David Antonetti, Ph.D., Shahzad Mian, M.D., David Zacks, M.D., Ph.D., Patrice Fort, Ph.D., M.S.
Institutional Grants Anchor Research Infrastructure, Training
The P30 center grant funds state-of-the-science instrumentation, services and training for vision researchers to connect and pursue cutting edge ideas. The center has research cores, each supervised by faculty and staffed by technical experts:
Functional Assessment—This core, directed by P30 Kellogg researchers are among the most productive, Principal Investigator David Antonetti, Ph.D., provides grant-supported, published and cited in all of ophthaltraining and support to investigators performing nonmology. How do we attract and retain the best and the lethal measures of ocular structure and function, includbrightest? With a structure and culture that fosters ining optical coherence tomography, electroretinography, novation and collaboration. fundus imaging, and pupillometry. “Our research program is designed to be both a magnet for the most creative minds, and an incubator Instrument and Electronics— for their most original ideas,” says Directed by James Weiland, Ph.D., OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM IS Kellogg Interim Chair Shahzad Mian, this core provides and maintains M.D. “We’re continuously improvDESIGNED TO BE BOTH A MAGNET specialized instrumentation — ing the fundamentals— our mix of FOR THE MOST CREATIVE MINDS, both commercially available and technologies and resources, training custom built—for use by NEIAND AN INCUBATOR FOR THEIR and support—to meet the changing funded investigators. MOST ORIGINAL IDEAS. needs of researchers from dozens Molecular Biology— directed by of specialties, pursuing hundreds of — Shahzad Mian, M.D. Steven Abcouwer, Ph.D., this core lines of investigation.” offers services, equipment and support for projects Kellogg’s research enterprise is anchored by four involving molecular biology, statistical genetics, and interconnected institutional grants, supporting basic, bioinformatics. clinical and translational investigators at every career stage. All four grants were renewed this fiscal year, and a new core facility was added.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Eye Institute (NEI) University of Michigan Vision Research Center (UMVRC) Grant (P30) The University of Michigan holds one of the longest standing P30 Center Grants in ophthalmology and visual sciences. Center grants provide resources and facilities for core services shared by researchers across the University that carry out vision research. 24
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Morphology and Imaging— this core, directed by Jillian Pearring, Ph.D., processes ocular and brain tissue samples for light microscopy, immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization, and fixes specimens for electron microscopy. Assistance in analysis and presentation of imaging results is also available, and the core is a hub for training investigators in tissue processing, microtomy, staining and immunohistology techniques.
