research by Yale scientists, center
Twelve Yale stem cell research proposals received $5.66 million in funding
from the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee.
T H I S
The grants were among $10 million awarded on April 2 to Connecticut-based scientists
in the second year of the state’s 10-year, $100 million grant program
to fund stem cell research.
Connecticut received 87 proposals from scientists who were seeking more than
$40 million under the highly competitive review process.
A team headed by Eugene Redmond, professor of psychiatry and surgery and director
of the Yale Neural Transplant Program and Neurobehavior Laboratory, was awarded
$1.1 million to study the potential of human embryonic stem cells for use in
transplant therapy for Parkinson’s disease.
The committee also awarded $1.8 million to expand the capacity of the Yale
Stem Cell Center to support stem cell research.
“The new grants that Yale investigators will receive are essential for
furthering human embryonic stem cell research in the state of Connecticut,” says
Haifan Lin, professor of cell biology and director of the Yale Stem Cell Center.
Awards were also given to three established Yale investigators.
Laura Niklason, vice chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology,
was awarded $450,000 to study the use of stem cells for creation of vascular
cells and blood vessels.
Flora Vaccarino, an associate professor at the Child Study Center and the Department
of Neurobiology, will receive $449,771 to study the effects of oxygen deprivation
on neural stem cells and their function in the repair of the central nervous
system.
Dianqing Wu, a professor of pharmacology, was awarded $446,819 to study how
human embryonic stem cells differentiate into heart cells.
In addition, seven Yale investigators received $200,000 seed grants to support
their work. They are: Lloyd Cantley, Departments of Internal Medicine and Nephrology;
Natalia Ivanova, Department of Genetics; Caihong Qui, Department of Cell Biology;
Valerie Reinke, Department of Genetics; Masanori Sasaki, Department of Neurology;
Qiaoqiao Wang, Department of Cell Biology, and Joshua Breunig, Department of
Neurobiology.
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