#  Grants Received September and October 2015 

 





December 16, 2015

 

 

**[Petr Baranov, MD](/petrbaranov)**, received the Alice Adler Award of $30,000 over one year from Harvard Medical School for his project, "High-throughput screening assay to identify photoreceptor pre-survival molecules." Together with **[Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA](/patriciadamore)**, he also received $60,000 over one year from Mass. Lions Eye Research Fund for their collaborative project, "Investigation of the ability of pericyte precursors to rescue the retinal vasculature.

**[Alex Bowers, PhD](/alexbowers),** received almost $3,000,000 over five years from the National Eye Institute (NEI) for her project, "Scanning and Detecting at Intersections."

**[Dong Feng Chen, PhD](/dongfengchen),** and **[Gang Luo, PhD](/gangluo),** received $134,537 total over one year from AfaSci, Inc.through a joint NIH SBIR grant for their project, "A Visual Assessment System for Rodent Function/Drug Delivery."

**[Tobias Elze, PhD](/tobiaselze),** received $60,000 over one year from Mass. Lions Research Fund for his project "A Novel Method for Diagnosing Initial Onset of Glaucomatous Vision Loss."

**[Mara Lorenzi, MD](/maralorenzi),** received $56,708 over one year from Bayer Global Ophthalmology Awards Program for her project, "Learning from Patroller Monocytes to Protect the Endothelium of Retinal Vessels in Diabetes."

**[Gang Luo, PhD,](/gangluo)** received a sub-award of $43,225 over one year from EyePhone LLC for his NIH SBIR project, "Mobile Medical Application for Cost Effective Strabismus Screening."

**Shoji Notomi, MD, PhD,** Research Fellow, received $30,000 over one year from the Robert Machemer Foundation for his project, "Role of Autophagy in Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)."

**[Eric Pierce, MD, PhD](/ericpierce),** and **[Qin Liu, MD, PhD](/qinliu),** are part of a research team lead by David Liu of Harvard that received funding through the Broadnext10 program for a project entitled "Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins Into Mammalian Cells."

**[Magali Saint-Geniez, PhD](/magalisaintgeniez),** received a grant of $50,000 over one year from Mass. Lions Research Fund for her project, "Investigating the Role of Bruch's Membrane Stiffness in AMD Pathology."

**[Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD](/janeywiggs),** received $2,490,839 over four years from NEI for her project "NEIGHBORHOOD Consortium for POAG Genetics."



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Awards ](/category/awards)
- [ Faculty ](/news-categories/faculty)
- [ Petr Baranov, MD, PhD ](/news-categories/petrbaranov)
- [ Alexandra Bowers, PhD ](/news-categories/alexbowers)
- [ Dong Feng Chen, PhD ](/news-categories/dongfengchen)
- [ Patricia A. D'Amore, PhD, MBA ](/news-categories/patriciadamore)
- [ Tobias Elze, PhD ](/news-categories/tobiaselze)
- [ Qin Liu, MD, PhD ](/news-categories/qinliu)
- [ Mara Lorenzi, MD ](/news-categories/maralorenzi)
- [ Gang Luo, PhD ](/news-categories/gangluo)
- [ Eric Pierce, MD, PhD ](/news-categories/ericpierce)
- [ Magali Saint-Geniez, PhD ](/news-categories/magalisaintgeniez)
- [ Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD ](/news-categories/janeywiggs)
 
 

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