral limbal
stem cell deficiency”; Medical Research Council, UK; 2010-2014; £1,200,000; co-applicant
“Signalling mechanisms in human corneal epithelial stem cells”; CARA, UK; 2010-2011; £5,000; main
applicant
“An in vitro investigation of human ocular surface epithelial stem cell homeostasis”; Crossley Barnes
PhD studentship, UK; 2014-2017; £100,000; main applicant
“Investigation into the role of the extracellular microenvironment in the development of limbal stem cell
failure in aniridia”; Fight for Sight PhD studentship, UK; 2014-2017; £100,000; main applicant
“Novel peptide gels for human corneal endothelial transplantation”; UK Regenerative Medicine Hub
Partnership Award for Acellular Approaches for Therapeutic Delivery, UK; 2014-15; £50,000; coapplicant with Professor Rachel Williams
Memberships
Editorial boards:
Stem Cells Translational Medicine
Transplantation Technologies and Research
Recent Patents on Regenerative Medicine
Research awards:
International Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Travel Award 2004
US-UK Stem Cell Collaboration Award 2008
Presentations:
1. “Derivation of human embryonic stem cells from day-8 blastocysts recovered after three-step in
vitro culture” Stojkovic M., Lako M., Stojkovic P., Pryzborski S., Evans J., Armstrong L., Hyslop L.,
Ahmad S., Herbert M., Murdoch A., and Strachan T. (2004) Stem Cells 22:790-7
2. “Phenotypic characterisation of murine haematopoietic progenitors isolated on basis of aldehyde
dehydrogenase activity” (2004) Armstrong L., Stojkovic M., Dimmick I., Ahmad S., Stojkovic P., Hole
N., and Lako M. (2004) Stem Cells 22:1142-1151
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3. “Corneal epithelial stem cells: characterisation, culture and transplantation” Ahmad S., Figueiredo
F., and Lako M. (2006) Regenerative Medicine 1:29-44
4. “Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into corneal epithelial-like cells by in vitro replication
of the corneal epithelial stem cell niche” Ahmad S., Stewart R., Yung S., Kolli S., Armstrong L.,
Stojkovic M., Figueiredo F., and Lako M. (2007) Stem Cells 25:1145-1155
5. “Management of limbal stem cell deficiency” Figueiredo F., Lako M., Kolli S., and Ahmad S. (2007)
Focus article for Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK
6. “Loss of corneal epithelial stem cell properties in outgrowths from human limbal explants cultured
on intact amniotic membrane” Kolli S., Lako L., Figueiredo F., and Ahmad S. (2008) Regenerative
Medicine 3:329-342
7. “A putative role for RHAMM/HMMR as a negative marker of stem cell-containing population of
human limbal epithelial cells” Ahmad S., Kolli S., Li D-Q., de Paiva C., Pryzborski S., Dimmick I.,
Armstrong L., Figueiredo F., and Lako M. (2008) Stem Cells 26:1609-1619
8. “Limbal stem cell deficiency and its management: from lab to limbus” invited chapter for book “Stem
Cell Applications in Diseases” by Nova Science Publishers (2008)
9. “Culture conditions for primary human limbal epithelial cells” Osei-Bempong C., Henein C., and
Ahmad S. (2009) Regenerative Medicine 4:461-470
10. “Corneal epithelial stem cells and their therapeutic application” invited chapter for book “Trends in
Stem Cell Biology and Technology” by Springer (2009)
11. “Successful clinical implementation of corneal epithelial stem cell therapy for treatment of unilateral
limbal stem cell deficiency” Kolli S.*, Ahmad S.*, Lako M. and Figueiredo F. (2010) Stem Cells 28:597610 *these are first equal co-authors
12. “Stem cell therapies for ocular surface disease” Ahmad S., Kolli S., Figueiredo F., and Daniels J.
(2010) Drug Discovery Today Special Senses Issue 15:306-313
13. “The culture and transplantation of human limbal stem cells” Ahmad S., Osei-Bempong C., Dana
R. and Jurkunas U. (2010) Journal of Cellular Physiology 225:15-19 (“Highlights” article)
14. “13 years of cultured limbal epithelial cell therapy: a review of the outcomes” Baylis O., Figueiredo
F., Henein C., Lako M. and Ahmad S. (2011) Journal of Cell Biochemistry 112:993-1002
15. “Patents in limbal stem cell biology” Parekh M., Megaw R., Ray-Chaudhuri A. and Ahmad S.
