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Join us in the Fight Against Niemann-Pick Type C Disease |
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ResearchCurrently Funded Grants as of 1/1/09 |
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Ara Parseghian Medical Research FoundationCurrently Funded Grants as of 7/1/09Lina Abi-Mosleh, Ph.D - NP-C Fellowship – UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - $37,500. Eric Barker Ph.D. & Val Watts Ph.D. – Associate Professors, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University – TITLE: “Development of Phenotypic Screens for Niemann-Pick Type C Disease” - $42,244. Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D. – Professor, PI and Director of the University of California, San Diego Stem Cell Program – TITLE: “Unraveling the Role of Cholesterol in Neurodegeneration: a Stem Cell Based Model of NP-C Disease” - $200,000. Paul Helquist, Ph.D. – Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame – Targeted collaboration with the Maxfield laboratory. TITLE: “Tissue Culture Models for Assessing NPC Therapies” - $80,960. Andres Klein Ph.D. – Stanford University, NP-C Fellowship – TITLE: “Understanding Niemann-Pick Type C disease-Pick type C Neurodegeneration” - $40,000. Guosheng Liang, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas – TITLE: “NPC1 and NPC2-Mediated Cholesterol Binding and Transfer in the Pathogenesis of NPC Disease” - $45,000.
Peter Lobel, Ph.D. – Professor, Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – TITLE: "Molecular Characterization NPC2 Disease" - $90,000.
Frederick Maxfield, Ph.D. – Professor and Chairman, Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University – TITLE: “Modifiers of Cholesterol Transport in NP-C Cells” - $150,000.
Massoud Motamed – UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Research Fellowship for Niemann-Pick Type C Disease - $37,500.
Daniel S. Ory, M.D. – Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology, Internal Medicine, Washington University – TITLE: “Validation of Oxidative Stress biomarkers for Niemann-Pick Type C Disease” - $200,000. Suzanne Pfeffer, Ph.D. – Professor, Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine – TITLE: “Molecular Analysis of NPC1 Protein” - $153,382. Joyce Repa, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas – TITLE: “Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms of Therapies for NPC Disease” - $90,000.
Heiko Runz, M.D. – Physician Scientist, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Germany – TITLE: “Elucidating the molecular function of novel lysosomal cholesterol storage-modifiers in NPC-disease” - $90,000.
Matthew Scott, Ph.D. – Professor, Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine – TITLE: "Analyzing Tissue-specific Functions of NPC1" - $200,000.
Judith Storch, Ph.D. – Professor, Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University – TITLE: "Cholesterol Transport by NPC2 and Cyclodextrins" - $135,429.
Jean Vance Ph.D. – Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada – TITLE: “Mobilization of Stored Cholesterol in NPC1-deficient Neurons and Glial Cells” - $100,000.
Charles Vite, D.V.M., Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine – TITLE: “Evaluating Treatment Strategies for Feline Niemann-Pick Type C Disease” - $90,000.
Hongyuan Yang, Ph.D. – Senior Lecturer, Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia – TITLE: “Sterol-dependent Interactions between Ncr1p and Osh Proteins in the Budding Yeast” - $139,287.
Nicole Yanjanin, RN – Nurse Coordinator – NP-C Natural History Study, National Institutes of Health - $111,948.
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