Project summaries and impact reports of the past recipients awarded by the Retina Australia Grants Program can be found here.
Establishing novel AAV gene editing for Usher Syndrome
Dr Anai Gonzalez-Cordero - Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney
$55,774 (2023)
Using RNA-silencing to tackle neuroinflammation in retinal degeneration
Dr Adrian Cioanca - John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra
$59,869 (2023)
Improving real-world mobility and assessing long-term safety outcomes with a retinal prosthesis (“Bionic Eye”)
Associate Professor Penelope Allen - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$39,862 (2022)
RNA base editing strategies as potential therapeutic of inherited retinal dystrophies
Associate Professor Guei-Sheung (Rick) Liu - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$40,000 (2022)
Neuroprotective effect of SAHA in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Do time and frequency matter?
Dr Rabab Rashwan - Lions Eye Institute, Perth
$40,000 (2022)
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Associate Professor Lauren Ayton - University of Melbourne
$40,643 (2021)
Looking for disease causing mutations in families with dominant RP pedigrees
Associate Professor Fred K Chen - Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Western Australia
$40,000 (2021)
Strong, fast, then none: development of novel promoters for gene-editing therapies
Professor Alex Hewitt - Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Tasmania
$38,000 (2021)
Potential Participant Perspectives in Ocular Gene Therapy in Australia
Associate Professor Heather Mack AM - Centre for Eye Research Australia/University of Melbourne
$20,000 (2021)
Provision of genetic research reports to research participants via their nominated ophthalmologists or clinical geneticists
Jennifer Thompson - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
$20,000 (2021)
Single cell RNA sequencing to characterise cell diversity and molecular signatures of hiPSC-derived retinal organoids
Dr Anai Gonzalez-Cordero - Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney
$39,490 (2020)
Provision of genetic research reports to Australian Inherited Retinal Disease Registry participants via their nominated ophthalmologist or clinical geneticist
Jennifer Thompson - The Australian Inherited Retinal Disease Registry & DNA Bank, Perth
$40,000 (2020)
Development of regenerative therapy for retinitis pigmentosa using cellular reprogramming
Raymond Wong - Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2020)
Dual AAV retinal gene therapy approach for Usher 1F treatment
Dr Livia S Carvalho - Lions Eye Institute, Perth
$40,000 (2019)
Improving the global acceptance of retinal prostheses: Assessing the influence of different stages of retinal degeneration on selective activation of retinal ganglion cells
Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell - University of New South Wales, Sydney
$39,900 (2019)
Define the mechanism by which C1 rescues some functions in Best Disease RPE
Associate Professor Michael O’Connor - Western Sydney University, Sydney
$40,000 (2019)
Report to Retina Australia on research carried out by the Australian Inherited Retinal Disease Registry and DNA Bank for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
Dr John De Roach - Australian Inherited Retinal Disease Registry and DNA Bank, Perth
$100,000 (2018)
Utilising patient-specific retinal organoids in vitro to investigate the effects of an SNRNP200 mutation causing early onset Retinitis Pigmentosa
Dr Carla Mellough - Lions Eye Institute, Perth
$40,000 (2018)
Microglia and retinal degenerations: Identifying key modulators of inflammation as therapeutic targets
Associate Professor Riccardo Natoli - Australian National University, Canberra
$39,951 (2018)
Large scale generation of retinal pigment epithelium cells from patient induced pluripotent stem cells
Associate Professor Alice Pebay - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$40,000 (2017)