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July 24, 2025Vision Cluster Research Collaboration Receives CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant to Advance Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of the Spring 2025 Project Grant competition, awarding a total of $411 million to support 444 research projects across the country. Among the recipients are Dr. Myeong Jin Ju and Dr. Joanne Matsubara, a…
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June 25, 2025Vision Cluster Collaboration Receives 2025 VCHRI Innovation and Translational Research Award
Members of the Vision Cluster have been recognized with a 2025 Innovation and Translational Research Award from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI). This award supports research teams that are transforming scientific discoveries into practical health solutions…
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May 1, 2025Research Discoveries in April 2025
Check out the papers that were recently published by Vision Cluster membersSilke Appel-Cresswell: EEG dynamical features during variable-intensity cycling exercise in Parkinson's diseaseJournal: Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceBackground: Exercise is increasingly recognized as a beneficial…
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April 1, 2025
Research Discoveries in March 2025
Check out the papers that were recently published by Vision Cluster membersBlair Leavitt: Emerging roles of microglia and neuroinflammation in Huntington's disease: From pathophysiology to clinical trialsJournal: Journal of Huntington's DiseaseMicroglia, the resident immune cells of the central…
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March 1, 2025
Research Discoveries in February 2025
Check out the papers that were recently published by Vision Cluster members:Douglas Altshuler: Understanding mechanisms of avian flight by integrating observations with tests of competing hypothesesJournal: Journal of Experimental BiologyA long-standing problem in the study of avian flight is…
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February 11, 2025Vision Cluster Research Teams Awarded $2.3 Million in CIHR Fall 2024 Project Funding
Congratulations to Dr. Joanne Matsubara, Dr. Myeong Jin Ju, and Dr. Orson Moritz for receiving the Fall 2024 Project Grants for their groundbreaking research on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinal diseases. Dr. Matsubara and Dr. Ju's project focuses on developing a new drug to…