(2011) Recent Patents in Regenerative Medicine 1:207-212
16. “In vitro modelling of cortical neurogenesis by sequential induction of human umbilical cord blood
stem cells” Ali H., Forraz N., McGuckin C., Jurga M., Lindsay S., Ip B., Trevelyan A., Basford C.,
Habibollah S., Ahmad S., Clowry G. and Bayatti N. (2012) Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 8:210-213
17. “Pluripotent stem cell model reveals essential roles for miR-450b-5p and miR-184 in embryonic
corneal lineage specification” Shalom-Feuerstein R., Serror L., de la Forest Divonne S., Petit I.,
Aberdam E., Camargo L., Damour O., Vigouroux C., Solomon A., Gaggioli C., Itskovitz-Eldor J.,
Ahmad S. and Aberdam D. (2012) Stem Cells 30:898-909
18. “The cornea, neural crest and stem cells” Osei-Bempong C., Ali H. and Ahmad S. invited chapter
for book “Neural crest stem cells: breakthroughs and applications” by World Scientific (2012)
19. “Cultivated limbal and oral mucosal epithelial transplantation” Aslani M., Baradaran-Rafii A. and
Ahmad S. (2012) Seminars in Ophthalmology 27:80-93
20. “Limbal stem cell deficiency, dysfunction and distress” Ahmad S. (2012) Stem Cells Translational
Medicine 1:110-115
21. “Viability of porcine and bovine corneal endothelium in culture” Somerville T., Ahmad S., Kaye S.,
Sheridan C. and Stewart R. (2012) European Cells and Materials 23(S4):44
22. “Comparative analysis of human-derived feeder layers with 3T3 fibroblasts for the expansion of
human limbal and oral epithelium” Sharma S., Fuchsluger T., Ahmad S., Katikireddy K., Armant M.,
Dana R. and Jurkunas U. (2012) Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 8:696-705
23. “Ocular Surface Reconstruction Using Cellular Therapies” Ahmad S., Stewart R., Hallam D. and
Osei-Bempong C. invited chapter for book “Cell transplantation: new research” by Nova Science
Publishers (2012)
24. “An investigation of donor and culture parameters which influence epithelial outgrowth from human
cadaveric limbal explants cultured on amniotic membrane” Baylis O., Rooney P., Figueiredo F., Lako
M. and Ahmad S. (2013) Journal of Cellular Physiology 228:1025-1030
25. “Limbal side population cells: a future treatment for limbal stem cell deficiency” Shaharuddin B.,
Ahmad S., Ali S. and Meeson A. (2013) Regenerative Medicine 8: 319-331
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26. “Immunological properties of ocular surface and limbal stem cells for transplantation” Shaharuddin
B., Ahmad S., Meeson A. and Ali S. (2013) Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2:614-624
27. “Controversies in corneal epithelial stem cell biology” Ali H., Osei-Bempong C., Ray-Chaudhuri A.,
Shaharuddin B., Bianchi A., Parekh M. and Ahmad S. invited chapter for book “Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine” by Springer (in press)
28. “Optimisation of the side population assay for identification of limbal stem cells from both an
immortalised corneal epithelial cell line and corneal limbal tissues” Shaharuddin B., Ahmad S., Harvey
I., Ali S. and Meeson A. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports (in press)
29. “Pterygium: are we any closer to the cause” Chen J., Maqsood S., Kaye S., Tey A. and Ahmad S.
Invited Editorial for British Journal of Ophthalmology (in press)
30. “Marginal corneal vascular arcades” Zheng Y., Kaye A., Boker A., Stewart R., Tey A., Ahmad S.,
Willoughby C., Bron A. and Kaye S. Invest. Ophthal. Vis. Sci. (in press)
31. “Successful application of ex vivo expanded human autologous oral mucosal epithelium for the
treatment of total bilateral limbal stem cell deficiency” Kolli S., Ahmad S., Mudhar H., Meeny A., Lako
M. and Figueiredo F. Stem Cells (in press)
32. “Human pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium in retinal treatment: from bench to
bedside” Parvini M., Satarian L., Parivar K., Javan M., Tondar M., Ahmad S. and Baharvand H.
