2008 Grant Recipients


BATT, Jane A.

  • St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)
  • Nedd4 Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Regeneration

BRAIS, Bernard

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
  • Developing molecular, cellular and mice models for Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)
  • Co-applicants: Gehring, Kalle; McPherson, Peter

RENAUD, Jean-Marc

  • University of Ottawa
  • Mutation of the mouse NaV1.4 muscle sodium channel: Understanding hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyperKPP)

MEAKIN, Susan O.

  • University of Western Ontario
  • Nesca, a novel signaling adapter that regulates neuronal growth and regeneration

NALBANTOGLU, Joséphine & KARPATI, George

  • McGill University
  • Molecular therapies for dystrophin deficiency

JULIEN, Jean-Pierre

  • Université Laval
  • The role of inflammation in pathogenesis and immunotherapy of ALS
  • Co-applicant: Dupré, Nicolas

CHEN, Wayne S.

  • University of Calgary
  • Understanding the molecular defects and treatment of human malignant hyperthermia and central core disease

ROBERTSON, Janice

  • University of Toronto
  • The TAR-DNA-binding protein-43 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
  • Co-applicants: Zinman, Lorne; Hazrati, Lili-Naz

VACRATSIS, Panayiotis

  • University of Windsor
  • Molecular mechanisms regulating myotubularin-related lipid phosphatases mutated in neuromuscular diseases

STRONG, Michael

  • University of Western Ontario
  • The role of TDP-43 in regulating NFL mRNA metabolism

ROULEAU, Guy A.

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
  • Cellular and biochemical impact of TDP-43 mutants in ALS
  • Co-Applicants: Van de Velde, Christine; Parker, Jodey; Julien, Jean-Pierre