Leading ophthalmic researchers at the University of Colorado, Miami University, and the Arlington-based Nanoscope Technologies won a $60,000 competition, for their work in creating a tissue culture from stem cells that mimics the retina and can be used in testing the effectiveness of therapies and in transplantations into the eyes of blind people.
The National Eye Institute recognized the research team that included Samarendra Mohanty, president and chief scientific officer of Nanoscope as winner of the 3D-ROC challenge. The competition recognizes advances in the development of 3-D tissue cultures built to replicate the retina. Such 3-D models are the latest in advances in the development of retinal therapies.
Members of the winning team:
- Maria Natalia Vergara, Ph.D., University of Colorado
- Maria Valeria Canto-Soler, Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Michael L. Robinson, Ph.D., Miami University
- Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Ph.D., Miami University
- Samarendra Mohanty, Ph.D., Nanoscope Technologies, LLC
Nanoscope is a client of the TechFW incubator in Fort Worth.