The following are recent instances of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Wellman Center researchers being covered by the media.

NinePoint receives FDA Clearance

NinePoint receives FDA clearance to be able to sell the high-resolution optical imaging device using the licensed intellectual property developed at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine within the Massachusetts General Hospital. Please see the following article from the Boston Globe for more information.

Pascal Rol Award

Dr. Clemens Alt received the Pascal Rol Award for Best Paper in Ophthalmic Technologies at the 2012 SPIE conference held January 21-26, 2012 in San Francisco, CA.

Clemen's Alt was this award for the sumbission of his paper "In vivo quantification of microglia dynamics with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope in a mouse model of focal laser injury."

Congratulations, Clemens!

National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Tenth Anniversary Mentor Award
Dr. Tayyaba Hasan has been selected as the recipient of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Tenth Anniversary Mentor Award. This award will be presented to her at the NPA 2012 Annual Meeting, March 16-18 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hasan was selected not only for her excellent record of mentoring postdocs but also with her efforts on their behalf at the institutional level, among which were establishing the MGH Postdoctoral Association (MGPA) and Guidelines for Research Fellows. Additionally, her support of family-friendly policies and philosophy of teamwork caused her to stand out among the nominees.