Granting Bodies

2012

NHMRC Project Grant
A/Prof Jamie Craig, S Sharma, J Wood, G Chidlow, M Ronci, T Chataway
Functional analysis of recently identified novel glaucoma genes

NHMRC Project Grant
A/Prof J Craig, S Macgregor, A Hewitt, K Burdon, P McCluskey
Genome-wide association studies to identify major genetic determinants of 5 blinding eye diseases usingpooled DNA
 
NHMRC Project Grant
Prof. Konrad Pesudovs, A/Prof. E Lamoureux
A system for measurement of visionspecific quality of life using item banking and computer adaptive testing (ViSBank)

2011

NHMRC Research Fellowship
KA Williams
Better Eye Health

NHMRC Project Grant
S Sharma, KP Burdon, JE Craig, D Mackey, R de Iongh, N Di Girolamo
The role of EphA2 signalling and environmental modifiers in cataract.

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority
KA Williams
Australian Corneal Graft Register

ORIA
JE Craig, JJ Khong
A national registry of thyroid eye disease for genomic and transciptomic studies

ORIA
K Burdon, JE Craig, J Meucke, A Rudkin, J Nicholl.
Investigating the genetic causes of Primary Congenital Glaucoma and Anterior Segment Dysgenesis in children from SE Asia
                       
ORIA
S Sharma, T Chataway, B Llamas, G Snibson, R Mills.
To understand the cause of a blinding corneal disease; Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy

ORIA/Eye Foundation
DJ Coster, S Klebe, KA Williams
Do transplants of corneal endothelium undergo rejection?

Ramaciotti Foundation
DJ Coster KP Burdon, JE Craig
Taqman OpenArray Genotyping System for medium to high throughput
genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms

2010

Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation
Molecular and genetic studies of congenital cataract
S Sharma, KP Burdon, JE Craig

ORIA
JE Craig, K Laurie.
Identification of a novel gene for Nanophthalmos in a large Australian pedigree

ORIA
KA Williams, DJ Coster
Improved screening for eye disease in premature babies

ORIA
R Mills, K Burdon
Identifying genes for keratoconus from a genome-wide association study.

Perpetual Trustee
C Chen
Optimizing outcomes in retinal artery occlusion

NHMRC Project Grant
K Pesudovs
Metrics of optical quality predictive of visual performance in eye disease

NHMRC Project Grant
KA Williams, N Voelcker, S Klebe, DJ Coster
Nanostructured porous silicon for ophthalmic implants

NHMRC Project grant
KP Burdon, JE Craig, MC Gillies, N Petrovsky, MD Daniell, JC Charlesworth.
A genome-wide association scan to identify genetic risk factors for sight threatening diabetic retinopathy.

NHRMC Career Development Award
K Burdon
The identification of genes for common blinding disorders through genome wide analysis