Fellowships Funded by the
National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
(To see a listing of the Research Grants funded by the CCNNPDF/NNPDF, click here.)
(To see a listing of the Clinical Research and Services funded by the CCNNPDF/NNPDF, click here.)
The Canadian Chapter of the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation (CCNNPDF) is a sister chapter to the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation (NNPDF) (U.S.) and receives administrative support from the NNPDF. Money raised through the CCNNPDF is invested in Niemann-Pick Disease research through the NNPDF's research program with guidance from the NNPDF's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), Board of Directors, and Research Committee. This partnership helps eliminate redundancy and maximizes the impact of research dollars. (Tammy Vaughan, chair of the CCNNPDF, serves as secretary of the NNPDF, and is on the NNPDF's Research Committee.)
The research funded by the NNPDF is made possible in great part due to the efforts of our NPD families in both the U.S. and Canada, and their extended support network via local community-sponsored events. The NNPDF is truly grateful for this support.
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| 8 | 9/2011 - 9/2012 |
Andrew Munkacsi, Ph.D. |
Defining the molecular basis of HDAC inhibitors to treat murine, feline, and human models of NPC $50,000 Jointly sponsored by CCNNPDF & NNPDF In progress |
(Updates to be posted every six months) |
| 7 | 9/2010 - 9/2013 | Dorothea Maetzel, Ph.D.. Sponsor: Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D. (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Cambridge, Massachusetts; USA) |
In Vitro modelling of Niemann-Pick type C Disease Using Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Received third year extension of additional $50,000 In progress |
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| 6 | 9/2010 - 9/2013 | Nicholas Cianciola, Ph.D. Sponsor: Cathleen Carlin, Ph.D. (School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, Ohio; USA) |
Activation of an alternative cholesterol homeostatic mechanism in NPC $100,000 Jointly sponsored by CCNNPDF & NNPDF Received third year extension of additional $50,000 In progress |
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| 5 | 4/2010 - 4/2012 |
Fabrizio Vacca, Ph.D. Sponsor: Professor Jean Gruenberg (University of Geneva, Switzerland) |
Analysis of cholesterol export from purified endosomes in NPC cellular models $100,000 Jointly sponsored by CCNNPDF & NNPDF In progress |
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| 4 | 9/2009 - 9/2011 | Ian Williams, Ph.D. Sponsor: Professor Fran Platt (University of Oxford, UK) |
Neurobiology of Purkinje Cells in NPC1 $100,000 |
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9/15/2004 - 9/14/2006 |
Nobutaka Ohgami, Ph.D. |
Demonstration of NPC1 as a lipid binding protein in Vitro
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3/15/2003 - 3/14/2005 |
Heng-Ling Liou, Ph.D. |
The Role of NPC2 (Niemann-Pick Disease Type C2) Protein in Lysosomal Cholesterol Trafficking
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3/15/2003 - 3/14/2005 |
Amit Kumar Choudhury, Ph.D. |
Reduction of Lipid Accumulation in Niemann-Pick Fibroblasts by Modulation of Membrane Trafficking
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