Primary Recipient

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

Amount

$225,000.00

Award Date

9/27/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Examines the activity of the protein Echinoid, which regulates both the number and type of photoreceptors present in the Drosophila retina to further the goal of being able to replace photoreceptors in people with retinal degeneration.