2007 Awardees

Investigator-Initiated Grant Awardees:

Dr. Angelo All
Johns Hopkins University - Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute
"Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Oligodendrocytes and Electrophysiological Studies in a Contusion Model of Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat"

Dr. Jeff Bulte
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neurospheres for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis"

Dr. Curt Civin
Johns Hopkins University - Kimmel Cancer Center
"MicroRNA Regulation of Adult and Embryonic Human Hematopoietic Development"

Dr. William Lederer
University of Maryland, Biotechnology Institute - Medical Biotechnology Center
"Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment for Heart Damage"

Dr. Lloyd Mitchell
RetroTherapy, LLC
"Preservation of Potentiality in Genetically Altered Stem Cells"

Dr. Hongjun Song
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Characterization of Neuronal Potentials of Human Embryonic Stem and Adult Neural Stem Cells"

Dr. Elias Zambidis
Johns Hopkins University - Kimmel Cancer Center
"Human Embryonic Stem Cell Models of Normal and Leukemic Human Stem Cell"

Exploratory Grant Awardees:

Dr. Shyam Biswal
Johns Hopkins University - School of Public Health
"Nrf2 as a Target for Cancer Stem Cell Chemoresistance"

Dr. Srinivasan Chandrasegaran
Johns Hopkins University - School of Public Health
"Targeted Engineering of the Human Genome in Stem Cells"

Dr. Nancy Craig
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Genome Engineering of Human Stem Cells for Gene Therapy"

Dr. Shengyun Fang
University of Maryland, Biotechnology Institute - Medical Biotechnology Center
"Ubiquitination-Dependent Regulation of Oct-4 Activity"

Dr. Ricardo Feldman
University of Maryland, Baltimore - School of Medicine
"A Model for Generation of Gaucher-Specific Human Embryonic Stem Cells, and for Reconstitution of Glucocerebrosidase Expression in Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Macrophages"

Dr. Paul Fishman
University of Maryland, Baltimore - School of Medicine
"Transcription Factor Driven Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells"

Dr. Gary Fiskum
University of Maryland, Baltimore - School of Medicine
"Stem Cell Antioxidant Gene Preconditioning for Improved Cell Survival and Neurologic Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury"

Dr. John Fisher
University of Maryland College Park - School of Engineering
"Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Craniofacial Bone Regeneration"

Dr. M. Samir Jafri
University of Maryland, Baltimore - School of Medicine
"A Delivery System for Stem Cells"

Dr. Candace Kerr
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Defining Genes Associated with Human Stem Cell Pluripotency and Self-Renewal"

Dr. Hai-Quan Mao
Johns Hopkins University - Whiting School of Engineering
"Engineering an Artificial Neural Stem Cell Niche"

Dr. Andrew McCallion
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Illuminating Human Cardiac Development and Disease through Transcriptional Analysis in Differentiating Human Embryonic Stem Cells"

Dr. Guo-li Ming
Johns Hopkins University - Institute for Cell Engineering
"Mechanisms Regulating Self Renewal of Human Embryonic Stem Cells"

Dr. Akhilesh Pandey
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Proteomic Characterization of Neural Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cells"

Dr. Adam Puche
University of Maryland, Baltimore - School of Medicine
"Regulating Stem Cell Migration in the Adult Brain"

Dr. Hamid Rabb
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Isolation, Expansion and Regenerative Potential of Human Adult Kidney Derived Stem Cells"

Dr. Karen Zeller
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine
"Myc's Role in Maintenance and Tumorigenicity of Human Embryonic Stem Cells"