Professor John W McAvoy
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Sydney Medical Research Foundation Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology
C09 - Sydney Eye Hospital |
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Research interests
Understanding the molecular basis of cataracts that arise from aberrant growth and differentiation of lens cells
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Preventing Blindness: Blocking TGFß-induced EMT and Cataract Development
Lovicu F, McAvoy J
NHMRC Project Grants ($332,175 over 3 years)
2011
Role of primary cilia and PCP proteins in lens development: implication for lens regeneration after cataract surgery
McAvoy J, Lovicu F
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant ($329,462 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
PhD and Masters' project opportunities
Regulation of growth factor signaling in the eye and its implications for normal lens biology and pathology. +
Studies on eye lens development and cataract
+ indicates the opportunity is full and unavailable.
Honours project opportunities
Growth factor-induced lens cell proliferation and differentiation regulating ocular lens development and growth.
Identifying the mechanisms regulating aberrant lens cell behaviour that lead to cataract and blindness.