2020-2021 Funded projects
The VHRN is proud to present this year funded projects!
In 2020, the Network received 9 applications whose international scope implied the collaboration of 6 countries other than Canada (provinces of Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia) including Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, China and the United States. The VHRN financed 5 research projects totaling $ 210,000 in grants, including a national collaborative project related to the current global pandemic (COVID-19).
Congratulations to all the recipients!
Monitoring expression of the transcription factors Sp1 and NFI as markers of cell quality in human corneal epithelial cells cultured on different cell carriers (renewal)
Sylvain GUÉRIN, Université Laval (Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement – CUO Recherche)
In association with: Carina KOPPEN, Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, BELGIUM – Lucie GERMAIN, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – LOEX/ CMDGT, Québec, Québec, CANADA
Étude de l’évolution clonale du mélanome uvéal pour identifier la sous-population cellulaire à l’origine des métastases hépatiques (first application)
Solange LANDREVILLE, Université Laval (Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement – CUO Recherche)
In association with: Frédéric MOURIAUX, David GILOT – INSERM U1242, Université de Rennes 1, FRANCE
The 3 following projects were partially funded by the Fondation Antoine-Turmel:
Mapping mouse cortical activation and acetylcholine release during visual discrimination (first application)
Elvire VAUCHER, Université de Montréal (École d’optométrie)
In association with: Yulong LI, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA – Lindsey GLICKFELD, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (NC), USA
Developing clinical tests to detect early signs of retinal pathologies (first application)
Rémy ALLARD, Université de Montréal (École d’optométrie)
In association with: Angelo ARLEO, Institut de la Vision, Sorbonnes, Université Paris, FRANCE – Michel PAQUES, Centre d’Investigations Cliniques 1423, Centre hospitalier national d’ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts & Institut de la Vision, Paris, FRANCE
Impact collatéral de la pandémie COVID-19 sur la vision, les soins oculaires et la santé mentale des patients en ophtalmologie (first application)
Marie-Josée AUBIN, Université de Montréal (Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont)
In association with: Ellen FREEMAN, Université d’Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA