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Cynthia Qian
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Latest papers
PCDH12 variants are associated with basal ganglia anomalies and exudative vitreoretinopathy.
European journal of medical genetics · 2022
Reduced Contrast Sensitivity in Young Adults Who Had Retinopathy of Prematurity.
Ophthalmology. Retina · 2022
Dissecting the signaling events that impact classical nuclear import and target nuclear transport factors.
PloS one · 2009
Latest funding
- $3,688,610
OPTICS: Ophthalmology Platform Towards Innovation in Clinical Solutions
CFI · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $71,552
Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens
FRQS · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $30,000
Établissement de jeunes chercheurs cliniciens
FRQS · 2022 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
PCDH12 variants are associated with basal ganglia anomalies and exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Accogli A, El Kosseifi C, Saint-Martin C, Addour-Boudrahem N, Rivière JB, Toffoli D, Lopez I, Qian C, Koenekoop RK, Srour M
Reduced Contrast Sensitivity in Young Adults Who Had Retinopathy of Prematurity.
Zhou TE, Kassis PO, Qian C, Bérubé-Thevenet R, Chappaz A, Hamel P, Chemtob S, Nuyt AM, Luu TM
Dissecting the signaling events that impact classical nuclear import and target nuclear transport factors.
Kodiha M, Tran D, Morogan A, Qian C, Stochaj U
Oxidative stress mislocalizes and retains transport factor importin-alpha and nucleoporins Nup153 and Nup88 in nuclei where they generate high molecular mass complexes.
Kodiha M, Tran D, Qian C, Morogan A, Presley JF, Brown CM, Stochaj U
OPTICS: Ophthalmology Platform Towards Innovation in Clinical Solutions
Principal investigators: Benjamin Haley, Przemyslaw Sapieha
Keywords: genetic engineering, retina, non-viral vectors, CRISPR, ocular imaging, therapeutics, pharmacology, drug development, neurodegenerative disease, vasculopathies microscope, liquid handler, High-content imaging, Multi-Electrode Array
Chercheurs-boursiers cliniciens
Principal investigators: Qian, Cynthia
Keywords: DYSTROPHIE RETINIENNE, DEGENERESCENCE RETINIENNE, RETINOPATHIE DU PREMATURE, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIE, IMAGERIE MULTIMODALE, VIEILLISSEMENT; Vieillissement; Vision; Génétique et hérédité
Établissement de jeunes chercheurs cliniciens
Principal investigators: Qian, Cynthia
Keywords: Non disponible
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.
Frequent collaborators
- Myriam Srour and Andrea Accogli: 19 shared papers
- Sylvain Chemtob and Anne Nuyt: 11 shared papers
- Ursula Stochaj and John Presley: 5 shared papers
- Claire Brown and Ursula Stochaj: 3 shared papers
- Anne Nuyt and Patrick Hamel: 3 shared papers
- Sylvain Chemtob and Patrick Hamel: 2 shared papers
- Ursula Stochaj and Cynthia Qian: 2 shared papers
- Sylvain Chemtob and Robert Koenekoop: 1 shared paper
- Sylvain Chemtob and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Claire Brown and John Presley: 1 shared paper
- Claire Brown and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Anne Nuyt and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Robert Koenekoop and Myriam Srour: 1 shared paper
- Robert Koenekoop and Andrea Accogli: 1 shared paper
- Robert Koenekoop and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Robert Koenekoop and Daniela Toffoli: 1 shared paper
- Myriam Srour and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Myriam Srour and Daniela Toffoli: 1 shared paper
- John Presley and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Accogli and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Accogli and Daniela Toffoli: 1 shared paper
- Patrick Hamel and Cynthia Qian: 1 shared paper
- Cynthia Qian and Daniela Toffoli: 1 shared paper
- Faculté de médecine - Département d'ophtalmologie
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Human Genetics
- Pediatrics
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Department of Pediatrics
Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Ursula Stochaj
Department of Physiology
2 shared papers, latest 2009
Daniela Toffoli
Faculté de médecine - Département d'ophtalmologie
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Claire Brown
Department of Physiology
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Anne Nuyt
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Robert Koenekoop
Department of Human Genetics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Myriam Srour
Department of Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
John Presley
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Andrea Accogli
Department of Human Genetics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Sylvain Chemtob
Faculté de médecine - Département d'ophtalmologie
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Patrick Hamel
Faculté de médecine - Département d'ophtalmologie
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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