2019-2020 Faculty Awardees
Fall 2019
CANCER RESEARCH COLLABORATION OF EXCELLENCE (formerly Center of Excellence) - SECOND-YEAR AWARD
($50,000/year for two years, totaling $100,000)
Pancreatic Cancer Research Collaboration of Excellence
Stefan Bossmann, Chemistry, Principal Investigator
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARDS
(Awarded: $142,500 - Requested: $255,909)
Katsura Asano, Biology ($23,000)
The role of eIF5-mimic protein (5MP) and non-AUG translation in cancer evolution
Ping Li, Chemistry ($21,000)
Unravelling carcinogenesis of OLA1 N-terminal methylation
Dong Lin, Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering ($20,000)
Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis Study based on 3D Printed Biomimetic Hydroxylapatite Structure with Hierarchical and Interconnected Porosity
Jocelyn McDonald, Biology ($25,000)
Targeting adhesion proteins to inhibit collective tumor invasion
Nora Springer, Diagnostic Med/Path ($13,500)
Establishing the dog as a model of childhood obesity for cancer prevention research
Peter Sues, Chemistry ($25,000)
Expanding the Catalytic Toolbox for Cancer Drug Discovery - Developing Iron-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Govind Vediyappan, Biology ($15,000)
Decoding the inhibitory mechanism of Candida albicans-Streptococcus gordonii biofilms to prevent opportunistic infections in cancer patients.
FLOSSIE WEST BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AWARD
(Direct Gift $100,000)
Anna Zolkiewska, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Immunotherapies for Breast Cancer
EQUIPMENT AWARD
Om Prakash, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics ($35,000)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance machine
TRAVEL AWARD
Om Prakash, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics ($500)
Global Instittue of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kashipur, India and Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India
Spring 2020
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARDS
(Awarded: $67,700 - Requested: $190,560)
Masaaki Tamura, Anatomy & Physiology ($20,700)
Cancer-targeted dendritic cell-based immunotherapy with PD-L1 inhibitory peptide for the treatment of lung cancer
Brad Olson, Biology ($25,000)
RB-dependent cell cycle arrest in response to DNA damage via the ATM/ATR pathway
Christer Aakeroy, Chemistry ($12,000)
Exploring co-crystallization technologies for improving biopharmaceutical properties of anti-cancer drugs
Revathi Govind, Biology ($10,000)
Role of Sin regulators in Clostridioides difficile sporulation
FLOSSIE WEST BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AWARD
(Direct Gift $100,000)
Anna Zolkiewska, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Immunotherapies for Breast Cancer
EQUIPMENT AWARDS
(Awarded: $55,814 - Requested: $76,814)
Cell Sorter, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology ($40,000)
Michi Tobler, Biology ($8,000)
Cage Washer Repair
Ping Li, Chemistry ($7,814)
Partial support for Widefield Fluorescent Microscope Imager, Chemistry Fluorescent Microscope Core Facility
FACULTY TRAVEL AWARD
All travel canceled