Pallavi Deshpande
Pallavi joined Tissue Engineering in November 2005 as a PhD student and is currently working on the `Development of a surface-engineered cell transfer system for human corneal epithelial cells for the treatment of the cornea´.
Background
- BEng, Bangalore University, India - Chemical Engineering
- University of Manchester - Masters in Biotechnology
- 1 ½ yrs working in a Genetics Research Institute (India)
Current research
Pallavi is currently looking at the transfer of limbal epithelial cells from plasma coated contact lenses onto corneas damaged due to limbal stem deficiency. She is also looking into an alternative to the amniotic membrane which is currently used to deliver cultured corneal cells to damaged corneas.
Techniques used include:-
- Cell Culture
- MTT Assays
- DNA Assays
- Rabbit corneal organ culture
- Immunochemistry
Recent publications/presentations
Papers
- Plasma Polymer Coated Surfaces for Serum-free Culture of Limbal Epithelium for Ocular Surface Disease. M.Notara , N.A Bullett, P. Deshpande, DB Haddow, S.MacNeil, JT Daniels. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
Presentations
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Florida, May 2007, The use of a rabbit cornea model for the development of a cell transfer system for limbal epithelial cells