by AVR Supporters | Jan 10, 2023 | Research
Title: Improving the prediction of glaucoma progression to prevent irreversible blindness Investigator: Prof Jamie Craig Co-investigator: A/Prof Owen Siggs Aim: To apply machine learning approaches to better understand glaucoma risk. Methods: We assembled >44,000...
by AVR Supporters | Dec 21, 2022 | News
In this season we take a moment to look back at what has been and celebrate with gratefulness all we achieved together in 2022: We awarded $539,258 in funding for 2022 for 11 ophthalmic research projects from across Australia. An MOU was signed with RANZCO to outline...
by AVR Supporters | Dec 5, 2022 | Research
Investigator: Dr Nitin Chitranshi Co-Supervisors: Prof. Stuart Graham, Dr. Vivek Gupta Title: Modulating neuroserpin using a gene therapy technique to reduce oxidative damage in glaucoma (Developing a gene therapy for glaucoma) Aim: The aim of the study is to deliver...
by AVR Supporters | Nov 15, 2022 | News
Australian Vision Research (AVR) held its annual general meeting at the RANZCO conference in Brisbane on 29 October 2022. Here is a summary of our key discussion points: Members elected Dr Matthew Simunovic and re-elected A/Prof Samantha Fraser-Bell and Dr Jennifer...
by AVR Supporters | Nov 4, 2022 | Research
R and L Lowe Bequest Grant Investigator: Dr Glyn Chidlow Co-Investigator: Dr Andreas Ebneter Aim: Retinal vein occlusions are common disorders which occur when blood clots block veins within the retina.The aims of this project are to establish translatable rodent...