In 2024, The Macula Society Research Committee awarded funds to four individuals for the IRRF/Macula Society Research Grant. The Committee covers a breadth of research experience which is essential to critical review of each applicant.
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The International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) has partnered with The Macula Society to form The Macula Society/IRRF Award. The Award is in accordance with the Macula Society’s purpose of providing a forum for the presentation and dissemination of the most current and most advanced scientific information and research in retinal vascular and macular diseases. This […]
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In 2023, 13 grant applications across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical science were received for consideration for funding by the Research and Education Fund and Grant Awards program. All were carefully reviewed by a committee consisting of Jason Hsu, Nora Lad, Eric Nudleman, Susanna Park, Yannis Paulus, Charles Wycoff and David Zacks. The 2023 […]
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All grants were chosen for their scientific significance and rigor, exploration and expansion of novel scientific direction, as well as potential for expansion larger grants and/or direct patient care. Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Washington University St. Louis, Missouri USA PROJECT TITLE: Elucidating the Roles […]
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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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Visualizing axonemal microtubules and the proteins that decorate them, on the outside and inside, points to how the underlying periodic architecture supports cilia function.
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Dr. Jablonski is an IRRF-supported scientist at the University of Tennessee – Memphis.
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Visualizing axonemal microtubules and the proteins that decorate them, on the outside and inside, points to how the underlying periodic architecture supports cilia function.
Read More PROJECT TITLE: Smc1 and the Cohesin Complex in Retinal Development and Disease: A New Mouse Model of Photoreceptor Degeneration ABSTRACT: Myc proto-oncogenes regulate diverse cellular processes during development, but their roles during morphogenesis of specific tissues are not fully understood. This study found that c-myc regulates cell proliferation in mouse lens development and previous genome-wide […]
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The complement factor H (CFH) Y402H polymorphism (rs1061170) imparts the strongest risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.
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