The Genetics of and Genetic Therapies for Inherited Retinal Degenerations
October 22, 2020Eric Pierce MD PhD and OGI director participated in the distinguished speaker lecture series organized by the Center For Translational Vision Research at University of California, Irvine in September 2020. You can watch the lecture below. https://youtu.be/uRyAOKuZ928
Rosario Fernandez Godino awarded grant
October 20, 2020The Global Ophthalmology Awards Program from Bayer has awarded a grant to Rosario Fernandez Godino for her project: Studying the impact of ageing and Bruch’s membrane mechanotransduction in age-related macular degeneration (AMD).This proposal aims to bridge the gaps between normal ageing and RPE/Bruch’s membrane pathology to inform... Read More
Improving the throughput of diagnosis and treatment of inherited diseases of the retina
October 7, 2020Dr. Jason Comander was recently awarded a 5 year grant to support his work focused on efficiently identifying the genetic cause of inherited retinal degenerations.(IRDs), an important cause of vision loss. By using cell-based assays to determine the functional significance of a large panel of DNA variants, the goal is to increase the... Read More