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European Training in Myopia Research

Project Acronym MY EUROPIA
Coordination Institution Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen
Postal Address Coordinator (i) Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Frank SCHAEFFEL, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse 7/1, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany, phone: +49 7071 29-8 0739 (ii) Managing Coordinator: Dr. Thomas WHEELER-SCHILLING, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen, Roentgenweg 11, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany, phone: +49 7071-29 87644
Contract Number MRTN-CT-2006-034021
Project Start 01-10-2006
Project End 30-09-2010
Funding Organisation European Commission
Funding Instrument EC 6. Framework programme; Marie Curie Research Training Network (RTN)
Key Words myopia, genetics, signalling cascade, pharmacological intervention, optics
Project Summary The Research Training Network MY EUROPIA brings together a major part of the European expertise in myopia research. Biological mechanisms underlying myopia development are widely studied in the USA, Australia and, in particular, in the Far East Asian countries. But until now, there is little contribution from Europe. Current research in myopia is funded exclusively by local governmental institutions. Given the increasing importance of myopia in the industrialized countries, a more bundled approach is necessary and timely. MY EUROPIA brings together three major approaches to arrest myopia development
  1. changing spectacle lens design
  2. identifying gene loci that are linked to myopia development
  3. investigating the biochemical signalling cascade from the retina to the sclera that controls axial eye growth and testing its pharmacological intervention.
   
Participants
  1. Prof. Frank SCHAEFFEL, Dr. Thomas WHEELER-SCHILLING, Dr. Marita FELDKAEMPER, EberhardKarls-University Tuebingen, Germany;
  2. Prof. Pablo ARTAL, Universidad de Murcia, Spain;
  3. PD Dr. Dietmar UTTENWEILER, Dr. Anne SEIDEMANN, Rodenstock GmbH, Munich, Germany;
  4. Dr. Jeremy A. GUGGENHEIM, Cardiff University, UK;
  5. Prof. Francois MALECAZE, Prof. Patrick CALVAS, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France;
  6. Prof. Christopher HAMMOND, Kings College London, UK;
  7. Prof. Andreas Reichenbach, University of Leipzig, Germany
Project Budget € 3.173.960,76 €
Project Website www.my-europia.net

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