Molecular Neurobiology (in press)
33. “Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty in keratoconus and surgeon
experience” Kasbekar S, Jones M, Ahmad S, Larkin F and Kaye S on behalf of the Ocular Tissue
Advisory Group. AJO (in press)
PRESENTATIONS
1. “Blood in the bag – a phaco-trabeculectomy complication” talk at the MSD Symposium (Slaley Hall,
Northumberland, UK; June 1999)
2. “Long-term effectiveness and side effects of brimonidine tartrate 0.2% drops in clinical use” talk at
The Glaucoma Society 20th Annual Meeting (London, UK; November 1999)
3. “A tale of two stem cells: human embryonic and corneal epithelial stem cells” poster presentation at
the Keystone Symposium on Stem Cells (Keystone, Colorado, USA; January 2004)
4. “The culture of human corneal epithelial stem cells for transplantation” poster presentation at the
House of Commons Young Researchers’ Meeting (London, UK; March 2004)
5. “From embryo to eye: human embryonic stem cell markers OCT4 and NANOG are localised to
adult limbal epithelium” talk at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual
Meeting (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; April 2004)
6. “Limbal stem cells: the culture, characterisation and transplantation” talk at the Bionet Conference
on Regional Progress in Stem Cell Biology (International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;
February 2005)
7. “The model for directed differentiation of epithelial stem cells from human embryonic stem cells” talk
at the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Forum (Nottingham, UK; April 2005)
8. “The analysis of human limbal epithelial cells cultured on various extracellular matrix components”
poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; May 2005)
9. “Corneal epithelial stem cells: culture, characterisation and transplantation” talk at the Durham and
Newcastle Stem Cell Research Mini Symposium (Grey College, Durham, UK; September 2005)
10. “Corneal epithelial stem cells: from eye and embryo” talk at School of Clinical Medical Sciences
Research Day (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; January 2006)
11. “Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into epithelial lineages” poster presentation at The
Keystone Symposium on Stem Cells (Whistler, British Columbia, Canada; March 2006)
12. “What I know about stem cells” invited panel member for public discussion (Tyneside Cinema,
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; March 2006)
13. “Loss of corneal epithelial stem cell properties in outgrowths from human limbal explants” poster
presentation at the International Society for Ocular Cell Biology Meeting (Cambridge, UK; September
2006)
14. “Therapeutic approaches for limbal stem cell deficiency: from adult and embryo” invited speaker at
the NESCI Research Day (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; April 2008)
15. “The clinical application of corneal epithelial stem cells: from bench to bedside” invited speaker at
the CELLutions Summit (Boston, Massachusetts, USA; August 2008)
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16. Organiser of 1st Limbal Stem Cell Forum Meeting (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; October 2008)
17. “From lab to limbus: the clinical application of corneal epithelial stem cell biology” invited speaker
at the RegeNer8 Meeting on Stem Cell for Tissue Engineering (County Durham, UK; October 2008)
18. Invited contributor to Special Interest Group on the Ocular Surface at the Association for Research
in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; May 2009)
19. “Reconstructing the surface of the eye using stem cells: from lab to limbus” invited speaker at
BrightTALK Stem Cell Summit (webtalk; May 2009)
20. “From lab to limbus” invited seminar at the University of Health Sciences (Lahore, Pakistan; July
2009)
21. “Repairing the ophthalmic system with stem cells” plenary speaker at the 1st Malaysian
Regenerative Medicine Meeting (Penang, Malaysia; August 2009)
22. “The animal free culture of human limbal stem cells for transplantation” invited speaker at the
Bioprocessing Summit (Boston, Massachusetts, USA; August 2009)
23. “The differentiation of human embryonic stem cells towards the corneal epithelial lineage” invited
speaker at the 5th Royan Stem Cell Biology and Technology Congress (Tehran, Iran; September
2009)
24. “Curing blindness with stem cells: hype or hope!” invited speaker at North East Vision Day
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; May 2010)
25. “The cryopreservation of cultured human limbal stem cells for transport and transplantation in
limbal stem cell deficiency” talk at Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (Oxford, UK; July 2010)
26. “The culture and cryopreservation of human corneal epithelial stem cells for transplantation”
