Research
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Non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents for microbial keratitis
Snake venom treatment as an alternative to antibiotics in eye infections
CompletedOctober 2018 - February 2022 -
Therapeutic potential of new tumour suppressor, PRELP, in retinoblastoma
The aim is to examine the effect of the secreted protein PRELP on the progression of retinoblastoma.
CompletedOctober 2018 - March 2022 -
Functional and therapeutic approaches to congenital stationary night blindness
Researchers aim to improve the molecular diagnoses for a number of eye conditions by verifying computational modelling predictions of variants of unknown significance in the calcium ion channel Cav1.4.
CompletedOctober 2018 - March 2022 -
Image fusion in the analysis of ocular inflammatory disease
Aim is to analyse the diseased eyes of animals at known stages of uveitis, and use modern methods of computer aided image processing to develop our understanding of how to interpret changes in tissue texture and appearance.
CompletedOctober 2018 - October 2022 -
Strategies to Prevent Vascular Damage in Phase I Retinopathy of prematurity
Researchers aim to find a therapy that will protect the vessels in the early phase.
CompletedOctober 2018 - October 2022 -
Cell-cell junctions in retinal disease: The role of ARHGEF18/p114RhoGEF
Researchers aim to identify the molecular mechanisms by which defective p114RhoGEF leads to malfunctioning of cell-cell junctions in retinal pigment epithelial cells and photoreceptors, and how such defects lead to degeneration of these cell types.
CompletedOctober 2018 - June 2022 -
The Enhanced Generation of the Corneal Epithelium from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem (hiPS) Cells.
Researchers aim to investigate the ability of hiPS to form functional corneal cells using proteoglycans.
CompletedOctober 2018 - June 2022 -
Recruiting functional brain networks to improve sight after stroke
Identifying the residual visual brain networks that survive post stroke.
CompletedOctober 2018 - March 2022 -
Promoting RGC survival and optic nerve regeneration by enhancing the axon transport of growth and survival receptors
Regeneration of the optic nerves may be able to restore vision to those blinded by optic nerve disease and eventually make eye transplants possible.
CompletedJanuary 2019 - September 2022