Matching Funds Awarded in Past Years
for Tulane Postgraduate Student and Postdoctoral Training
Awards Granted in Past Years


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Awards for past years:
1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003 2003-2004

1994-1995
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Barbara S. Beckman, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Aline B. Scandurro, PhD Post-transcriptional mechanisms of cytokine production $12,000
Arnold R. Brody, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Jingyao Liu, MD Growth factors in asbestos-induced lung disease $12,000
Melanie Ehrlich, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Jane Weizhen Ji Induction of bcl-2/JH translocations by chemical carcinogens as assessed in an ultrasensitive PCR assay $6,000
Steven M. Hill, PhD School of Medicine Anatomy Claudia S. Cohn Molecular mechanisms of hormone-resistance in breast cancer $12,000
Linda E. Hyman, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Shaoxiong Chen The mechanism of mRNA 3' end formation $6,000
Wai-Choi Leung, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Kuo-Wha Kuo, PhD Human lung cancer-specific biomarker $12,000
Laury Levy, PhD School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Grace Athas Molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis using feline leukemia virus (FeLV) $3,000
Cindy Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Zhongde Wang AIDS-associated neoplasias: Antagonism of p53 by HIV Tat $6,000
TOTAL $69,000
1995-1996
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Barbara S. Beckman, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Aline B. Scandurro, PhD Characterization of the role of erythropoietin RNA binding protein *
Arnold R. Brody, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Jingyao Liu, MD Growth factors in asbestos-induced lung disease $12,500
Scott M. Freeman, MD School of Medicine Pathology Athir Jamil Merogi, MD Peripheral blood stem cells as targets for gene therapy: A primate model $12,500
Linda E. Hyman, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Shaoxiong Chen The mechanism of mRNA 3' end formation $6,000
Cindy Leissinger, MD School of Medicine Medicine: Hematology/Oncology Sara S. Soble, MD Molecular studies in retroviral pathogenesis $6,000
Wai-Choi Leung, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Bo Wang, MD Differential expression of TNF receptors in lung cancers $6,000
Laury Levy, PhD School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Sudha Prabhu Molecular mechanism of action of a unique sequence motif in the FeLV LTR $6,000
Cindy Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Zhongde Wang AIDS-associated neoplasias: Antagonism of p53 by HIV Tat $6,000
Kim C. O'Connor, PhD Tulane University
(Main Uptown Campus)
Chemical Engineering Nancy L. Cowger Mechanisms affecting metastatic potential in three-dimensional cultures of DU 145 human prostate carcinoma cells $12,500
Marian R. Walters, Ph.D. School of Medicine Physiology Y. Appiagyel-Dankah, M.B., Ch.B. The role of protein kinase C in hormonal modulation of breast cancer cell growth $4,860
* Applicant received NRSA funds; the returned matching funds were awarded to the next highest-scored applicant.
TOTAL $72,360
1996-1997
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Krishna Agrawal, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Asim Abdel-Mageed, PhD A novel approach for breast cancer therapy by inhibition of metallothionein gene expression
Vecihi Batuman, MD School of Medicine Medicine: Nephrology Laurent Baricault, PhD Cloning of the myeloma light chain receptor
Barbara S. Beckman, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Yan Tang, MD, PhD Effects of environmental estrogens on apoptosis
Melanie Ehrlich, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Alan Qu Involvement of DNA demethylation in chromosomal rearrangements in Wilms' tumors.
