by AVR Supporters | Jun 5, 2023 | Research
Project Title Neuroprotection of Retinal Ganglion Cells by Photobiomodulation Chief investigator Professor Robert Casson Professor Robert Casson MB,BS (Hons), M.Biostatistics, DPhil, FRANZCO heads the Ophthalmic Research Laboratory in the Discipline of Ophthalmology...
by AVR Supporters | May 8, 2023 | Research
Title: Transcriptomic and proteomic retinal pigment epithelium signatures of age related macular degeneration Chief Investigator: Dr Grace Lidgerwood Co-investigators: Dr Mehdi Mirzaei, Prof Alex Hewitt, Prof Alice Pébay Aim To establish the proteomic profile of RPE...
by AVR Supporters | Mar 30, 2023 | Research
Title: Development of a novel hybrid vision restoration strategy Chief Investigator: A/Prof Chi Luu Co-investigators: A/Prof Penelope Allen -AVR Fellow-, A/Prof Mohit Shivdasani Aim To determine whether retinal stimulation using a combination of light and electrical...
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 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 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...