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  2. Year: 2024
  3. Month: September

Month: September 2024

Introducing the McPherson ERI Grant Accelerator Program!

Posted on September 24, 2024

The McPherson Eye Research Institute is excited to announce our newest funding opportunity, the Grant Accelerator Program (GAP)! Supported by the Alice McPherson Endowment Fund for the Visual Sciences, the Van Vreede McPherson ERI Greatest …

Posted in Award Opportunities/GrantsTagged award, Award Opportunity, Funding, GAP Award, Grant Accelerator Program

MERI Member Akihiro Ikeda awarded NIH NEI grant

Posted on September 23, 2024

Prof. Akihiro Ikeda Dept. of Medical  Genetics, SMPH Timothy William Trout Professor in Eye Research Congratulations to MERI member Prof. Akihiro Ikeda (Dept. of Medical Genetics, SMPH; Timothy William Trout Professor in Eye Research) on …

Posted in Members NewsTagged Akihiro Ikeda, award, NIH grant

Gamm lab Discoveries Culminate in FDA Approval of a Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Inherited Photoreceptor Diseases

Posted on September 3, 2024

  BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a clinical stage cell therapy company and subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced the clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for …

Posted in Members News

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