Research Grant Award Summaries
The following received research grant funding from the National Ataxia Foundation for the fiscal year of 2005. A summary of the research studies will be published in Generations in 2006.
- Deranged calcium signaling in SCA 3 neurons, Ilya Bezprozvanny, PhD
- PolyQ proteins and pre-mRNA splicing, Michael D Herbert, PhD
- Function of the multifunctional protein BAG! In SCA-3 pathology, Pawel Kermer, MD
- The pathogenesis of hereditary ataxia, Arnulf H Koeppen, MD
- Genomic mouse models of spinocerebellar ataxia, Parvoneh Poorkaj Navas, BS, PhD
- Understanding Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Punett Opal, MD, PhD
- Web Access of the National Ataxia Database and a Pilot Epidemiologic Study, Susan L Perlman, MD
- Mutation Analysis of the KCNC3 Voltage Gated Potassium Channel in Sporadic and Familial Ataxias, Stefan M Pulst, MD
- Molecular Genetic Characterization of the spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 (SCA 5), Laura PW Ranum, PhD
- Mechanisms of ataxin-1 mediated cytotoxicity, Chih-Cheng Tsai, PhD
- Cooperative Ataxia Registry,George R Wilmot, MD, PhD
- Immune reactivity to synapsin in the ataxia associated with gluten sensitivity, Armin Alaedini, PhD
- Tools for SCA 1 Therapeutics, Kerri Carlson, PhD
- Somatic instability in the pathogenesis and treatment of Friedreich ataxia, Irene De Biase, MD, PhD
- Disease-regulated RNA interference for Spinal Ataxia Type 1 therapy, Gumei Liu, PhD
- Late Onset Ataxia Due to a CGG Repeat Expansion in the FMR1 Gene, Greg Mayeur, PhD
- Generating a conditional knockout mouse to investigate the functional necessity of MJD1, the causative gene for Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3, in mammals, Sokal V Todi, PhD
- Characterization of frataxin's function in stress response taking advantage of the C.elegans model system, Natascia Ventura, MD, PhD
