Project summaries and impact reports of the past recipients awarded by the Retina Australia Grants Program can be found here.
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)
Cone photoreceptor development and cell death mechanisms
Dr Livia S Carvalho - Lions Eye Institute/University of Western Australia, Perth
$40,000 (2016)
Australian Inherited Retinal Diseases Register and DNA Bank
Dr Tina Lamey - Australian Inherited Retinal Diseases Register and DNA Bank, Perth
$110,000 (2016)
Correcting inherited retinal disease through gene editing
Dr Sandy Hung - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$39,551 (2015)
Evaluation of electrical stimulation strategies for selective activation of neurons by a retinal prosthesis
Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell - University of NSW, Sydney
$39,405 (2015)
Hyperspectral funduscopy for non-invasive detection of retinal ischemia
Dr Marc Sarossy - RMIT University, Melbourne
$40,000 (2015)
Validation of novel outcome measures for use in vision restoration clinical trials
Associate Professor Lauren Ayton - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$39,630 (2014)
Finding genetics answers for Leber congenital amaurosis using next-generation sequencing
Associate Professor Robyn Jamieson - Eye Genetics Research Group, Sydney
$40,000 (2014)
Accelerating therapeutic discoveries for retinitis pigmentosa
Professor David Mackey AO - Lions Eye Institute, Perth
$140,000 (2014)
The role of gliosis in advanced retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2013)
In vitro and In vivo Response of Retinal Muller Glia to Photobiomodulation
Associate Professor Krisztina Valter-Kocsi - Australian National University, Canberra
$50,000 (2012)
The role of purines in photoreceptor death during retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$39,670 (2011)
Does the level of systemic inflammation influence the outcome of treatment in neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Professor Robyn Guymer - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$30,000 (2011)
Role of a novel miRNA in the dominant syndromic disorder of macular dystrophy and split habd and foot malformation
Professor David M Hunt - School of Animal Biology, UWA Oceans Institute and Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia
$30,000 (2011)
Histamine in the development and maintenance of the retina
Dr Ursula Greferath - University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2010)
Recent developments in retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$23,600 (2010)
The role of purines in photoreceptor death during retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2009)