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(Archive) Welcome Patrick
Patrick Merz is a research biotechnologist with six years of experience in managing laboratory facilities both in university and in private laboratories. Dr Merz will lead the research program, manage our facility and organise resources. He is the Laboratory Leader of the David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology.
In lab, news, May 01, 2015
Opacification after rTPA
Intraocular Lens Opacification following Intracameral Injection of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator to Treat Inflammatory Membranes after Cataract Surgery. The research group at the David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology published a research paper in the Journal of Ophthalmology.
In news, publication, Mar 18, 2015
DGII Award for Mary Attia
Dr Mary Safwat Aziz Attia won the award for ‘Best Paper of the Session’ in the Scientific Sessions on Multifocal IOLs. The award was made at the 29th annual meeting of the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery. Dr Attia has been carrying out research in the Heidelberg Eye Department and the Apple Lab since June 2013.
In research, news, Mar 11, 2015
Feast for Eye and Ear
Prof. Gerd Auffarth, Head of the DJApple Lab and Chairman of the University Clinic Eye Department drew a record audience of 730 to his “Medicine in the Evening’ lecture on ophthalmology. The lectures are sponsored by the local Heidelberg newspaper **Rhein Neckar Zeitung**.
In news, Jan 25, 2015
The Ridleys visit the Lab
Nicholas and Lauretta Ridley visited the David J Apple Laboratory and met with some of the staff and directors of the laboratory. Nicholas had an attempt at cataract surgery using the laboratory’s phaco simulator and he remarked afterwards “he had not inherited his father's surgical dexterity!’
In news, Dec 22, 2014 Boston ASCRS.
Dr. Ramin Khoramnia MD FEBO won Runner-Up prize in the category, Cataract Complications, with the film ‘CSI: Heidelberg-IOL Analysis’ The film was made under the supervision of Prof Gerd Auffarth. It reports research work that Dr KhorAmnia and his colleagues at the Apple Lab have done in analysing intraocular lenses.
In news, Apr 30, 2014 Better vision for AMD patients.
Oculentis Lentis Mplus High Add IOL is a hydrophobic acrylic biconvex IOL which has a +8 D sector-shaped near addition resulting in 6 D of near correction at the spectacle plane and 1.5 times magnifying power. “It provides image magnification for near — quite useful for AMD patients who normally have to rely on low vision reading aids such as magnifying glasses or electronic reading desks,” Prof. Gerd U.
In clinical, news, Apr 03, 2014 Congratulations, Ramin!
Ramin Khoramnia,** Research Fellow from The Apple Lab came second overall in the European Board of Ophthalmology’s 2013 classification of 440 examination candidates. It is very important for European doctors to have a European degree these days, because European thinking is becoming more and more important.
In staff, news, Aug 29, 2013 A Lab with history
The origin of the David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology goes back to the establishment in 1980 by David Apple and Randall J. Olson MD of a pathology laboratory i...
In history, Aug 01, 2013
The Legend of Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) was multi-talented: a theologian, a doctor of medicine, a church organist, philosopher, pacifist and a philanthropist. Schweitzer committed his life to this work. We must keep these ideals in mind as we build and develop the David Apple Laboratory in Heidelberg.
In news, Feb 22, 2013
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