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There are RPB awardees at all stages of a research career, studying all conditions that damage sight. At any given moment, we have hundreds of active awardees across the U.S. working hard on sight-saving research.
RPB currently funds 36 Departmental grantees, who are responsible for much of the outstanding ophthalmology research happening around the country. These departments have shown excellence in their science, leadership and impact.
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Grant Type:
Individual
Award Name:
Jules & Doris Stein RPB Professorship
Year:
2017
Amount:
$250,000.00
Research Area:
Will use zebrafish research to identify the contribution of specific micro-ribonucleic acids (mi-RNAs)—building blocks of life that help to code, regulate and express genes—to photoreceptor survival, as well as provide a unique collection of mutant zebrafish that can be used to determine the role of each mi-RNA in regulating cellular pathways.
2012
$625,000.00
Identifying new gene mutations that cause early onset retinal degeneration; using libraries of FDA-approved drugs to conduct high-throughput drug screens for compounds that reduce or prevent loss of vision in models of macular degeneration.
$150,000.00
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