{"id":345,"date":"2019-01-31T22:54:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T22:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/product-research-lab\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:51:06","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.uthscsa.edu\/chen\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Active<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NIH RO1 EY032898 (09\/2022~06\/2027, role: PI), Title: The role of transducin- and melanopsin-independent phototransduction in postnatal retinal development.<\/p>\n<p>NIH RO1 EY034219 (09\/2022~06\/2027, role: PI), Title: The role of wide-field amacrine cells in mammalian retina.<\/p>\n<p>UTHealth-Houston RO1 EY024376 subcontract (05\/2023~04\/2026, role: co-PI), Title: Role of T-box transcriptional regulators in the development of RGC subtypes.<\/p>\n<p>Retina Research Foundation Research Grant (01\/2024~12\/2026, role: PI), Title: Novel human Oguchi disease mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>UT STARs (12\/2023~11\/2026, role: PI), Title: Heterotrimeric G-protein signaling in Vision: a genetic, biochemical, electrophysiological, and behavioral approach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alice McPherson Retina Research Foundation Endowed Chair (01\/2014-02\/2023)<\/p>\n<p>NIH RO1 EY013811 (07\/2002~12\/2019, role: PI), Title: Recovery of Phototransduction.<\/p>\n<p>NIH RO1 EY026930 (09\/2017~08\/2022, role: contact PI), Title: Mechanisms, functions, and utility of neuronal oscillation in deafferentated retina.<\/p>\n<p>NIH RO1 EY022228 (08\/2012~07\/2017, role: PI), Title: The role of Gbeta5 and R7RGS protein in vision.<\/p>\n<p>Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., Career Development Award (07\/2002~04\/2005, role: PI). 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