2005: First Cycle Individual Research Grants

2005 First Cycle Individual Research Grant Recipients
$1,934,893

Carter, Bruce D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant
The requirement for TRAF6 in p75 receptor mediated neurite inhibition
Research Category: Growth Inhibition

Cross, Kevin Jay, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States
$12,800.00, 1-year Grant
Hypoxia response element (HRE) promoter driven growth factor production for more rapid decubiti pressure sore closure.
Research Category: Concomitant Function

Cotman, Carl W, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
$75,000.00, 1-year Grant
Mammalian CNS axonal mRNA
Research Category: Axon Guidance, Synapse Formation and Neurotransmission

Galvez, Jose A, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant
Optimization of robotic control for automating gait training
Research Category: Rehabilitation

Giger, Roman J, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant
Antagonism of myelin inhibition with a soluble synthetic Nogo receptor
Research Category: Axon Guidance, Synapse Formation and Neurotransmission

Hannila, Sari S, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant
Enhancing axonal regeneration by administration of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor
Research Category: Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination

Henderson, Christopher E., Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant
Mechanism of action of JLK169, a cyclic polyamine that enhances axonal regeneration
Research Category: Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination

Jaffrey, Samie R, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States
$149,600.00, 2-year Grant
The role of RhoA mRNA translation in models of spinal cord injury
Research Category: Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination

Martin, John H., Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc., Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
$150,000.00, 2-year Grant
Electrical stimulation of the corticospinal tract after incomplete spinal cord injury
Research Category: Axon Guidance, Synapse Formation and Neurotransmission

Paxinos, George, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
$149,960.00, 2-year Grant
The Rat and Human Spinal Cord: Atlases and 3D Models
Research Category: New Tools for Spinal Cord Research

Smith, Joseph Richard, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, , United Kingdom
$119,779.00, 2-year Grant
Generation of enriched motor neuron cultures from human embryonic stem cells
Research Category: Stem Cells

Vinay, Laurent, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
$149,040.00, 2-year Grant
Plasticity of inhibitory synaptic transmission during development and after adult spinal cord injury
Research Category: Concomitant Function

Whelan, Patrick John, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
$132,880.00, 2-year Grant
The control of afferent transmission onto spinal locomotor pattern generators by monoamines.
Research Category: Concomitant Function

Yang, Jaynie Frances, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
$149,886.00, 2-year Grant
Retraining of walking skills after spinal cord injury
Research Category: Rehabilitation