Lacritin Consortium

 
 

A Lacritin Research Consortium was established in 2002.  The Consortium consists of the following groups and meets three times yearly:

  1. 1)Laurie lab: (Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia): lacritin cell biological mechanisms; glaurie@virginia.edu.

  2. 2)McKown/Raab labs (Department of Integrated Technology, James Madison University):  a) Deletion, point mutant generation by Ron Raab (raabrw@CISAT.JMU.EDU) and students; b) Protein manufacturing and new antimicrobial project by  Bob McKown (mckownrl@jmu.edu) and students.

  3. 3)Seifert lab (Department of Biology, James Madison University):  New anti-lacritin polyclonal antibodies, lacritin clinical assay development by Kyle Seifert (seiferkx@jmu.edu) and students

  4. 4)Williams group (EyeRx and Department of Physiological Sciences, EVMS): a) Establishment of dry eye animal models by Alireza Hosseini; b) topical testing in normal rabbits by Frank Lattanzio and group; williap@EVMS.EDU.

  5. 5)Ophthalmology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Tear collection by Scot Bower and group, contact lenses; Edward Trudo (Edward.Trudo@AMEDD.ARMY.MIL), Denise Sediq (DENISE.SEDIQ@US.ARMY.MIL).

  6. 6)Scot Bower (Johns Hopkins University); kbower5@jhmi.edu.

  7. 7)Hutnik group (Department of Opthalmology, University of Western Ontario): Lacritin protection against BAK, impression cytology analyses;  Cindy.Hutnik@sjhc.london.on.ca.

  8. 8)Other groups collaborate.

 

JMU’s Bob McKown (top) and Ron Raab (bottom) with students.

July 11, 2008 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at UVa, Charlottesville VA

student

presentations

senior technician

presentation

postdoc

presentations

faculty

presentations

September 26, 2008 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at EVMS, Norfolk VA

























January 23, 2009 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at JMU, Harrisonburg VA







































May 5, 2009 Lacritin Lacritin Lunch at ARVO, Fort Lauderdale FL


























June 19, 2009 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at UVa, Charlottesville VA






























October 16th 2009 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at EVMS, Norfolk VA (Attending: JMU, EVMS, UVa labs; no pictures)


October 16th 2009 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at JMU, Harrisonburg VA (Attending: JMU, EVMS, UVa labs; no pictures)


May 4, 2010 Lacritin Lunch at ARVO, Fort Lauderdale FL (no picture)



June 4th 2010 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at UVa, Charlottesville VA





















October 8th 2010 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at EVMS, Norfolk VA (no picture)



February 10, 2011 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at JMU, Harrisonburg VA

























June 10, 2011 Lacritin Consortium Meeting UVA, Charlottesville VA















September 16, 2012 Lacritin Consortium Meeting at EVMS, Norfolk VA

(after meeting sailing)











discussion and lunch

Laurie lab at EVMS

Laurie lab at EVMS

EVMS & Walter Reed grps

postdocs & faculty

senior technician & students

Front row sitting: Amanda Matherly (JMU), Julia Baryla (UWO), Cindy Hutnik (UWO)

Second row: Gordon Laurie (UVa), Ningning Wang (UVa), Sandeep Samudre (EVMS), Erin Coleman (JMU), Denise Sediq (Walter Reed), Tom Millar (UWS)

Third row: Kyle Seifert (JMU), Frank Lattanzio (EVMS), Scot Bower (Walter Reed), Paul Williams (EyeRx), Bob McKown (JMU), Jason Edwards (Walter Reed), Charles Coe (Walter Reed)

EVMS, JMU and UVa

EVMS, JMU and UVa

JMU, Walter Reed, Johns Hopkins, Thomas Jefferson and UVa

JMU, Walter Reed, Va Tech, Thomas Jefferson and UVa

EVMS, JMU, Walter Reed, Thomas Jefferson and UVa