Call for Projects 2008 : Grant 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”)