2009 Grant Recipients
The following 7 grants were awarded through the 2009 Neuromuscular Research Partnership:
KRIEGER, Charles
- Simon Fraser University
- Bone marrow-derived cells as gene delivery vehicles in ALS
- 5 years
- Co-Investigators: ROSSI, Fabio
LEAVITT, Blair
- University of British Columbia
- Determination of muscle properties that alter ALS onset and disease progression using the G93A mouse model of ALS
- 5 years
- Co-Investigators: PARK, Kevin
PEARSON, Christopher
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Genetic modifiers of CTG Trinucleotide Repeat Instability and myotonic dystrophy pathogenesis
- 3 years
- Co-Investigators: ROULEAU, Guy
PETROF, Basil
- The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
- Mitochondrial function as a therapeutic target in muscular dystrophy
- 3 years
- Co-Investigators: BURELLE, Yan
ROBERTSON, Janice
- University of Toronto
- Peripherin abnormalities in ALS
- 5 years
ROULEAU, Guy
- Centre Hosp. de l’Université de Montreal (CHUM)
- Mutation of KCC3: Understanding a sensory motor neuropathy
- 5 years
- Co-Investigators: DI CRISTO, Graziella; DION, Patrick; LAPOINTE, Jean-Yves
TREMBLAY, Jacques
- Université Laval
- Inhibition of myostatin receptor expression to improve MPC transplantation
- 3 years
