CDD MicroGrants
Principal Investigator Project Title or Type
2017
Jeffrey Arbeit Ligand Trap
Jennifer Philips Efficacy Study
Christina Stallings High-Throughput Screening
2018
Mike Montana Small molecule/peptide analysis
James Janetka Medicinal/Computational Chemistry
Jennifer Lodge High Throughput Screening
Thad Stappenbeck High Throughput Screening
Robert Gereau Medicinal/Computational Chemistry
2019
Liang Shan High Throughput Screening
Maggie Chen Medicinal/Computational Chemistry
Jim Janetka/David Sibley
Paul Kotzbauer
Anthony Orvedahl Medicinal/Computational Chemistry
Thomas Papouin Pharmacokinetics
Jeffrey Millman High-Throughput Screening
Greg Bowman High-Throughput Screening
Jason Weber/Pat Kung High-Throughput Screening
Ben Majors Chemical Synthesis
LEAP
Principal Investigator Project Title
2016
Dirk Spitzer Revolutionizing cancer therapy with TR3
Greg Grant New paradigm for treatment of Tuberculosis
2017
Jeff Milbrandt Developing molecules to inhibit activation and/or activity of SARM1
Maxim Artyomov Defining differences between itaconate and DMF
Russell Pachynski Enhanced immunotherapy of redirecting immune cells to tumors
Gautam Dantas Assessment of stability of VT1 in solution
Thomas Girard Mab for prophylactic treatment of hemophiliacs
Kareem Azab Cellular delivery system for treatment and imaging of cancer
Milan Chheda Zika virus to kill cancer stem cells
David Curiel Immunizing Virotherapy for Cancer
Brian Van Tine Inhibitor of cancer metabolism for rare disease
Paul Hruz Novel treatment of fatty liver disease
2018
Robyn Klein Interferon lambda in Multiple Sclerosis
Stephen Pak New Drug Treatments for Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Jennifer Philips Establish in vivo activity in mice by repeating acute mouse efficacy study
Hiroko Yano Epigenetic therapy for Huntington’s Disease
2019
David Curiel
Luigi Adamo/Douglas Mann
Sergej Djuranovic Use of polybasic peptides and polymers as antimalarial agents
Mark Sands/Bruno Benitez Identifying Genetic Risk factors and Treaing Adult-Onset Neurological Disease
Jianmin Cui
Cristina de Guzman Strong A Novel Precision Skincare cosmetic to Seal he Skin and Treat Vitamin D Deficiency
Kiran Mahajan KDM3A inhibitor scaffolds
2020
Brian Van Tine Developing a Metabolic Inhibitor for the Treatment of Cancer
Rajan Sah SN-40X, a First in Class Therapeutic for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Jennifer Bubeck Wardenburg Forward Defense against Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Olga Lubman/ Daved Fremont Protection of Transplanted Lungs Using Chemokine Decoy Receptors
Mark Rutherford