FY2021 – Small Grant Awardees
Ghazaleh Ashrafi, Cellular Biology & Physiology – “Post-translational regulation of mitochondrial metabolism at the synapse”
Thomas Papouin, Neuroscience – “Cholinergic signaling in astrocytes and implications to cognitive therapies”
Rithwick Rajagopal, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences – “Synaptic lipid reconfiguration in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy”
Lavina Sheets, Otolaryngology – “Development of an in vivo model system for the study of sensory afferent regeneration”
Michael Wong, Neurology – “Vascular mechanisms of epileptogenesis in a mouse model of a genetic epilepsy”
FY2020 – Small Grant Awardees
Joseph Corbo, Pathology & Immunology – “Evaluating the differentiation potential of naive human pluripotent stem cells and their suitability for testing a re-programming-based therapy for blindness”
Sonika Dahiya, Pathology & Immunology – “Molecular characterization of adolescent diffuse gilomas”
Rafael Galindo, Neurology – “Neurofunctional effects of NMNAT overexpression and SARM depletion in newborn hypoxia-ischemia”
Angela Hirbe, Medical Oncology – “The role of ASCT2 as a diagnostic marker and target in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors”
Sebla Kutluay, Molecular Microbiology – “Innate immune responses against HIV-1 infection in human stem cell-derived microglia”
Mayssa Mokalled, Developmental Biology – “Mechanisms of adult neurogenesis during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish”
Philip Williams, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences – “In vivo biosensor imaging of neuronal response to trauma in the mouse retina”
Wayne Yokoyama, Rheumatology – “Mechanistic insights into the pathogenesis of neurosarcoidosis”
FY2019 – Small Grant Awardees
Umeshkumar Athiraman, Anesthesiology – “Isoflurane conditioning for SAH-induced delayed cerebral ischemia: role of nitric oxide synthase”
Valeria Cavalli, Neuroscience – “Defining the transcriptional profile and functional role of mouse and human satellite glial cells”
Albert Davis, Neurology – “Measuring alpha-synuclein in brain interstitial fluid in models of synucleinopathy”
Oscar Harari, Psychiatry – “Characterization of the brain cellular population structure altered in Alzheimer’s disease”
Terrance Kummer, Neurology – “Synaptic mechanisms of circuit dysfunction in traumatic brain injury”
Durga Mohapatra, Anesthesiology – “Neurobiology of bone cancer pain via tumor-nerve redox crosstalk involving TRPA-1 and Nav channels”
Matthew Wood, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery – “Dissecting the regulation of IL-4 production during nerve regeneration across scaffolds”
Hiroko Yano, Neurosurgery – “Role of DNA methyltransferases in Huntington’s disease pathogenesis”
FY2018 – Small Grant Awardees
Rajendra Apte, Ophthalmology – “MicroRNA driven cell fate programming in retinal degeneration”
Robert Gereau, Anesthesiology – “Regulation of somatosensory connectivity by trans-synaptic interactions between neurexins and neuroligins”
Lawrence Snyder, Neuroscience – “The neural origins of correlated oxygen fluctuations in cortex”
Lila Solnica-Krezel, Developmental Biology – “Functions of dachsous and fat atypical cadherins in telencephalic neuronal migration”
Paul Taghert, Neuroscience – “Genetic analysis of GPCR signaling controlling circadian time measurement in Drosophila”
FY2017 – Small Grant Awardees
Milan Chheda, Molecular Oncology – “Developing an in vivo RNAi screening system for transcriptional regulators of glioblastoma”
Joseph Culver, Radiology – “Wide-field two-photon microscopy for mapping functional connectivity in mice”
Gilbert Gallardo, Neurology – “Engineering anti-tau single-chain fragment variables to investigate tau pathogenesis and for an immunotherapeutic approach in Alzheimer’s disease”
Phyllis Hanson, Cell Biology – “Trafficking itineraries leading to Abeta generation”
Kristen Kroll, Developmental Biology – “Dysregulation of the cortical interneuron transcriptome in epileptic encephalopathies”
Kelly Monk, Developmental Biology – “Elucidating the role of neuronal mtor in Schwann cell development”
