Retina UK webinars - In conversation with our new research grantees. 11 April 7.00pm
Webinar

How your donations make a difference ... in conversation with our new research grantees

  • Date and Time info: 11/04/2024 from 19:00:00 to 20:15:00
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How your donations make a difference ... in conversation with our new research grantees

This webinar took place on Thursday 11 April. Watch or listen to the recording of the Webinar:

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Join Research Development Manager, Kate Arkell as she speaks to our latest research grantees about their projects.

  • PhD studentship: Dr Matteo Rizzi, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
    Investigating photopsia and photophobia in Stargardt disease.
  • PhD studentship: Chloe Brotherton, Edinburgh University
    Understanding why different RPGR gene mutations can lead to different diagnosis.
  • PhD studentship: Gabriel Velichkova, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
    Investigating Stargardt disease as a target for gene repair.
  • Professor Jacqueline van der Spuy, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
    The consequences of toxic accumulation of a molecule called cGMP in Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA).
  • Professor Jane Sowden, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
    Restoring some vision at the later stages of sight loss in advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP) using a stem cell patch.

Find out about our current research projects.

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