The Kumar Lab, led by Dr. Justin Kumar in the Department of Biology, has received a grant from the National Eye Institute totaling $1.5 million to continue their work using the fly eye to model diseases of the human retina. Drosophila melanogaster, or the common fruit fly, has been used for over 100 years to study the development and physiology of diseases.
Kumar Lab receives $1.5M to continue Drosophila melanogaster research
