Fellowships Funded by the
NNPDF and CCNNPDF
(To see a listing of the Research Grants jointly sponsored by the NNPDF and CCNNPDF, click here.)
(To see a listing of the Clinical Research and Services funded by the NNPDF, click here.)
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| 8 | 9/2011 - 9/2012 |
Andrew Munkacsi, Ph.D. |
Defining the molecular basis of HDAC inhibitors to treat murine, feline, and human models of NPC $50,000 Jointly sponsored by NNPDF and CCNNPDF In progress |
(Updates to be posted every six months) |
| 7 | 9/2010 - 9/2013 |
Dorothea Maetzel, Ph.D. Sponsor: Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D. (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Cambridge, Massachusetts; USA) |
In Vitro modelling of Niemann-Pick type C Disease Using Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Received third year extension of additional $50,000 |
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| 6 | 9/2010 - 9/2013 |
Nicholas Cianciola, Ph.D. Sponsor: Cathleen Carlin, Ph.D. (School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, Ohio; USA) |
Activation of an alternative cholesterol homeostatic mechanism in NPC Received third year extension of additional $50,000 |
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| 5 | 4/2010 - 4/2012 |
Fabrizio Vacca, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Professor Jean Gruenberg (University of Geneva, Switzerland) |
Analysis of cholesterol export from purified endosomes in NPC cellular models $100,000 Jointly sponsored by NNPDF and CCNPDF In progress |
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| 4 | 9/2009 - 9/2011 | Ian Williams, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Professor Fran Platt (University of Oxford, UK) |
Neurobiology of Purkinje Cells in NPC1 $100,000 |
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3 |
9/15/2004 - 9/14/2006 |
Nobutaka Ohgami, Ph.D. |
Demonstration of NPC1 as a lipid binding protein in Vitro |
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2 |
3/15/2003 - 3/14/2005 |
Heng-Ling Liou, Ph.D. |
The Role of NPC2 (Niemann-Pick Disease Type C2) Protein in Lysosomal Cholesterol Trafficking |
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1 |
3/15/2003 - 3/14/2005 |
Amit Kumar Choudhury, Ph.D. |
Reduction of Lipid Accumulation in Niemann-Pick Fibroblasts by Modulation of Membrane Trafficking |
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