Archive for January 2018

Ocular Blast Injury paper published in IOVS

Congratulations to Dan Shedd for his publication “Long term temporal changes in structure and function of rat visual system after blast exposure” being accepted and published in IOVS. This long (13 typeset pages!) multifaceted manuscript is a culmination of his thesis and includes detailed imaging, protein analysis, behavior analysis, and histology of eyes after blast exposure. This work was a collaboration from many investigators (see full list in image below).  It was funded by DOD Award W81XWH-12-1-0243.

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Yousef Alsanea

Name:  Yousef Alsanea Hometown:  Kuwait City, Kuwait Previous Degrees, Institutions:  BS (in progress), University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering Research Interests/Project:  I am interested in everything Biomechanics. Neuroprosthetics is also a field I am interested in. Honors/Awards:   Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship Interests outside of Research: I enjoy playing music (any instrument!) and I practice Kendo. What can’t you live without:  Food, water, air, and other life necessities. Favorite place to eat in SLC or surrounding area:  Jinya Ramen Bar Favorite activity in SLC or surrounding area:  Fly fishing I’ve always wanted to:  Learn how to snowboard If there is one thing you could tell your […]

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Congratulations Dan on your new research position!

Congratulations Dan on your new research position at Center for Applied Biomechanics at University of Virginia.  Best of luck in your future endeavors as a research associate!

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