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Brett, Ana Maria Oliveira

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David Maurice was well known to the global vision
community. His scientific contributions not only stimulated
and enhanced the research endeavours of others, but also had
an immeasurable impact upon the clinical diagnosis and
treatment of eye diseases.
The many and varied articles in this special issue of
Experimental Eye Research reflect the breadth and depth of
David’s interests and expertise in vision research; from
corneal transparency to blood retinal barrier, from tear film to
lens cation transport and vitreous dynamics, from drug
penetration to the development of novel instruments. David
never tired of research, he was always so intensely
inquisitive. Even in this volume there is an original article
co-authored by David, describing the design and evaluation
of yet another novel instrument to probe corneal function.
Those who have had very close working relationships
with David author a number of papers in this volume.
Other papers come from individuals whose collaboration
with David was invaluable, even pivotal. Directly or
indirectly, David impacted upon all of the authors in this
volume. It would have been impossible to create a special
issue of Experimental Eye Research embracing contri-
butions from everybody whose work was influenced by
David.
The introductory dedications paint a vivid picture of
David, the man, the scientist we respected and now fondly
remember. How difficult it was to select just a few pictorial
memories.
In their wisdom, The Helen Keller Foundation elected to
award the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research to David
Maurice, posthumously. The monetary value of the Helen
Keller Prize was allocated to largely underwrite the
production of this special issue of Experimental Eye
Research. We would also like to recognize the additional
financial support of those listed on the following page.
It has been an immense honour to assemble this special
issue. It was a pleasure to work with all the authors and also
the publisher.
Anthony J. Bron
Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology,
Unoversity of Oxford,
Oxford UK
Christopher Paterson
Kentucky Lions Eye Center,
University of Louisville
Louisville KY USA
Jose´ Cunha-Vaz
Department of Opthalmology,
University of Coimbra
Coimbra Portugal
0014-4835/$ - see front matter
DOI:10.1016/j.exer.2003.11.002
Experimental Eye Research 78 (2004) iii
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