Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP150100482

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP150100482

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Using lasers to prime the immune system. This project aims to detail the precise effects that lasers have on eye cells, cell populations and the body as a whole. Laser treatments for sight problems are increasing but the effects of these laser applications on the unique immune systems of the eye and brain are unknown. Previous work of the researchers has shown that a novel nanosecond laser when targeted to the eye can alter cells in the lasered eye and in the unlasered eye and the brain. This knowledge may be crucial for enhancing our understanding of the immune privileged state of the eye. In addition, it seeks to guide the development of future low energy lasers as important successful treatments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-05-2016

End Date: 24-05-2019

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $351,953.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Optometry and Ophthalmology | Vision Science | Innate Immunity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders | Innate Immunity | Optometry and Ophthalmology | Vision Science

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