Faculty Award Recipients
Spring 2021
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARDS
(Awarded: $43,000 - Requested: $66,000)
Viktor Chikan, Chemistry ($18,000)
Pulse magnetic field induced drug release from hard silica magnetic rattle cages
Peter Sues, Chemistry ($25,000)
Designing new tools for cancer drug discovery: Iron Olefin metathesis catalysts
LINDERS FAMILY CANCER RESEARCH EXPANSION AWARDS
Stephanie Shames, Biology ($12,500)
Proteasome activator (PA)28ab as a therapeutic target for acute myeloid leukemia
Kalyani Pyaram, Biology ($7,500)
Role of anti-oxidant pathway proteins Keap1 and Nrf2 in anti-tumor effector functions of CD8+ T-cells
CANCER RESEARCH COLLABORATION OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
($50,000/year for two years, totaling $100,000)
Tumor Microenvironment Collaboration
Brad Behnke, Kinesiology, Principal Investigator
(more info coming soon)
Fall 2020
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARDS
(Awarded: $52,500 - Requested: $139,573)
Zhilong Yang, Biology ($25,000)
A Combination of Asparaginase and Vaccinia Virus Oncolysis for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
Scott Fan, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering ($25,000)
Metastasis-on-a-Chip: Electro-Microfluidic Manufacturing and 3D Cell Coculture for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis
Alex Tung Memorial IRA for Embryonal Rhabdomysarcoma
Mark Weiss, Anatomy & Physiology ($2,500 for preliminary study)
Using Extracellular Vesicles to Detect Rhabdomyosarcoma: Evaluating Safety and Efficacy
FLOSSIE WEST BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AWARD
(Direct Gift $100,000)
Anna Zolkiewska, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Immunotherapies for Breast Cancer
2019-2020, 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13, Spring 2012
