Dr Weiyong Shen
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Research Fellow
C20 - Sydney Hospital |
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Current national competitive grants*
2012
Glial-neuronal-vascular interactions in a novel transgenic model of Muller cell dysfunction
Gillies M, Shen W, Barnett N
NHMRC Project Grants ($605,355 over 3 years)
2010
Regulation of bone marrow progenitor cells for diabetic retinopathy
Gillies M, Shen W
NHMRC Project Grant ($427,125 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
International links
United Kingdom. (Institute of Ophthalmology, University College of London) Prof. Mark Gillies and Dr. Weiyong Shen have an ongoing collaborative project with Dr. Marcus Fruttiger to develop a transgenic model for selectively gene targeting Muller cells..
China. (Peking University Eye Center) Prof. Mark Gillies and Dr Weiyong Shen have an ongoing collaborative project to study the role of Muller cell dysfunction in a retinal disease called macular telangiectasis (MacTel) in non-human primates..