This data will provide new insight into mechanisms contributing to COL4A1-related ASD and could pave the way to understand more general causative mechanisms of ASD.
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He will utilize a mouse model of acute retinal necrosis that he has developed, and mimics human disease, to better understand the pathogenesis of the disease and the role of important innate immune pathways to identify future therapeutic targets.
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The overall goal of his research is to develop a non-invasive retinal drug delivery system for children affected by retinal diseases, which is currently exceptionally difficult due to the inadequacy of the administration method.
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The Knights Templar Eye Foundation Inc. has announced a Pediatric Ophthalmology Research Grant Award Program of $3 Million. The Knights Templar Eye Foundation Inc. (KTEF) invites eligible investigators to submit applications for Pediatric Ophthalmology Career-Starter Research Grants for the next award period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The Foundation estimates approximately 33 grants of $90,000 each will be awarded. Deadline for the receipt of the submission is Sunday January 15, 2023.
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The Knights Templar Eye Foundation directorship in Pediatric Vision Research was established in March 2021 by the Knights Templar Eye Foundation in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in honor of John S. Penn, PhD, to support clinical or basic research on conditions that are potentially preventable or correctable in infants and children. This Professorship endowment was awarded $2 million from the Foundation and was matched dollar for dollar by Vanderbilt University.
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KTEF is at the center of pediatric ophthalmology. By identifying key areas of research for seed funding, KTEF accelerates research into experimental areas where, over the last few decades, the greatest advances in pediatric ophthalmology have been made. The Knights Templar have launched some of the most important careers in the field, including Dr. Lee’s.
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The KTEF Pediatric Ophthalmology VR Simulation Program is a first-of-its-kind educational initiative, offering free, open, cutting-edge simulation training to ophthalmologists worldwide through the use of VR headsets, other hardware, and web browsers widely available to consumers.
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Thank you to each of you for what you do for Templary, and May God Bless You for your support in this 55th Annual Knights Templar Eye Foundation Voluntary Campaign. Please remember what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians in 2 Corinthians 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
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He will compare the results from ROP animals with that from healthy animals to check how ROP damages the retina. They will also calculate several indicators to evaluate the degree of difference in retina. The evidence and results will cast new insight of doctors’ clinic practice for ROP.
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The KTEF grant allowed ARVO to award an additional 95 travel grants in 2022, an increase of nearly 21%, for a total of nearly 462 grants for the year. For more than half a century, the KTEF has funded research grants with the goal of improving and preserving vision. As our Foundation has grown since its inception in 1955, it has expanded the number and size of grants and has commenced new initiatives in ophthalmology research and education. The Foundation’s research grants are targeted to new research by those in the early stages of their careers.
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This novel biomedical research is the first step to develop disease-specific, minimally invasive methods for clinical diagnostics using EVs with improved understating of the applications of AH liquid biopsy as well as future development of new therapeutic approaches.
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At the 2022 Grand Commandery of California Annual Conclave a Sword of Merit was presented by SK David Kussman, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar; SK Jeffrey Bolstad, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar to the outgoing Grand Commander; SK David Studley who is also the Grand Captain General of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar. All three are also Officers and Trustees of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation.
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The 54th Annual Voluntary Campaign Final Report is now available for review.
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The Officers and Trustees of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation wish to thank all Grand Commanderies that have become either 100% or 200% Life Sponsors within their jurisdiction and also to those Grand Commanderies that are activity working towards the 100% goal.
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Two Golden Chalice presentations were made in the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania within Pittsburgh Commandery No. 1 and Duquesne Commandery No. 72.
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This Sword was in recognition of SK Rossman’s donating to the Grand Masters Club completing Tier 5 with a total of 25 Grand Masters Clubs totaling $25,000 in contributions. In reaching 25 Grand Masters Clubs the Knights Templar Eye Foundation automatically recognizes this great accomplishment by awarding a Sword of Merit. SK Rossman donated an additional $10,000 contribution for the Golden Chalice which was to honor his wife.
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In a cohort of COD/CRD patients, they will combine the cutting-edge short and long-read wholegenome sequencing to investigate the noncoding and structural genetic variants, which are both often missed by current Sanger sequencing and capture-sequencing technologies. The genetic testing pipeline which will be built in this study may also be used to study other genetic diseases in the future.
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On April 4, 2022, SK David Studley, Grand Captain General of The Grand Encampment who is also the Grand Commander of California, and Trustee of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation presented a Sword of Merit on behalf of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation during a reception honoring SK Studley at Marysville Commandery No. 7, receiving the sword was SK Stephan Parnow, Commander of Marysville Commandery.
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Our meeting ended with twenty-two Competitive Renewal & Career Starter grants for a total of $1,533,025 that were recommended by the SAC doctors and later that night approved by the KTEF SAC committee.
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The significance of this scientific direction is highlighted by the fact that numerous blindness-causing mutations, in addition to those in PRCD, that affect children are associated with accumulation of extracellular vesicles in the retina. Therefore, addressing the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying their formation and clearance are key steps in developing future therapeutic strategies.
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