2007 Recipients

2007 - Three-Year Award ($600,000)

Ronald DePinho, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Validation of Novel GBM Gene

Jeremy Rich, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Molecular Targeting of Glioma Cancer Stem Cells

Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Molecular Mechanism of Astrocyte Elevated Gene (AEG)-1 Function

2007 - One-Year Awards ($100,000)

Donald Durden, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
PI-3 Kinase Inhibitor Targeted Therapy for Glioma Therapeutics

Isabelle Germano, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Transgenic embryonic stem cell delivery of mda-7/IL-24 for malignant glioma therapy

David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Identification of Molecular Drivers of Human Brain Tumor Stem Cell Functions Using a Lentiviral RNAi Screen

Khalid Shah, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Targeted Embryonic Stem Cell based Therapies for Gliomas

Irving Weissman, M.D.
Stanford University
Identification and Isolation of Cancer Stem Cells from Glioblastoma Multiforme

David Zagzag, M.D., Ph.D.
New York University
Endothelial Progenitor Cell Recruitment