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SMA Europe : Call for projects-recipients
Grant recipients 2009 SMA Europe is pleased to announce the award of about €650,000 for research into Spinal Muscular Atrophy – SMA, in response to its recent Call for Research Projects 2009. The seven institutions which attracted support are : • Columbia Univerity, New York, USA : Professor Umrao Monani • Molecular Genetics Institute of Montpellier, France : Professor Rémy Bordonne • The University of Sheffield, UK : Professors Ke Ning and Mimoun Azzouz • University of Western Australia, Australia : Professor Steve Wilton • University of Bern, Switzerland : post-doctoral fellow Dr Rachel Nlend Nlend • INSERM, Université de Nantes, France : post-doctoral fellow Dr Beatrice Joussemet • Emory University, Atlanta, USA : post-doctoral fellow Dr Claudia Fallini
Grant recipients 2008 SMA Europe is pleased to announce the award of over €750,000 for research into Spinal Muscular Atrophy – SMA, in response to its recent Call for Research Projects 2008. The five institutions which attracted support are : • University of Lisbon : Professor Margarida Gama Carvalho (“Characterization of post-transcriptional control mechanisms regulating SMN2 gene expression.”) • Università Cattolica, Rome : Professor Eugenio Mercuri (“Outcome measures in SMA types II and III”) • University of Milan : Professor Giacomo Comi (cofunded with FSMA) (“Development of a stem cell approach for treating Spinal Muscular Atrophy”) • Institut de Myologie, Paris : Dr Martine Barkats (“Evaluation of AAV-mediated gene therapy in murine and feline SMA models”) • University of Missouri, USA : post-doctoral fellow Dr Monir Shababi (“A Two-Pronged Approach to Develop a Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy”)
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