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2004-2006 RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS |
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ANGIOGENESIS
Anat Erdreich-Epstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
"Ceramide in Integrin Signaling in Brain Tumor Angiogenesis"
APOPTOSIS
Jianke Zhang, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
"Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis in Normal and Malignant Cells"
BREAST CANCER
Kathleen Goss, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati, Ohio
"The APC Tumor Suppressor: Function in Breast Apithelial Cells"
William Schiemann, Ph.D.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver
"Impact of Integrins on Breast Cancer Cell Responses to TGF-ß"
David Thomas, Ph.D., FRACP
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Australia
"The role of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in early breast cancer"
BREAST/COLORECTAL CANCER
Osamu Tetsu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
"Cyclin D1 stability in cancer cells"
BREAST/LUNG CANCER
Fengzhi Li, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
"Validation of a New Approach for Lung Cancer Treatment"
CANCER GENETICS
Weiguo Cao, Ph.D.
Clemson University, South Carolina
"Biochemical Investigation of Novel DNA Repair Activities"
Neil Hunter, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
"Molecular Roles of Proteins Involved in the Regulation of Homologous Recombination"
CANCER GENETICS (LEUKEMIA)
David P. Toczyski, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
"Identification of proteins that relocalize in responsive DNA damage"
CELL BIOLOGY
Lisa M. Petti, Ph.D.
Albany Medical College, New York
"Negative-Feedback Responses to PDGF Receptor Activation in Mortal Human Fibroblasts"
William R. Taylor, Ph.D.
The University of Toledo, Ohio
"Regulation of the G2/M transition by tumor suppressor p53"
IMMUNOLOGY
Elena Voronov, M.D., Ph.D.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
"The role of host and tumor cell derived interleukin-1 (IL-1) in chemical-induced carcinogenesis and tumor invasiveness"
LEUKEMIA
Georgina Clark, Ph.D.
Mater Medical Research Institute, Australia
"Molecules belonging to the CMRF-35 Family as potential targets for antibody mediated therapies for Acute Myeloid Leukemia"
Robert C. Rickert, Ph.D.
The Burnham Institute, La Jolla
"Parallel functions for STAT3 in B-CLL and B-1 B cells"
LYMPHOMA
Barbara L. Kee, Ph.D.
University of Chicago, Illinois
"Analysis of E2A function in T-lymphocyte development and the suppression of T-cell lymphoma"
MELANOMA
Jie Li, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Miami
"A novel endothelial/epithelial laminin-10 in the angiogenesis and progression of human malignant melanomas"
Heidi A. Tissenbaum, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
"Understanding the link between RecQ helicases and cancer"
NEUROBLASTOMA
Leonid Metelitsa, M.D., Ph.D.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
"Natural killer T and Natural killer Cell Localization in Neuroblastoma"
PROSTATE CANCER
Steven D. Hartson, Ph.D.
Oklahoma State University
"Hsp90as a Target for Anti-cancer Drugs"
Susan K. Logan, Ph.D.
New York University
"Intersection of the androgen receptor and growth factor receptor signaling pathways in prostate cancer"
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ONGOING RESEARCH ENDOWMENTS |
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George Klein, M.D.
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm Sweden
Eitan Yefenof, Ph.D.
Lautenberg Center
Jerusalem, Israel
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SPECIAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES |
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Early Detection in Pancreatic Cancer
Teri Brentnall
University of Washington
Undergraduate Summer Intern Stipends
Lautenberg Center, Israel
Eitan Yefenof, Ph.D.
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