Last year, AMRF led two significant projects supported by government funding agencies: one focused on developing predictive biomarkers for glaucoma, and the other on creating interventional approaches to treat glaucoma using extracellular vesicles. These initiatives resulted in remarkable advancements across several fields. Further, AMRF hosted the AMRF-Dartmouth Education and Research Conference, paving the way for collaborative studies and knowledge sharing between the two institutions, ultimately benefiting patient care, treatment, and cure
24-25 October 2024
Organised as part of the October Summit and Scientific Social Responsibilities (SSR) initiative of the ongoing SERB-SRG project, the workshop was structured into two modules where in the first segment, participants conducted hands-on experiments to isolate extracellular vesicles (EVs) from plasma using two distinct techniques and observed the demonstration of EV isolation from Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) and in the second segment, participants performed EV characterisation using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA), protein isolation, Western blot, and proteome analysis. A total of 17 participants, including faculty members, PhD research scholars, and M.Sc. students from 11 institutions across Tamil Nadu participated.
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3-4 December 2024
Hosted by AMRF in collaboration with Dartmouth College, the conference provided a unique opportunity for both institutions to share educational and research activities, paving the way for future collaborative research projects and long-term partnerships between AMRF and Dartmouth College. Students from Dartmouth College presented research proposals on various eye diseases to an audience of clinicians, scientists, and research scholars which received high praise from the invited experts. Similarly, AMRF research scholars displayed their work through poster presentations. During lab visits, AMRF scientists showed the core research facilities and explained the ongoing projects to the Dartmouth delegation.
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8th February 2025
To advance vision science and develop new ways to reduce the burden of blindness, the second Regional Research Centre of AMRF was established at Aravind-Tirunelveli on 8th February 2025. The new research centre conducts basic and translational research. These Research Centres serves as a translational engine bridging basic science and clinical innovation in ophthalmology.
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