Recently Awarded Research Grants

Title of Project: Optimization of Leptin Receptor Antagonist Peptides (LPA) and Studies on Bioavailability and Efficacy in a Tumor Model
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Leavis
Granting Agency: Cancer Research- UK
Grant Period: 02/01/08-01/31/10

Title of Project: Regulation of Normal and Diseased Cardiac Ca2+ Channels
Principal Investigator: Dr. Noriaki Ikemoto
Granting Agency: NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Grant Period: 02/06/08-11/30/11

Title of Project: Development of a Novel Class of Drugs for Combating Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Principal Investigator: Dr. Henry Paulus
Granting Agency: The Potts Memorial Foundation
Grant Period: 11/01/07-10/31/08

Title of Project: Role of Myosin 1c in Adaptation in the Inner Ear
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lynne Coluccio
Granting Agency: NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Grant Period: 08/15/07-08/14/09

Title of PPG Core: Dynamics of the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cytoskeleton, Core B
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Leavis
Granting Agency: NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Grant Period: 07/10/07-06/30/12

Title of Project: Role of Co-Chaperone, BAG3, in Muscle Degeneration Under Physiological Stress
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shinichi Takayama
Granting Agency: NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Grant Period: 05/08/07-04/30/11