Jose Moron-Concepcion, Anesthesiology – “Dissecting the neural circuits involved in the effects of pain on opioid addiction”
FY2016 – Small Grant Awardees
Joseph Ackerman, Radiology – “Quantitative MRI mapping of brain tissue oxygen”
Celeste Karch, Psychiatry – “The role of MAPT mutations on tau kinetics in a human neuronal model of frontotemporal dementia”
Liviu Mirica, Chemistry – Novel radioimaging agents for amyloid beta peptide aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease”
Joshua Rubin, Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology – “Role of fetal-in-maternal microchimeric cells in glioblastoma biology”
Mark Rutherford, Otolaryngology – “Effects of agin and noise exposure on the molecular anatomy of synaptic transmission and spike generation in the mammalian cochlea”
Gregory Zipfel, Neurosurgery – “Role of MMP-9 in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced delayed cerebral ischemia”
FY2021 – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awardees
Nicole Leitner, Biology – “The neurogenetics of a polymorphic neural circuit”
Bridget Matikainen-Ankney, Psychiatry – “Understanding the neurobiological basis for why weight loss increases food motivation is critical for achieving lasting weight loss”
Mohini Sengupta, Neuroscience – “Gain control in motor circuits: The curious case of coincident inhibition”
Lu Zhao, Biomedical Engineering – “The mechanism of Sonogentics-mediated neuromodulation through the activating of mechanosensitive ion channels”
FY2020 – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awardees
Oshri Avraham, Neuroscience – “Fatty acid synthesis in satellite glial cell promotes regenerative growth in sensory neurons”
Fabia Filipello, Neurology – “IPSCs-derived human microglia to study the role of TREM2 in neurodegenerative diseases”
Maud Gratuze, Neurology – “Impact of TREM2 variant on Tau pathology and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease”
Marcos Matamoros Campos, Cell Biology and Physiology – “Molecular mechanisms of ion selectivity and drug binding in potassium channels”
Chi Sun, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences – “Development of a therapeutic strategy for genetic disorders in retinal neurons”
FY2019 – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awardees
Hong Jun Cho, Chemistry – “Bifunctional chelators as theranostic tools for metal ion-amyloid beta species interactions in Alzheimer’s disease”
Zengqin Deng, Cell Biology and Physiology – “Structure and mechanism of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 channel”
Ning Shen, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences – “Control of plasticity in retinal bipolar cells”
FY2018 – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awardees
Antonietta Franco, Pharmocogenomics – “Small molecules for therapeutic targeting of mitofusins in neurodegenerative disease”
FY2017 – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awardees
Alexis Hill, Biology – “The role of KCNH2 in modulating neuronal excitability and seizure susceptibility”
Aaron Mickle, Anesthesiology – “Wireless monitoring and optogenetic modulation of bladder function”
Yuan Pan, Neurology – “Defining the mechanisms underlying CCL5 regulation of glioblastoma growth”
Darshan Sapkota, Genetics – “The regulation and significance of translational readthrough in the brain”
FY2016 – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awardees
Ju Huang, Anatomy and Neurobiology – “Regulation of synaptic plasticity by a novel Cdh1-APC/FMRP ubiquitin pathway”
Dario Maschi, Cell Biology and Physiology – “Nanoscale resolution analysis of synaptic vesicle dysfunction in fragile X syndrome”
Debajit Saha, Biomedical Engineering – “The mechanisms and roles of functional changes in a sensory pathway due to nanoparticle interactions”
Jung Shin, Developmental Biology – “Studies on novel regulatory genes for axon regeneration”
Min-Yu Sun, Psychiatry – “Insights into the nature of a novel endogenous neuromodulator, and may spur oxysterol-related therapeutic drug development”
Matthew Toomey, Pathology and Immunology – “The optimization of color vision through selective carotenoid metabolism”