Congrats to Eric, who won the Wei Cao Innovative Award at this year’s OU Vision Workshop for his oral presentation about retinal vascular regression. Eric’s image of retinal capillaries was also chosen for the cover of the abstract book.

The lab is delighted to have Chase Tabor joining us from the U.S. Naval Academy this month as part of the OMRF Saxon Scholars program. Chase is working closely with Dr. Eric Ma to study blood vessel regression in the eye.

We’re proud of Eric for winning an EyeFind Research Grant from the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research and the Eye Bank Association of America. This grant will allow Eric to obtain human eye sections for studying vascular regression during the onset of diabetic retinopathy.

Congratulations to Chris Schafer for winning one of the American Heart Association’s new Second Century Early Faculty Independence Awards this summer. This three-year award will allow Chris to explore his interest in protein degradation in pulmonary endothelial cells.

OMRF returned to its annual retreat last week after a three year pandemic-related hiatus. It was great opportunity for scientific mixing and mingling. Congrats to Rahul for winning a travel award for his poster presentation.