EUROPEAN GLAUCOMA RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ACCELERATING THE APPROACH TO ADVANCED GLAUCOMA
Glaucoma is the most common age-related neurodegenerative eye disease in Western society and one of the four major eye diseases causing blindness. Unfortunately, current treatments can only slow the deterioration but do not halt or reverse the process. Despite the efforts of the early detection and treatment of the disease, currently, approximately 15% of all glaucoma patients in the EU still become bilaterally blind.
Our European MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE Doctoral Network (DN) EGRET-AAA (‘European Glaucoma REsearch Training program for Accelerating the Approach to Advanced Glaucoma‘) will focus specifically on finding solutions for those patients suffering from advanced glaucoma. We aim to bring revolutionary therapies for protecting and restoring vision in patients with advanced glaucoma a significant step closer to clinical deployment.
LATEST NEWS
Guten tag from the 5th EGRET-AAA workshop in Oldenburg
As we have crossed the 3rd and final year of the EGRET-AAA training program, we look back on the scientific highlights of the 5th EGRET-AAA workshop which took place on 29 September - 2 October 2025 in Oldenburg, Germany! This city is home to our DC Hassan and the...
EGRET-AAA going transatlantic for ARVO!
As researchers in ophthalmology there is only one conference that wears the crown, and that is ARVO's annual meeting. It is the biggest global gathering for eye and vision scientists. Within the crowd of more than 10,900+ attendees, you could also find four familiar...
OUR NETWORK
OUR MISSION
We want to bring revolutionary therapies for protecting and restoring vision in patients with advanced glaucoma a significant step closer to clinical deployment.
OUR PROJECTS
Joint-doctorates can work on 15 project available in academia, at medical institutes and high-tech companies in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Norway
OUR TRAINING
We offer our joint-doctorates a 3-years multidisciplinary PhD training consisting of several secondments and high-level training courses and workshops throughout Europe
OUR CONSORTIUM
EGRET-AAA consists of 24 members amongst which world-class experts in ophthalmology, ophthalmogenetics, molecular biology, visual neuroscience, and technology
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Tree planting Initiative
Our tree planting initiative aims to enhance environmental considerations, by accounting for any travel DC’s take as a result of work. We already follow MSCA Green Charter rules, however, these rules only promote green transport options, but don’t account for carbon footprint produced. In our initiative, we try to directly offset our collective carbon footprint by planting an amount of trees based on distance and modes of transport.
See for information: https://onetreeplanted.org/
