2005 Grant Recipients


Dr. Bernard Brais

  • Centre Hosp. de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
  • Cloning and characterization of the mutated gene responsible for a new form of French-Canadian recessive spastic ataxia
  • $97,950 (2005 through 2008)

Dr. F.J. Dilworth

  • Ottawa Health Research Institute
  • Elucidating the mechanisms directing temporally ordered gene expression by myoD
  • $143,461 (2005 through 2010)

Dr. Heather D. Durham

  • McGill University
  • The role of protein chapterones and proteasome-mediated proteolysis in the pathogenesis the motor neuron diseases
  • $113,373 (2005 through 2010)

Dr. Kenneth E. Hastings

  • McGill University
  • Fiber-type-specific and activity-regulated gene expression fast skeletal muscle
  • $99,664 (2005 through 2008)

Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien

  • Université Laval
  • Pathogenic mechanisms associate with meurofilament disorganization
  • $132,512 (2005 through 2010)

Dr. George Karpati

  • Co-researcher: Dr. Joséphine Nalbantoglu
  • McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute
  • Molecular therapies for dystrophin deficiency
  • $113,078 (2005 through 2008)

Dr. Hakima Moukhles

  • University of British Columbia
  • Dystroglycan function in glial cells
  • $88,811 (2005 through 2008)

Dr. David J. Picketts

  • Ottawa Health Research Institute
  • Genetic dissection of ISWI function during neurogenesis
  • $126,086 (2005 through 2008)

Dr. Louise R. Simard

  • Hôpital Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
  • Characterization of "survival of motor neurons"
  • $90,084 (2005 through 2008)

Dr. Michael Sinnreich

  • McGill University
  • Modular Flexibility of dysferlin - possible applications for gene therapeutic strategies
  • $91,947 (2005 through 2006)