2006 Recipients

2006 - Three-Year Award ($600,000)

Robert Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
Rockefeller University
Applying Naturally Occurring Tumor Immunity to the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Arnab Chakravarti, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Role of Survivin in the Radiation Resistance of Glioblastomas

Lynda Chin, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Bcl2L12

Samira Guccione, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Vascular Targeted Therapeutics for Treatment and Imaging of Diffuse Gliomas

Alonzo Ross, Ph.D.
UMASS Medical School
RNAi Screen for Regulators of Brain Cancer Stem Cells

Devanand Sarkar, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
Astrocyte Elevated Gene (AEG)-1: Analysis of Function and Targeted Inhibition

Charles Stiles, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
OLIG2 Supression of P21 in Stem Cells for Human Glioma

Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Validating Glioma Genetic Regulatory Network by Glial Specific Mouse Model