invited speaker at the Bioprocessing Summit (Boston, Massachusetts, USA; August 2010)
27. “Limbal stem cell deficiency” invited speaker at North East Optical Society (Gateshead, UK;
September 2010)
28. “From lab to limbus: using stem cell biology to regenerate the surface of the eye” invited speaker
at 4th Congress on Stem Cell and Gene Therapy (Samsun, Turkey; September 2010)
29. “Limbal stem cell deficiency and its treatments” invited speaker at Edinburgh Postgraduate
Teaching (Edinburgh, UK; November 2010)
30. “Stem cell therapy for the surface of the eye” invited speaker at RESCUE meeting (Oxford, UK;
November 2010)
31. “Limbal stem cell deficiency” invited speaker Labaffi Nejad Hospital (Tehran, Iran; December 2010)
32. “Controversies in limbal stem cell biology” invited speaker at UK National Stem Cell Network
Annual Meeting (York, UK; March 2011)
33. “Grant applications in the UK and European Union” invited speaker at Association for Research in
Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting Members in Training Job Forum (Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
USA; May 2011)
34. “Corneal regeneration: an update!” invited speaker at North East Vision Day (Newcastle upon
Tyne, UK; May 2011)
35. “Limbal stem cell therapies” invited speaker at a workshop on “Supply chain management:
innovation in meeting the challenges of the 21st century” (Prato, Italy; August 2011)
36. “Limbal stem cell deficiency and its management” talk and organiser for ESCRS Instructional
Course (Vienna, Austria; September 2011)
37. “The transplantation of cultured human limbal epithelium for unilateral chemical eye burns” invited
speaker at the Annual Congress on Stem Cell Research (Sapanca, Turkey; September 2011)
38. “Corneal epithelial stem cell biology” invited lecturer in the Post-Doctoral Programme of Health
Sciences (University of Coimbra, Portugal; October 2011)
39. “From lab to limbus: regenerating the corneal epithelial barrier to infection” invited talk at the West
Midlands Postgraduate Session on Corneal Infections (Birmingham, UK; November 2011)
40. “Cell therapies for limbal stem cell deficiency” invited talk to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
(Dublin, Ireland; December 2011)
41. “The culture and transplantation of human corneal epithelial stem cells” invited talk at the 1st World
Molecular and Cellular Biology Online Conference (February 2012)
42. “Identification of afferent and efferent components of human corneal neovascular complexes using
fluorescent angiography” talk at International Society of Eye Research (Berlin, Germany; July 2012)
43. “The use of ex vivo cell expansion to regenerate the ocular surface” invited talk at the
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Biotechnology in Action Conference (Dublin, Ireland; September 2012)
44. “The re-emerging role of fluorescent dye angiography in corneal new vessel management” talk at
the Bowman Club Annual Meeting (Leicester, UK; March 2013)
45. “Regenerating the corneal surface using a stem cell therapeutic approach: overview and update”
invited talk at the University of Health Sciences (Lahore, Pakistan; July 2013)
46. “Reconstruction of the corneal surface using stem cell biology” invited talk at the Interdisciplinary
Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (Lahore, Pakistan; July 2013)
47. “A career in Cornea and External Eye Disease” invited talk at the Ophthalmic Trainees’ Annual
Symposium (Manchester, UK; November 2013)
48. “The role of amniotic membrane on the ocular surface” invited talk at the Women’s Hospital
(Liverpool, UK; February 2014)
49. “Developing limbal and conjunctival stem cell services” talk at Bowman Club Annual Meeting
(Liverpool, UK; March 2014)
50. “Keratoconus and its management” talk at North West of England Keratoconus Group Meeting
(Liverpool, UK; March 2014)
51. “Cicatrising conjunctivitis” invited talk at the Spring Meeting of the North of England
Ophthalmological Society (Darlington, UK; April 2014)
52. “Chemical injury” invited talk at UKISCRS Cornea and Cataract Day (Birmingham, UK; May 2014)
53. “Limbal stem cell transplantation: perspectives from the lab and from the patient” invited talk at
Scotblood 2014 (Stirling, UK; June 2014)
54. “Causes and consequences of ocular surface failure” and “Surgery for ocular surface failure”
invited talks at the Brighton Cornea Course (Brighton, UK; June 2014)
55. “Cultured limbal stem cell transplantation” invited talk at the “From Cells to Tissues Symposium”
(Dublin, Ireland; 18th September 2014)
56. “Rebuilding vision: the cornea” invited talk at the Scottish Ophthalmological Club Autumn Meeting
(Edinburgh, UK; 19th September 2014)
57. “Stem cell based therapeutic strategies for understanding and treating ocular surface failure”
invited talk at the Targeting Ocular Disorders meeting (Boston, USA; 7th October 2014)
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