Selected Grants
Investigating Endocytic Mechanisms in Lysosome Rich Enterocytes
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Molecular mechanisms of photoreceptor disc morphogenesis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028Role of Proteasome Overload in Pathogenesis of Retinitis Pigmentosa
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027Gene-Agnostic Therapy for Retinal Degenerations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc · 2024 - 2027Center Core Grant for Vision Research
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2026Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Identification of proteins localized to photoreceptor connecting cilium
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Activation of Cellular Proteostasis as an Approach to Treat Inherited Retinal Degenerations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc · 2022 - 2025Mechanisms of photoreceptor disc maturation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Elucidating the role of EYS in the pathogenesis of retinitis pigmentosa
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation · 2023 - 2024The role of ADAM9 in retinal health and disease
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Molecular mechanisms of photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2023Mechanisms of photoreceptor protein transport and compartmentalization
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SUNY Upstate Medical University · 2021 - 2023In Vivo Modeling of Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency in Retinal Ganglion Cells
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023Gene therapy treatment of neurodegeneration using proteasome activators
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sio Gene Therapies · 2021 - 2022Understanding the roles of ectosomes and the associated microglial response in photoreceptor degeneration
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. · 2021 - 2022Rhodopsin dimerization: mechanistic basis and functional consequences
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Medical College of Cornell University · 2017 - 2022Pathological and functional consequences of dimerization-deficient rhodopsin mutations
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022Repulsive mechanisms for spatial segregation of developing neural circuits
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020The Role of Basal Bodies in Wnt Signaling
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2020Coherent light scattering for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020How Do Muller Glia Control Circuit-Specific Retinal Synaptogenesis?
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Understanding the function of PRCD, a small protein whose mutations cause blindness
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019Molecular & cellular cues for circuit assembly in mouse retina
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019RPB: 2014 Nelson Trust Award
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc. · 2014 - 2019Developing a new therapeutic agent for retinal ciliopathies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rescindo Therapeutics Inc · 2017 - 2019Identification of unique rod outer segment plasma membrane proteins
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Role of impaired protein degradation in photoreceptor degeneration
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018Understanding the function of PRCD, a small protein whose mutations cause blindness
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018Understanding Photoreceptor Trafficking Pathways to the Outer Segment
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017Modifiers of Retinal Phenotypes in Ciliopathies
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2017P30 - Center Core Grant for Vision Research: Administrative Supplement
EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2016Coherent light scattering for early detection of retinal disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016Cellular mechanism of targeting peripherin to the sensory cilium
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015Protein Translocation and Photoreceptor Light Adaptation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2012Ankyrin G in protein sorting between rod plasma membrane and photoreceptor discs
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012Proteome Map of the Photoreceptor Cell
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2009External Relationships
- Progress in Retinal and Eye Research journal
- Research to Prevent Blindness
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