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2010 Awardees Investigator-Initiated Grant Awardees:
Dr. Curt Civin University of Maryland, Baltimore "Hematopoietic stem cell--enriched microRNAs in human stem cell differentiation and self-renewal"
Dr. Richard Eckert University of Maryland, Baltimore in collaboration with Life Technologies, Inc. "Efficient Derivation of Epidermis-Derived Multipotent Stem Cells using Zero Footprint Transduction Technology"
Dr. Yoon Young Jang Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with Lonza Walkersville, Inc. "Developing Safe and Effective Stem Cell Technology for Liver Disease Modeling and Therapy”
Dr. George Ricaurte Johns Hopkins University "Stem Cell Transplantation in Non-human Primates with
Dr. Piotr Walczak Johns Hopkins University Exploratory Grant Awardees:
Dr. Dmitri Artemov Johns Hopkins University "Noninvasive Imaging of Stem Cell Homing and Viability”
Dr. Peter Calabresi Johns Hopkins University "Dissecting the Mechanism of Action of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis”
Dr. Yung-Nien Chang Synaptic Research, LLC. in collaboration with JHU & University of Miami Lenard M. Miller School of Medicine "Genetic Engineering the Clostridium difficile Toxin B (TcdB) as a Delivery Vehicle for Re-Programming Factors to Generate Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC)”
Dr. Ping Gao Johns Hopkins University "The role of c-Myc in Regulating miRNAs and Metabolic Genes in iPS Cells”
Dr. Warren Grayson Johns Hopkins Universit "Oxygen Tension as a Mediator of Vasculogenesis and Osteogenesis in Engineered Bone Constructs”
Dr. Ahmet Hoke Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with Invitrogen Inc. "Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Schwann Cells to Enhance Nerve Repair in a Model of Chronic Denervation”
Dr. Vassilis Koliatsos Johns Hopkins University "Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell as Models of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Dr. Tibor Kristian University of Maryland, Baltimore "Combinatorial RNAi Strategy for Neural Cell Replacement in the Postischemic Brain”
Dr. Min Li Johns Hopkins University "Small Organic Chemical Modulation of Human Cardiac Potassium Channels”
Dr. John McDonald Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. "Localized Growth Factor Effects on Myelination by hESC Derived Oligodendrocytes in a Novel Microfluidic Platform”
Dr. Alison Moliterno Johns Hopkins University "Defining The Molecular Basis of Aberrant Stem Cell Function in Primary Myelobrosis”
Dr. Maria Nurminskaya University of Maryland, Baltimore "Regulation of Stem Cell-Based Cartilage Bioengineering by Transglutaminase”
Dr. Akira Sawa Johns Hopkins University "Susceptibility to metabolic and Oxidative Stress in Neurons in Patients with Schizophrenia”
Dr. Kara Scheibner University of Maryland, Baltimore "miR-23a Cluster and miR-10a Regulation of Self-Renewal and Survival Pathways in Human Hematopoietic Stem-Progenitors Cells and Acute Leukemia Stem Cells”
Dr. Sameer Shah University of Maryland, College Park "Mechanical Influences on the Identity and Organization of Peripheral Neurons Differentiated from hESC-Derived Neural Rosettes”
Dr. Mark Williams University of Maryland, Baltimore "Disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate stem cell defects in Down Syndrome”
Dr. Rong-Ze Yang University of Maryland, Baltimore "Towards Generation of Insulin-producing Cells in Adipose Tissue by in situ Reprogramming”
Dr. Karen Zeller Johns Hopkins University "Characterization of Novel Sequence Motifs Important for Stem Cell Biology”
Dr. Jizhong Zou Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with NIH/NIAID "Targeted Gene correction of x-cgd Mutations in Patient-Specific iPS Cells”
Post - Doctoral Fellowship Grant Awardees:
Dr. Cheng-Hsuan Chiang Johns Hopkins University "Characterization of iPS Cell-Derived Neural Progenitors and Neurons from Psychiatric Patients with a DISC1 Mutation”
Dr. Kimberly Christian Johns Hopkins University "Understanding roles of Mecp2 in neural development using patient specific iPSCs”
Dr. Karen David Johns Hopkins University "The Hippo Pathway in Neuronal Stem Cell Maintenance and Tumorigenesis”
Dr. Yasue Horiuchi Johns Hopkins University "Alteration in gene expression in neurons derived from iPS cells from patients with Schizophrenia”
Dr. Xiasong Huang Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. "Generation of Red Blood Cells from Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells”
Dr. Young Jin Lee University of Maryland, Baltimore "Evaluating the Role of Prion Protein in Self-renewal and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Neuronal Regenerative Therapy”
Dr. Hua Liu Johns Hopkins Universit in collaboration with Quality Biological, Inc. "Towards Generation and Expansion of Clinical Grade Hepatic Cells from iPS Cells”
Dr. Il Minn Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with Quality Biological, Inc. "Leukemic Stem Cells and their Microenvironment”
Dr. Emily Potter Johns Hopkins Universit "Gliogenesis from Multipotent Precursor Cells; Identification of Novel Differentiation Factors”
Dr. Sivaprakash Ramalingam Johns Hopkins University "Targeted Addition of â-globin Gene at a Pre-Determined Locus in Human Stem Cells”
Dr. Anirudha Singh Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with Pfizer Inc. "Biomaterials to Direct Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation”
Dr. Peng Sun Johns Hopkins University "Influence of Microenviroment on Human Stem Cells Maintenance and Differentiation”
Dr. Brad Swelstad Johns Hopkins University "Identification and Isolation of Human Germline Progenitor Stem Cells in the Adult Ovary”
Dr. Zhenxing Wen Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with Invitrogen Inc. "Long-Term In Vivo Imaging Of Dopaminergic Neurons From Pd Patient-Derived Ips Cells”
Dr. Solomon Yap University of Maryland, Baltimore "Development And Hematopoietic Differentiation Of Ccr5∆32+/+ Ipsc From Cord Blood Progenitors”
Dr. Chung Zhong Johns Hopkins University "Derivation and Functional Characterization of Neurons Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells of Huntington’s Disease Patients”
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