Mariana Souza da Silveira, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in Brazil, has been selected to receive the second Larry A. Donoso, MD Award in Retinal Research after receiving the highest ranking score in the 2021 grant review process, a criterion for the Award. The Award was created to honor IRRF Director, Larry […]
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Authors: Bhubanananda Sahu; Laura Moreno Leon; Wei Zhang; Nikita Puranik; Ramesh Periasamy; Hemant Khanna; Michael Volkert. Investigative Ophgthalmology & Visual Science September 2021, Vol.62, 8. ABSTRACT Purpose: Oxidative stress is a major factor underlying many neurodegenerative diseases. However, antioxidant therapy has had mixed results, possibly because of its indiscriminate activity. The purpose of this study […]
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Nashville, Tennessee – Dolly Ann Padovani-Claudio, MD, PhD was selected to receive the first Larry A. Donoso, MD Award in Retinal Research, an award created to honor IRRF Director, Larry A. Donoso, MD, PhD. Dr. Padovani-Claudio received the highest ranking score in the 2019 grant review process, a criterion for the Award. While determining the […]
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IRRF President Michael A. Callahan, MD has been selected as a member of the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame, an organization founded in 1997 to recognize those persons, living or deceased, who have made outstanding contributions to, or rendered exemplary service for healthcare in the State of Alabama. Dr. ‘Mike’ as he is known to […]
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Dr. Jablonski is an IRRF-supported scientist at the University of Tennessee – Memphis.
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PROJECT TITLE: Quality control of photoreceptor outer segment proteome Dr. Shinde received his Masters degree in Biotechnology from University of Mumbai, India. He then completed his PhD at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India under the supervision of Maddika Subba Reddy, PhD, where his dissertation focused on characterization of the functional role […]
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PROJECT TITLE: Cilia regulation of RPE repair in AMD Dr. Ning joined Dr. Yang Sun’s Lab as a visiting student scholar in the Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, where she pursues her research interests, including cilia-mediated signaling in retinal degeneration and other retinal diseases. She has designed and conducted several projects regarding primary cilia signaling […]
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PROJECT TITLE: Electro-neural interface with single-cell resolution for the restoration of sight in Age Related Macular Degeneration Dr. Bhuckory received his BSc with honors in Applied Biomedical Sciences from the Scottish University of Abertay Dundee, UK, after moving from Mauritius. He completed his PhD graduae work in Northern Ireland at Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, where […]
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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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