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ISPB 2009 Approved Research Grants
2009 Seed Grant Recipients
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal investigator: Ambarish S. Pawar, MS
DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PROBE SYSTEM FOR TESTING NOVEL MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE TO A NEW TYPE OF THERAPY FOR RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASES
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal investigator: Quan Hoang, M.D., Ph.D.
HOMOTYPIC, HETEROTYPIC AND HETEROMERIC GAP JUNCTIONAL CHANNELS FORMED BY CONNEXIN PROTEINS EXPRESSED IN RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELLS
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal investigator: Rashmi Kapur, M.D.
THE SAFE AND NON-TOXIC DOSE OF INTRAVITREAL MICAFUNGIN IN A RABBIT MODEL
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal investigator: Praveen Kumar Pandey, Ph.D.
Co Investigator: Deepak Shukla, Ph.D.
USE OF NOVEL PEPTIDES TO INHIBIT VIRAL ENTRY AND SPREAD IN HUMAN OCULAR CELLS
University of Chicago
Principal investigator: Steven Roth, M.D.
Co Investigator: Ajay Sampat, B.S.
MECHANISMS OF ISCHEMIC POST-CONDITIONING IN THE RETINA
University of Chicago
Principal investigator: Dingcai Cao, Ph.D.
ROD AND CONE ERGs UNDER MESOPIC LIGHT LEVELS
University of Chicago
Principal investigator: Michael Grassi, M.D.
GENOMIC STUDIES OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
University of Chicago
Principal investigator: Steven Roth, M.D.
Co Investigator: Anthony Bratton
PHOSPHATASES AND RETINAL ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING
Roosevelt University
Principal investigator: Kelly Wentz-Hunter, PhD.
CELLULAR AND MICOVESICULAR miRNA EXPRESSION DURING OXIDATIVE STRESS IN TRABECULAR MESHWORK CELLS
Loyola University Chicago
Principal investigator: Anand Mantravadi, M.D.
Co Investigator: Vandana Badlani, M.D., Edward Sung, M.D., Stephen Blatt, M.D.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAGNITUDE AND DURATION OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE LOWERING IN THE GLAUCOMATOUS, CONTRALATERAL EYE FOLLOWING TRABECULECTOMY
Loyola University Chicago
Principal investigator: Matthew J. Welch, M.D.
Co Investigator: James F. McDonnell, M.D.
EVALUATION OF THE ATTITUDES AND PERSPECTIVES ON OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENT TRAINING (APORT)
Illinois Eye Institute/Illinois College of Optometry
Principal investigator: Yi Pang, Ph.D., O.D.
A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MACULAR THICKNESS AND NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS IN AMBLYOPIA ASSOCIATED WITH MYOPIC ANISOMETROPIA
Loyola University Medical Center
Principal investigator: Bruce I. Gaynes, OD, PharmD
Co Investigator: Vitali Metlushko, Ph.D.
THE NANO-BASED SYNTHETIC MAMMALIAN LENS
