Project summaries and impact reports of the past recipients awarded by the Retina Australia Grants Program can be found here.
Optimising the benefits of retinal gene therapy using animal models of Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis
Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy - University of Western Australia/Lions Institute, Perth
$45,000 (2006)
Photoreceptor degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa
Professor Michael Kalloniatis - University of Auckland
$35,000 (2006)
Can the process of advanced retinal degeneration be prevented or slowed down in the RPE65 models of LCA?
Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy - Lions Eye Institute / Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science
$60,000 (2005)
Cataract surgery and risk of Age-related Macular Degeneration
Professor Jie Jin Wang - The Westmead Institute for Medical Research
$25,000 (2005)
Investigations into the roles of Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in retinal development and degeneration
Dr Robb de Iongh - University of Melbourne
$35,000 (2005)
Molecular mechanisms of photoreceptor protection in rat models of degenerative retinal disease
Professor Jonathan Stone - University of Sydney
$30,000 (2002), $30,000 (2003)