2003 Recipients

2003 - Three-Year Awards ($600,000)

Xandra O. Breakefield, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Coordinated Imaging and Apoptosis of Experimental Brain Tumors

Arnab Chakravarti, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Enhancing Radiation Response of Malignant Gliomas Through Molecular Targeting of Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase

Daniel G. Jay, Ph.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
Function-based Identification and Validation of Proteins Required for GBM Dispersal and Survival

2003 - One-Year Awards ($100,000)

Bruce R. Ksander, Ph.D.
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Eliminating Brain Tumors by Membrane Fas Ligand Vesicles: A Novel Immunotherapy

Andreas C. Kurtz, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Secreted protein profiles of astrocytic tumors for classification and therapy

Elizabeth A. Maher, M.D., Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Identifying the genetic changes in the transition from low-grade astrocytoma to glioblastoma

Vladimir P. Torchilin, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Northeastern University
Antibody-mediated targeting of pharmaceutical agents to astrocytic tumors