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Jeremy N. Kay

Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
Box 3802, Duec, Durham, NC 27710
2351 Erwin Rd, Aeri 5004, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Defining the underlying causes of retinal degeneration in CRB1 disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc · 2024 - 2029

Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Engineering three-dimensional perfusable microphysiological models of the human inner blood-retina barrier

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Mechanisms of naturally-occurring astrocyte death during retinal development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2027

Microglial plasticity mechanisms in the developing retina

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Baylor College of Medicine · 2023 - 2027

Cell type- and isoform-specific genetic mechanisms underlying inherited retinal degeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Astrocyte-specific molecular cues guiding retinal angiogenesis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Eye Institute · 2023 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

The contribution of isoform diversity to retinal disease

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2023 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Precise assembly of retinal circuitry through rejection of inappropriate synaptic partners

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Eye Institute · 2021 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Role of Mueller glia in the inherited neurodegenerative CRB1-associated disease

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation · 2023 - 2024

Molecular and cellular strategies to rescue visual impairment in CRB1 disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc · 2019 - 2024

Astrocyte-specific Molecular Cues in Retinal Angiogensis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hartwell Foundation · 2021 - 2023

Bridging gap in comparative biology using the tree shrew visual system

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Evaluation of CRB1-B AAV therapyin preventing photoreceptor death in murine models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vedere Bio II, Inc. · 2021 - 2022

Repulsive mechanisms for spatial segregation of developing neural circuits

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

Muller glial dysfunction in retinal edema

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Molecular control of neuronal position during retinal development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Molecular cues for visual circuit assembly in developing retina

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pew Charitable Trusts · 2014 - 2019

Molecular & cellular cues for circuit assembly in mouse retina

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

Cell-cell recognition mechanisms for neural circuit wiring in the retina

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2014 - 2016

NEI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award (K12)

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2016

External Relationships


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