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Elucidating pathways from hereditary Alzheimer mutations to pathological tau phenotypes

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We propose to elucidate pathways of genes that lead from early causes to later defects in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which is common, fatal, and for which no effective disease-modifying drugs…

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Misregulated Mitophagy in Parkinsonian Neurodegeneration

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Parkinson’s disease (PD), is one of the leading causes of disabilities and death and afflicting millions of people worldwide. Effective treatments are desperately needed but the underlying molecular and cellular…

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Human iPSC modeling and therapeutics for degenerative peripheral nerve disease

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The applicant is an MD/PhD trained physician scientist, whose clinical expertise is neuromuscular disorders including peripheral nerve disease. The proposal is aimed at providing a research proposal and career development…

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The HD iPSC Consortium: Repeat Length Dependent Phenotypes for Assay Development

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Epithelial progenitors and the stromal niche as therapeutic targets in lung disease

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Chronic lung disease is an enormous societal and medical problem in California and the nation as a whole, representing the third most likely cause of death. Treatment costs were $389.2…

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Mapping and modeling endothelial cell fate decisions for pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Research Objective We will build a foundational model and experimental platform to catalog all genes that promote and protect against PAH, with the potential to extend to many other developmental…

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Lewy body dementia, 𝛼-synuclein, and cell-specific mechanisms of neurodegeneration

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Research Objective We will generate insights about mechanisms by which 𝛼-synuclein leads to neurodegeneration of the forebrain and substantia nigra, regions affected in Lewy body dementias and Parkinson disease. Impact…

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Neuroimmune interactions in the developing human brain

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Research Objective This project will identify mechanisms by which immune cells regulate human brain development, and use stem cell derived models to identify pathological changes induced by congenital virus infection.…

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Investigating the SGF29/SAGA complex in regulation of normal and cancer stem cells

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Research Objective This study will address gaps in our understanding of how normal and cancer stem cells differ in their epigenetic states, helping develop new cancer-stem-cell-targeting therapis. Impact The long-term…

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Village-based identification of human risk factors for viral neuropathogenesis

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Research Objective We will identify the risk factors underlying viral infections of the fetal brain using a novel human stem cell-based platform that has the potential to accelerate basic and…

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