Research Funding for 2008
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Special note: The following four basic science projects were initially funded by Conquer Fragile X Foundation, now an affiliate of the National Fragile X
Foundation. To learn more about NFXF-CFX please visit http://www.fragilex.org/cfxf/
Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation
– Conquer Fragile X Basic Science Grant
Menahem Segal, PhD - $18,000 (2007-2008)
Weizmann Institute of Science – ISRAEL
Imaging of the Fragile X protein and role in mRNA translation and spine-synapse
regulation in hippocampal neurons
Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation – Conquer Fragile X Basic Science Grant
Gary Bassell, PhD - $18,000 (2007-2008)
Emory University School of Medicine
Imaging of the Fragile X protein and role in mRNA translation and spine-synapse regulation in hippocampal neurons
Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation – Conquer Fragile X Basic Science Grant
Claes Wahlestedt, MD, PhD - $123,760 (2006-2008)
Scripps Research Institute - Florida
Imaging of the Fragile X protein and role in mRNA translation and spine-synapse regulation in hippocampal neurons
Research Summary: National Fragile X Foundation – Conquer Fragile X Basic Science Grant
Sharon Eden, PhD - $84,000 (2006-2008)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - ISRAEL
Regulation by Rac of the Fragile-X mental retardation protein activity
Summer Student Fellowships
Awards from the National Fragile X Foundation do not just go to established researchers and institutions, they are also made to promising students who have demonstrated an interest in
Fragile X. The $2500 "William & Enid Rosen Summer Student Fellowship" awardees in 2008 were:
- Andrew Knox, Medical College of Rush University
KiTAP as a Measure of Attention and Executive Cognitive Ability in Subjects with Fragile X Syndrome
- Sarah McKenney, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Basic Mathematical Skills in Girls with Fragile X Syndrome
- Dan Pong, Emory University
Translational Regulation of Kv4.2 in a Fragile X Mouse Model
- Hannah Broadbent, University of Oxford
Developmental trajectories of visual, auditory and crossmodal attention in young children: understanding difficulties in fragile X syndrome
- Jean Luan, Vanderbilt University
The Drosophila Model of Fragile X Syndrome: Testing the Effects of Neuronal Activation on FMRP Function
- Charlotte D'Hulst, University of Antwerp
Search for functional consequences of decreased RNA expression of certain GABAA receptor subunits in fragile X patients using Positron Emission Tomography and [11C] flumazenil
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