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GRANTS FUNDED in 2001

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012


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 2001.
(Applications are considered three times a year.)

During 2001, the Hereditary Disease Foundation voted
to fund four grants and six postdoctoral fellowships.
The funded grants and fellowships follow:

Investigator Name

Institution

Project Type

Project Title

Ariano, Marjorie University of Chicago Medical School Grant Potassium channel alterations in mouse models of HD
Cantrell, Angela University of Tennessee Health Science Center Grant Voltage-gated calcium channels and HD
Cattaneo, Elena University of Milan Grant Adenosine in HD: characterization of the adenosine-dopamine system in transgenic striatal cells and human tissue
Chan, Ho Yin Edwin University of Pennsylvania PDF Molecular Characterization of Suppresors of polyglutamine degeneration mutants Su (Poly Q) in Drosophila
Cheatum, Christopher Massachusetts Institute of Technology PDF A Molecular Structure Study of huntingtin Fibrils Associated with HD
Furnandez-Funez, Pedro Baylor College of Medicine PDF A Drosophila model for the identification of genes involved in HD pathogenesi
Hafiz, Farida University of Cambridge PDF Does autophagy contribute to neuronal pathology induced by polyglutamine expansions in HD?
Hou, Ya-Ming Thomas Jefferson University Grant A tRNA Based Approach to HD
Hoyt, Kari Ohio State University PDF Glutamate receptor-mediated injury in primary neurons cultured fom HD transgenic mice
Krainc, Dimitri Massachusetts General hospital

 

Receptor Gene Transcription in HD
Lesort, Mathieu University of Alabama at Birmingham Grant Mutant Huntingtin Compromises Mitochondrial Function
Margolis, Russel John Hopkins University School of Medicine Grant Molecular etiology of a novel disorder identical to HD
Monckton, Darren University of Glasgow Grant Development of a mammalian in vitro tissue culture model of DNA instability to identify factors that modify triplet repeat metabolism
Palladino, Michael University of Wisconsin Madison PDF Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
Slepko, Natalie University of California Irvine PDF A functional interaction between CREB-binding protein (CBP) and mutant huntingtin in Drosophila
Tartakoff, Alan Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Grant Regulators of Stiatal Neurogenesis

 

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