National Cancer Center has been proud to award grants to many fine research organizations. We know that a cure lies in research and we are committed to supporting as many research projects as we can.

2010/2011 POST-DOCTORAL GRANT AWARDS

Yuntao Mao, Ph.D
Cold Spring Harbor Lab
Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Chanh Huynh, M.D
NYU Medical Center
New York, NY

3 Grant Renewals

Miguel F. Segura, NYU
Maria Del Valle Guijarro, NYU
Zigang Li, Harvard

Here is a list of some of our other recent grants:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John Lamar, Ph.D.
Project title:  Roles for Rho Proteins During Stages of Breast Cancer Metastasis


Harvard University

Zigang Li, Ph.D.
Project title:  Rab Family Proteins - New targets for Stapled Peptides


New York University School of Medicine

Miguel Segura, Ph.D.
Project title:  Analysis of microRNA Expression as a Prognostic Tool in Melanoma Patients

New York University School of Medicine

Maria Del Valle Guijarro, Ph.D.
Project title:  Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cell in Sarcoma-Genesis

Weill-Cornell Medical College/Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute
Project:  Maintenance of Genome Stability by Cell Cycle Control of DNA Replication

Harvard University
Project:  How does DNA glycosylase recognize lesions and catalyze the base excision reaction?

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Project:  Targeted molecular combined therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a dual tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor (AEE788) and a mTOR inhibitor (RAD001)

Duke University Medical Center
Project:  Identification of Antigens on Cancer Stem Cells for Brain Tumor Therapy

Children's Hospital of New York - Presbyterian
The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell
New York, NY:
Research: Role of Angiogenesis in Wilms Tumor

Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, MI
Research: Analysis of Birt-Hogg, Dube Gene in renal cell cancer

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Research: Transcriptional Repression of the Carboxyl Terminus of the Myc Antagonist, Mxl

Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Research: Role and regulation of human gastrin - releasing peptide receptor in colon cancer

Brown University
Providence, RI
Research: Development of a Murine Model System to investigate Simian Virus 40 and Asbestos as co-carcinogens in the development and progress of malignant mesotheliomia

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Research: Targeting of Malignant Gliomas with a novel tumor marker, MRP3

Rockefeller University:
Research on naturally occurring tumor immunity.

University of California, Berkeley:
Research on inhibitory receptors and their effect on cancer cells.

University of Virginia Health Systems:
Research on chemotherapy strategies.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia:
Research on tumor suppression meningioma.

University of Maryland, Biotechnology Institute:
Research on Kaposi's Sarcoma.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA:
Research on cigarette smoking in primary cervical cancer and chromosomal involvement.

University of California, Davis:
Research on a vaccine against T-cell Leukemia.

University of Utah:
Research on enzyme involvement in development of cancer cells.