Seed Grants 2008-2012

2012 Awardees

Zhongjun (Jon) Wu (UMB), Bartley P. Griffith (UMB), John R. Hess (UMB), and Peter Kofinas (UMCP):
Synthetic Polymer Functional Hydrogel for Hemorrhage Control

Dr. Feyruz Rassool (UMB), Dr. Volker Briken (UMCP), and Dr. Lyle Isaacs (UMCP):
Enhancing solubility of DNA ligase inhibitors for increased efficacy in mouse models of breast cancer

Mark Smith (UMB) and Rama Chellappa (UMCP):
Prediction of Cardiac Electrophysiology Tissue Properties from Functional Nuclear Medicine Images

Robert K. Ernst (UMB) and George A. Belov (UMCP):
Dramatic increase of fatty acid activation in infected cells: key trigger of viral replication complex formation and a new prospect for antiviral drug development

Nilesh Mistry (UMB), Warren D'Souza (UMB), Rao Gullapalli (UMB), Michael Naslund (UMB), and Amitabh Varshney (UMCP):
Improving Cancer Foci Detection in Prostate Cancer Using Multiparametric MRI/MRS and Machine Learning to better manage the disease

Steven Fletcher (UMB) and Jeffrey John DeStefano (UMCP):
Synthetic Beta-Hairpin Flap Mimetics as Allosteric Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease

Richard F. Macko (UMB) and J. Carson Smith (UMCP):
Translational Neuroimaging of Brain Function and Memory After an Exercise Intervention in Older Adults

Wengen Chen (UMB), Vasken Dilsizian (UMB), and Liqing Yu, MD (UMCP):
18F-Proline PET/CT Imaging for the Detection of Early Liver Fibrosis

Danna Zimmer (UMB), Rosemary Schuh (UMB), and Mary Ann Ottinger (UMCP):
BL355: A Complex Biologic for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Feng Jiang (UMB), Shunyuan Xiao (UMCP), Seong-Ho Lee (UMCP), and Roy Mariuzza (UMCP):
Induction of apoptosis by 14-3-3 sequestration using synthetic proteins

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