Knights Templar Eye Foundation 2024- 2025 Career Starter Grants
Ocular Genomics Institute members Hanmeng Zhang, Egle Galdikatie-Braziene, and Kannan Manian were awarded support for their work.
Hanmeng Zhang, PhD: Investigating the role of Oxidative DNA Damage in Early-Onset Photoreceptor Degeneration.
Egle Galdikaite-Braziene, PhD: Functional Analysis of Truncated EYS Proteins in a mutant zebrafish model and development of a trans-splicing-based strategy for EYS delivery.
Kannan Manian, PhD: Pediatric Retinal Dystrophy caused by defects in the USH2A gene: mechanisms and a potential therapy using base editing.
