Coordination Funds

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Knut Stieger
• Subject Area: Ophthalmology
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 399499939

The research priority program SPP2127 aims at developing gene and cell based therapies to treat inherited retinal diseases. Not only new approaches in both field will be worked at but scientist are also characterizing factors influencing the outcome of the therapy and develop new clinical readout parameter for subsequent use in clinical trials.The coordination fonds aims at supporting networking and cooperation between the different groups funded within the SPP. A major goal is to support young scientists. These goals will be accomplished by organizing meetings, summer schools and lab exchanges as well as by providing seed funding for two new projects. Funding for gender equality measures is available upon request to support female scientists.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 2127: Gene and cell based therapies to counteract neuroretinal degeneration