Mehdi Ghaffari Sharaf (YRF SPEAKER)
University of Alberta, Canada
Biography
Mehdi Ghaffari Sharaf is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta. He has masters in biophysics and has his experience on eye disease related proteomic studies, nanotechnology-based diagnosis and peptide-based treatment options for cataract and exfoliation glaucoma. His main research focus is on an identification of targeting peptides for fibrillar aggregates associated with exfoliation syndrome.
Abstract
Abstract : Exfoliation Syndrome: Targeting protein fibrils in the eye