2007 Grant Recipients


Dr. Avijit Chakrabartty

  • University Health Network (Toronto)
  • Interplay of oxidative stress and protein misfolding in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • $125,456 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Stephen H. Gee

  • University of Ottawa
  • Investigating the role of diacylglycerol kinase-zeta in the assembly and maintenance of the myofibrillar apparatus in skeletal muscle
  • $118,507 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Anthony O. Gramolini

  • University of Toronto
  • Molecular basis of ryanodine receptor regulation and function in skeletal muscle
  • $112,572 (2007 through 2012)

Dr. Paul C. Holland

  • Montreal Neurological Institute
  • Combinatorial use of viral vectors for the gene therapy of muscle
  • $120,101 (2007 through 2009)
  • Co-Investigator: Dr. Joséphine Nalbantoglu

Dr. Jasna Krisz

  • Université Laval
  • Live imaging and analysis of disease onset and progression in amyotropic lateral sclerosis
  • $113,461 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Guy A. Rouleau

  • Centre Hosp. de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
  • Characterization of PABPN1 for the development of an Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) treatment
  • $171,306 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Michael Sinnreich

  • Montreal Neurological Institute
  • Development of therapeutic strategies for dysferlin deficiency
  • $117,497 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Stefano Stifani

  • Montreal Neurological Institute
  • Motor neuron differentiation, connectivity, and regeneration
  • $140,741 (2007 through 2011)

Dr. Tanja Taivassalo

  • McGill University
  • Exercise-induced upregulation of mitochondrial gene expression: Therapeutic strategies for mitochondrial disease
  • $98,269 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Jacques P. Tremblay

  • Université Laval
  • Improving MPC transplantation by increasing IGF-1 or MGF stimulation
  • $126,314 (2007 through 2010)

Dr. Christine Diane C. Vande Velde

  • Centre Hosp. de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
  • Identification of the mechanisms of motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • $100,327 (2007 through 2010)