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GRANTS FUNDED in 2000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


Recent Science Funding Provided by the Hereditary Disease Foundation

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Below is the list of research grants and postdoctoral fellowships funded in 2000.
(Applications are considered three times a year.)

Lieberman Award:

David Lovinger, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University for ãDevelopment of Corticostriatal Synapsis in HD Model Miceä

Milton Wexler Postdoctoral Fellowship:

Sylvia Krobitsch, Ph.D., (Mentor: Susan Lindquist, Ph.D.), University of Chicago for ãYeast as a Model System for Investigating Huntingtin Toxicity and Developing Therapeutic Strategies ã (PDF)

Grants and John J. Wasmuth Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Elizabeth Abercrombie, Ph.D., Rutgers University, for ãIn Vivo Neurochemistry of Transgenic Mouse Models of HD: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategiesä (G)

Mark Becher, Ph.D., University of New Mexico, for ãIntranuclear Neuronal Inclusions: A Novel Marker of Huntingtonâs Disease IIä (G)

Edward Bird, M.D., McLean Hospital, for ÎBrain Tissue Resource Centerä (G)

Silvia Cavagnero, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, for ãKinetic Pathways of Polyglutamine-Induced Protein Misfolding: A Systematic Investigationä (G)

Karen Marder, M.D., Columbia University, for ãHuntingtonâs Diseaseä for ãHuntingtonâs Disease Center for Research and Clinical Careä (G)

Richard Morimoto, Ph.D., Northwestern University, for ãThe Molecular Genetics of Polyglutamine Aggregate Toxicityä (G)

David Sulzer, Ph.D., Columbia University, for ãEffect of Expanded CAG Repeats in Axon 1 of the Huntingtonâs Disease Gene in Postnatal Cultureä (G )

 

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