2016-2017 Funded Projects
The VHRN is proud to present this year funded projects.
The neural substrate of the binocular changes that occur after short-term monocular deprivation in primates (renewal)
Robert Hess, Université McGill
In collaboration with: Frédéric Chavane, Université d’Aix-Marseille, France
Caractérisation des interactions synergiques entre les cellules cancéreuses du mélanome uvéal et les cellules stromales de leur environnement afin de mieux comprendre sa résistance thérapeutique (renewal)
Solange Landreville, Université Laval
In collaboration with: Frédéric Mouriaux, Université de Rennes, France
Characterization of the modifier gene forage-at-onset of glaucoma at chromosome 20q13 (first application)
Vincent Raymond, Université Laval
In collaboration with: Walter, Michael A., University of Alberta, Alberta
Mécanisme d’abolition de l’activité enzymatique des mutants de la lécithine rétinol acyltransférase qui mènent à la rétinite pigmentaire et l’amaurose congénitale de Leber (renewal)
Christian Salesse, Université Laval
In collaboration with: Manuel Prieto, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbonne, Portugal
Wide-scale calcium imaging of cortical connectivity networks reorganization after a visual deficit: influence of the cholinergic system (renewal)
Elvire Vaucher, Université de Montréal
In collaboration with: Majid H. Mohajerani, University of Lethbridge, Alberta
The following project of the VHRN National and International Networking competition was funded by the Antoine-Turmel Foundation:
The role of eye movements and attention in improving visual perception (renewal)
Aarlenne Khan, Université de Montréal
In collaboration with: Gunnar Blohm, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario