The focus of the research group of Bernhard Weber is on disease mechanisms in hereditary as well as multifactorial retinal degenerations
- Generation of mouse models – transgene, knock-in, knock-out
- Genetic, biochemistry, cell biology, functional assays
- Cooperation 1
Robert, S. Molday, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Bioloqv, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Cooperation 2
William W. Hauswirth, Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - Cooperation 3
Rando Allikmets, Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY - Cooperation 4
Sheila A. Fisher, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom - Cooperation 5
Ulrich Kellner, EyeCentre Siegburg, Siegburg-Bonn, Germany
Current Research Projects
- Project 1
Function of bestrophin-1 and molecular pathology of Best disease mutations - Project 2
The role of retinoschisin - Identification of interacting partners - Project 3
Therapeutic approaches in hereditary retinal degeneration – the retinoschisin-deficient mouse as a model - Project 4
Genetics of age-related macular degeneration – Understanding disease pathology
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