Dr. Martins is an IRRF-Funded scientist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he is an Assistant Professor. His funded project, Smc1 and the Cohesin Complex in Retinal Development and Disease: A New Mouse Model of Photoreceptor Degeneration, has resulted in a published paper in Developmental Biology, “N-myc regulates growth and fiber cell differentiation in lens development.”
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Project Title: Retinal Vasculopathy with Cerebral Leukoencephalopathy and Systemic Manifestations (RVCL-S), a Vascular Eye Model. Gisela Terwindt, MD, PhD Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands $100,000 for one year Dr. Terwindt is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Leiden University Medical Center, whose special interest is headache and cerebral hereditary angiopathies (CHA). She diagnoses more […]
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Project Title: Understanding Usher Syndrome and Retinitis Pigmentosa Through Investigating the Periciliary Membrane Complex in Photoreceptors Jun Yang, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences University of Utah, Moran Eye Center Dr. Yang received her B.S. in 1989 from Nankai University, her PhD in 2001 from University of Massachusetts and completed a postdoctoral fellowship […]
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Project Title: Pathogenic neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration: the role of monocyte-derived pro-angiogenic cells Willem Dik, PhD Erasmus Medical Center Department of Immunology Rotterdam, The Netherlands $103,500 for one year Dr. Dik’s research focuses on identification of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying (chronic) inflammatory processes and related tissue and organ dysfunction, with […]
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Project Title: Role of photoreceptors in local inflammation and pathological angiogenesis in diabetic retinopathy Irina De la Huerta, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee USA $100,000 for one year Dr. De la Huerta obtained her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard University. Following her medical […]
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Project Title: PKM2 metabolic reprogramming to prevent photoreceptor death in a preclinical model of macular degeneration. Cagri G. Besirli, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA $100,000 for one year Dr. Besirli’s area of practice is gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases. Other areas include disease and […]
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PROJECT TITLE: Homeostatic Mechanisms Promoting Retinal Output and Vision During Photoreceptor Degenerative Disease Frans J. Vinberg, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences The Vinberg Laboratory, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah $99,750 a year for two years Dr. Vinberg works to understand mechanisms in the retina that enable vision over a […]
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PROJECT TITLE: Investigating VEGF:VEGFR2 and CXCL8/Interleukin- 8:CXCR1/2 Interactions in Diabetic Retinopathy Dolly Ann Padovani-Claudio, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vanderbilt Eye Institute Nashville, Tennessee, USA $100,000 a year for two years Dr. Padovani-Claudio’s laboratory focuses on finding new treatments for diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss and blindness. Due […]
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