2006-2007 Grant Cycle : Research Grants Awarded
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Characterization of Oncolytic Adenovirus Deleted Core Protein V Gene Regulated by Novel Distinct Pathways in Breast Cancer Model
Hideyo Ugai, Ph.D.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
The Role of p21 in Tamoxifen Agonism
Abde Abukhdeir, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$130,718
Hormonal Prevention of Tumorigenesis in the BRCA1 Mutant Mammary Gland
Rebecca Arnett-Mansfield, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Syndecan-1 regulates {alpha}v{beta}3 integrin activity and signaling during mammary tumorigenesis
DeannaLee Beauvais, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System)
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Amphiregulin and breast cancer metastasis to bone
Jennifer Gilmore, Ph.D.
Indiana University (Indianapolis)
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$90,000
Differential Regulation of Breast Cancer Cell Invasive Migration by Akt Isoforms.
Yuet Ming Rebecca Chin, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Search for Novel Genes Predisposing to Breast Cancer
Silvia Casadei, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
HBXIP regulation of cell division and apoptosis in breast cancer cells
Yunfei Wen, Ph.D
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Role of caveolin-1 and breast cancer mutants in epithelial transformation.
David Bryant, Ph.D.
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Molecular Basis of BRCA2-mediated Repair of Chromosome Damage
Eloise Dray, Ph.D
Yale University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Identification of novel regulators of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells
Anna Dubrovska, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Emi1 Overexpression in Mouse Mammary Gland and Human Breast Cancer
Pascal Duijf, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Bmi-1 and Epigenetic Mechanisms in Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Jason Herschkowitz
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Elucidating the Mechanism of Human DNA Repair: Direct Observations of the Interactions of Human Rad51 and BRCA2 Proteins with DNA.
Jovencio Hilario, Ph.D.
The Regents of the University of California (University of California Davis)
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$90,000
Causes and consequences of sub-nuclear re-distribution of telomerase in breast pre-malignancy
William Hines, Ph.D.
The Regents of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$90,000
The role of Gpr125 in breast stem/progenitor cells
Angela Incassati, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
ROLE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR ON DENDRITIC CELL FUNCTION: INTERPLAY BETWEEN ANGIOGENESIS AND ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY
Walid Kamoun, Ph.D
Massachusetts General Hospital (The General Hospital Corp.)
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Harnessing Hsp90 tumor biology in the development of novel PET tracers
Yanlong Kang, Ph. D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$90,000
Contribution of Nuclear Receptor Corepressor SMRT in Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation
Sudipan Karmakar, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Novel genomic approaches to understanding and preventing resistance to selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) in breast cancer
Hyun-Jung Kim, Ph.D
University of California, San Diego Health Sciences Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Genes that regulate breast cancer brain metastasis
Mihaela Lorger, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Computationally Derived Estrogen Profiles for Breast Cancer Risk Stratification
Susan Maskery, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering M.S. Chemical Engineeri
Windber Research Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Development of Second Harmonic Generation Imaging for Intravital Monitoring of Mammary Tumorigenesis and Tumor-Stromal Interactions
Trevor McKee, Ph.D.
University Health Network
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Breast Cancer Invasion via Cell Growth and Survival Signaling Pathways
Michelle Mendoza, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
CAV-1 in Estrogen-Dependent Breast Cancer
Isabelle Mercier, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
HER2 and Cyclin E: Novel Interaction and Opportunities for Therapy
Elizabeth Mittendorf, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
A Novel Role for Telomerase: Regulating Growth of Breast Epithelial Cells
Shibani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ER-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER METASTASIS MODEL THROUGH STROMAL-EPITHELIAL INTERACTIONS
Mauricio Pinto, Ph.D.
Regents of the University of Colorado, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC) - Fitzsimons Campus
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Examining CIK cell trafficking to breast tumor tissue in vivo
Jennifer Prescher, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Functional Analysis of the Cancer-Amplified Coactivator AIB3 in Hormonal Promotion of Breast Cancer
Li Qin, Ph.D
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$90,000
Immune system contribution to the progression of mammary tumors towards hormone-independent behavior.
Natalia Rubinstein, Ph.D.
Universidad de Buenos Aires- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Tamoxifen and black cohosh in ACI.COP-Ept2 rat model of breast cancer
Rachel Ruhlen, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Columbia
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Cancer stem cells and tamoxifen resistance
Jennifer Selever, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Telomerase recruitment as a novel target in breast cancer treatment
AGNEL SFEIR, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
IKBKE-mediated transformation in breast carcinogenesis
Rhine Shen, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Molecular and functional characterization of breast cancer heterogeneity
Michail Shipitsin, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Mechanical Stress: an unexplored factor in regulation of cell signaling in DCIS and early breast cancer progression
Jiaxu Wang, Ph.D.,
BC Cancer Agency/British Columbia Cancer Agency
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Regulation of Breast Cancer Progression by the ADAMs Family of Proteases
Fang Wen, M.D., Ph.D.
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
SPIO-Loaded Nanotubular Capsules as Ultra-Sensitive MRI Probes for Breast Cancer Detection
Chunfu Zhang
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Cell compartment specific Ras signaling and breast cancer
Zeyi Zheng
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
Exploiting the thermal regulation of T cell activation to invigorate the immune response to breast cancer
lingwen zhong, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Alliance Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$135,000
* Pending executed agreement