Linda E. Hyman, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Shaoxiong Chen The role of RNA secondary structure in directing transcription termination
Cindy Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Zhongde Wang The role and mechanism of bcl-2 activation in Kaposi's sarcoma
Gilbert F. Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology J. Xu Regulation of the human PCNA promoter in irradiated cells and animals
TOTAL $64,640
1997-1998
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Krishna Agrawal, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Tupur Husain A novel gene therapy approach for the protection of bone marrow by utilizing the human metallothionein gene $7,000
Barbara S. Beckman, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Yan Tang, MD, PhD Effects of environmental estrogens on apoptosis $7,000
Michael Gerber, M.D. School of Medicine Pathology Hong Du Characterization of novel genes in human hepatocellular carcinoma $7,000
Steven M. Hill, PhD School of Medicine Anatomy Rajagopal Ramesh, PhD $14,000
Jim D. Karam, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Vasily Petrov, PhD RNA inhibitors of Pol DNA polymerases $7,500
Laury Levy, PhD School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Angelique Habis Immunology of SIV-associated lymphoma $7,000
Arthur J. Lustig, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Maria Bucholc, PhD The role of telomere pairing in telomere size control $14,000
Gilbert F. Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Gang Wang Transcriptional regulation by the adenovirus E1A 243R oncoprotein $7,000
James M. Nolan, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Stephen Sharkady Crosslinking analysis of the Rnase P holoenzyme $7,000
Kim C. O'Connor, PhD Tulane University
(Main Uptown Campus)
Chemical Engineering Richard Enmon Developing three-dimensional spheroids of DU 145 human prostate carcinoma cells as a model of prostatic tumors $7,000
TOTAL $84,500
1998-1999
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Barbara S. Beckman, PhD School of Medicine Pharmacology Anna M. Kadish Effects of estrogens & growth factors on AP-1 mediated transactivation via a mitogen activated protein kinase pathway $7,000
Srikanta Dash, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Gururaj Kalkeri Characterization of apoptosis in HCV cell Cultures $7,000
Prescott Deininger, PhD School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Environmental Health Sciences Claudina Alemán Human mobile elements and genome stability in cancer $7,000
Steven M. Hill, PhD School of Medicine Anatomy Premendra Dwivedi, PhD Molecular mechanisms of melatonin action in breast cancer $14,000
Bernard M. Jaffe, MD School of Medicine Surgery Stephenie Teplitzky, MD Melatonin in combination with retinoic acid in the prevention & treatment of breast cancer $14,000
Linda E. Hyman, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Anna M. Chachulska,PhD Elongin C: Function and role in VHL disease $10,000
Wai-Choi Leung, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Brian D. Siegel Transactivational function of BRCA1 & BARD1 proteins $7,000
Laury Levy, PhD School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Angelique Habis Pathobiology of SIV-Associated Lymphoma $7,000
Arthur J. Lustig, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Maria Bucholc, PhD A physical assay for telomeric recombination and pairing $14,000
Marian R. Walters, PhD School of Medicine Physiology molecular regulation of the vitamin D receptor gene in breast cancer cells $10,000
TOTAL $97,000
1999-2000
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
YiPing Chen, PhD Tulane University
(Main Uptown Campus)
Cell & Molecular Biology Tara St. Amand, PhD Identification and cloning of antisense PITX2 gene: A potential downstream target of the human acute leukemia ALL1 gene. $12,500
Srikanta Dash, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Gururaj Kalkeri Characterization of apoptosis in HCV cell cultures $6,250
Melanie Ehrlich, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Baodong Sun, PhD Progenitor colony RT-PCR analysis in CML treatment $12,500
Steven M. Hill, PhD School of Medicine Anatomy Todd Keifer The modulation of nuclear receptor signaling pathways by the pineal hormone, melatonin. $6,250
Gary W. Hoyle, PhD School of Medicine Medicine: Pulmonary Jian Li Platelet-derived growth factor in lung cancer and fibrosis $6,250
Samuel J. Landry, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Gioxiang Dai, PhD Helper T-cell epitope immunodominance $12,500
Wai-Choi Leung, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Brian D. Siegel Induction of p53 by Bard1 over-rexpression $6,250
Laury Levy, PhD School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Kristin Ruff Role of rhesus rhadinovirus (RRV) infection in the pathogenesis of SIV-associated lymphoma in the rhesus macaque. $6,250
Arthur J. Lustig, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Dingwu Jia, PhD Telomeric rapid deletion and size control $12,500
Asim Abdel-Mageed, PhD School of Medicine Urology Zheng-Xiang Wang, MD, MS Identification and characterization of genes associated with prostate cancer progression $6,250
