Dr Rosica Petrova, from the Molecular Vision Cluster in the Department of Physiology, has been awarded an AMRF project grant entitled ‘Membrane trafficking of AQP3: A mechanism to regulate antioxidant pathways in the lens”.
This grant will investigate the role of the intriguing water channel protein Aquaporin (AQP) 3 in transporting the oxidizing agent H2O2 and how it contributes to the antioxidant response of the lens of the eye. Its findings will further our basic understanding of redox regulation in the front of the eye – information that is urgently required to develop therapies to reduce the incidence of age-related eye diseases such as cataracts and glaucoma that are known to be initiated by oxidative stress.
Congratulations Rosica!