Congratulations Dr. Sunil Parapuram and Nikoleta Tellios!

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Dr. Parapuram (cross appointee in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) has had his first original article as a corresponding author published in Nature's online Scientific Reports.  "TGF-beta induces phosphorylation of phosphatase and tensin homolg: implications for fibrosis of the trabecular meshwork tissue in glaucoma".  Nikoleta Tellios (MSc Pathology 2016) is the first author.

This work was made possible by grants from Glaucoma Research Society of Canada, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Internal Research Fund-Lawson Health Research Institute, Medical and Health Sciences Research Board-University of Western Ontario and Pilot Funds- Department of Ophthalmology, UWO. Nikoleta received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship and the Dr. Wm. P. McGrath Scholarship for Research in Ophthalmology.

Congratulations Dr. Sunil Parapuram and Nikoleta Tellios!

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