Gilbert F. Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Anne B. Nelson, PhD Asbestos-induced lung tumors in mutant p53-expressing mice $12,500
TOTAL $100,000
2000-2001
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Srikanta Dash, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Gururaj Kalkeri Expression of HCV proteins in the hepatic cells leads to apoptosis $7,000
Srikanta Dash, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Nutan Khalap Development of anti HCV therapy using single chain antibody $13,000
Prescott Deininger, PhD School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Environmental Health Sciences Karla Johanning Induction of Alu/Alu recombination by selective chemotherapeutic agents $13,000
Mitchell Friedman, MD School of Medicine Medicine: Pulmonary Sushmita Ghosh A mouse model for lung tumor development $13,000
Robert F. Garry, Ph.D. School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Joshua M. Costin Role of HERV in beast cancer $7,000
Linda E. Hyman, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Sumana Ghosh The Role of Elongin C in VHL tumor suppression $7,000
Arthur J. Lustig, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Dingwu Jia The relationship between telomere cohesion and telomere sizing $13,000
Gilbert F. Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Anne Nelson p53 mediated activation of the lung epithelium $13,000
James M. Nolan, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Stephen Sharkady Chemical crosslinking of ribonuclease P holoenzyme for escherichia $7,000
Kim C. O'Connor, PhD Tulane University
(Main Uptown Campus)
Chemical Engineering Rich Enmon Influence of metastatic potential on the kinetics of spheroid self-assembly $7,000
TOTAL $100,000
2001-2002
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Asim Abdel-Mageed, PhD School of Medicine Urology Masood Baig, PhD isolation and characterization of novel prostate cancer metastasis-related genes $14,000
Arnold R. Brody, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Derek A. Pociask, PhD transforming growth factor Beta I fibroproliferative lung disease $12,750
Srikanta Dash, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Nesrin Ergin, MD Development of anti-HCV therapy $14,000
Prescott Deininger, PhD School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Environmental Health Sciences Victoria Perepelitsa Regulated polyadenylation in mobile elements $8,000
Melanie Ehrlich, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Guanchao Jiang, PhD DNA methylation dsfunction in DML and ovarian epithelial tumors $14,000
Erik Flemington, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Eun Joo Jung, PhD Role of TRRAP as a checkpoint activator through the regulation of p53 phosphorylation $14,000
Mitchell Friedman, MD School of Medicine Medicine: Pulmonary Chung-Ting Lee Mechanisms of polyisocyanate-induced lung disease $8,000
Charles S. Hemenway, MD, PhD School of Medicine Pediatric Hematology-Oncology R. Sathish Srinivasan An analysis of the physical and functional interactino of the AF9 and BCL-6 corepressor molecules $8,000
Linda E. Hyman, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Sumana Ghosh Elongin C: Function in yeast and in VHL disease $8,000
Wai-Choi Leung, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Brian D. Siegel Coactivator Expression Determines BRCA-1 mediated inhibition of the Estrogen Receptor $8,000
Laury Levy, PhD School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology Chandtip Chandhasin Genetic variation in natural FeLV isolates: Relationship to lympho-hematopoietic malignancy $8,000
Arthur J. Lustig, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry HungJiun Liaw Structure/function analysis of the yeast heterochromatin organizing protein Sir3p $8,000
Charles A. Miller III, PhD School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Environmental Health Sciences Marc Cox Regulation of human dioxin receptor signaling by the p23 co-chaperone protein in a yeast model system $8,000
Gilbert F. Morris, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Bin Shan Histone deacetylase inhibitors enhance radiosensitivity of lung epithelial cells expressing dominant negative p53 $8,000
Joe Vaccaro, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Duane Jeansonne Mechanistic Studies of the Src Family of Nonreceptor Tyrosine Kinases $8,000
William C. Wimley, PhD School of Medicine Biochemistry Ashish, PhD Combinatorial design of receptor tyrosine kinase Inhibitors $14,000
TOTAL $162,750
2002-2003
SPONSOR
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
APPLICANT
TITLE
AWARD
Vecihi Batuman, MD School of Medicine Medicine: Nephrology Sule Sengul Cellular signalling pathways in myeloma light chain induced inflammatory cytokine production in cultured human proximal $13,000
Arnold R. Brody, PhD School of Medicine Pathology Derek A. Pociask, PhD Activation of transforming growth factor-beta in fibro-proliferative lung disease $13,000
Matthew Burow, PhD School of Medicine Medicine: Hematology-Oncology Yan Tang, MS, MD Potential therapeutic use of glyceollins (I-III), novel anti-estrogenic flavonoid phytochemicals isolated from soy $10,000
Tyler J. Curiel, MD, M.P.H. School of Medicine Medicine: Hematology/Oncology Shuang Wei, PhD Myeloid dendritic cell differentiation in ovarian cancer