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Current Research Grants

2021

I. HSP Grants

  • Frederic Darios, Ph.D., and Alexandra - ICM-Paris Brain Institute, Paris, FranceDurr, M.D., Ph.D.

    'Modulation of mitochondrial function as a modifier of SPG4 Physiopathology.

  • Jonathon Howard, Ph.D, Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
    Jonathon Howard, Ph.D, Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

    “Roles of alternate isoforms of spastin on function in vitro and in vivo”

  • Roberta La Piana, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    Roberta La Piana, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    "Identifying novel white matter diagnostic criteria and imaging biomarkers in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSPs)”.

  • P. Hande Ozdinler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    P. Hande Ozdinler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    "Investigation of NU-9 and its impact on upper motor neurons diseased by spastin mutations in HSP”

  • Emanuela Piermarini, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

    "Gene therapy, approach forSPG4-based Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia"

II. PLS Grants

  • "Characterizing infratentorial pathology in PLS: the longitudinal evaluation of spinal cord, brainstem and cerebellar pathology in vivo".
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  • Marka van Blittersuijk, M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor & Associate Consultant II (ACII), Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL

    "Revealing determents of PLS with long read sequencing”.