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GRANTS FUNDED in 2002

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 2002.
(Applications are considered three times a year.)

Lieberman Award:

Russell Margolis, M.D., John Hopkins University, ãUnderstanding theee (Mentor: the the the Mechanism of Polyglutamine Neurotoxicity.ä

Milton Wexler Postdoctoral Fellowship:

Cindy Voisine, Ph.D., (Mentor: Ann Hart), Massachusetts General Hospital, for ãUnderstanding the Mechanism of Polyglutamine Neurotoxicityä

Grants and John J. Wasmuth Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Ottavio Ariancio, Ph.D., Nathan Kline Institute, for ãReversible Cognitive Impairment in Conditional Huntingtonâs Diseaseä (G)

Craig Bailey, Ph.D., (Mentor: Gail Johnson), University of Alabama at Birmingham, for ãRole of Tissue Transglutaminase in Mouse Models of HDä (PDF)

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

Patrik Brundin, Ph.D., Lund University, for ãChanges in Synaptic Function in the R6 Transgenic Mouse Model of Huntingtonâs Diseaseä (G)

Yury Chernoff, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, for ãRole of Protein Interactions Polyglutamine Toxicity in the Yeast Modelä (G)

Nicole Deglon, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, for ãAssessment of Lesion Specificityä (G)

Claire-Anne Gutekunst, Ph.D., Emory University, for ãTopographic, Cellular and Subcellular Localization of Huntington Interactors in Control and HD Tissueä (G)

Susan Jones, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, for ãInvestigation of Early Changes in Corticostriatal Synaptic Transmission in Presynaptic Transgenic Mouse Models (G)

Kimberly Kegel, Ph.D., (Mentor: Marian DiFiglia) Massachusetts General Hospital, for ãUnderstanding Early Dystrophic Alterations in HDä (PDF)

Karen Marder, Ph.D., Columbia University, for ãCenter for Research and Clinical Careä (G)

Michael Mihm, Ph.D., (Mentors: John A. Bauer and Kari Hoyt) Ohio State University, for ãCardiac Failure in HDä (PDF)

Quentin Pankhurst, Ph.D., University of College London, for ãRole of Magnetic Biomineralization in HDä (G)

Tzu-Kang Sang, Ph.D., (Mentor: George Jackson), University of California, Los Angeles, for ãp47 and p97 as Potential Modifiers of HDä (PDF)

Akira Sawa, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, for ãRole of Gylceraldehyes-3 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDSH) in HD Pathologyä (G)

Ira Shoulson, M.D., University of Rochester, for ãMinocycline in HD Trialsä (G)

George Yohrling, Ph.D., (Mentor: Jang-Ho Cha, M.D., Ph.D.) Massachusetts General Hospital, for ãAlterations of the Histone Code in HDä (PDF)

Hui Zhou, Ph.D., (Mentor: Xiao-Jiang Li), Emory University, for ãCharacterization of N-Terminal Huntingtin Fragmentsä (PDF)

 

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