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Jacob Sivak
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Latest papers
The cause(s) of myopia and the efforts that have been made to prevent it.
Clinical & experimental optometry · 2012 · first author
Latest funding
- $140,000
Vertebrate Visual Optics --Ontogeny Phylogeny and Function of the Lens
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $305,000
Vertebrate visual optics: ontogeny, phylogeny and function of the lens
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
- $125,895
Digital imaging capability for NSERC sponsored, milti-user core microscope facility
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
1 publications.
The cause(s) of myopia and the efforts that have been made to prevent it.
Sivak J
Vertebrate Visual Optics --Ontogeny Phylogeny and Function of the Lens
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
Vertebrate visual optics: ontogeny, phylogeny and function of the lens
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
Digital imaging capability for NSERC sponsored, milti-user core microscope facility
Principal investigators: Spafford, David
High throughput automated DNA sequencer for shared use
Principal investigators: Muller, Kirsten
Vertebrate visual optics-phylogeny and ontogeny
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
In Vitro Testing of Cosmetics
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope for Research in Vision Science and Biology
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
Keywords: in vitro toxicology, mitochondria, lens, glaucoma, optic nerve, protein expression
Vertebrate visual optics - phylogeny and ontogeny
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
Industrial Research Chair in vitro ophthalmic toxicology
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in in-vitro Ophthalmic Toxicology
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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