D. Ashley Hill, M.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year grant from The Hope Street Kids, a program that supports and promotes research into pediatric tumors. The program will provide $70,000 over the next two years to support Hill’s search for the genetic causes of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), a rare childhood lung tumor originally identified by Hill’s mentor, Louis P. “Pepper” Dehner, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology and of pathology in pediatrics. …
Ralph Quatrano, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor and chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, received the inaugural Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Award July 7. The fellowship was established to recognize individuals who have made distinguished and long-term contributions to plant biology and service to the society. Only current members of 10 years or more, who have significantly contributed research, education, mentoring, outreach and professional and public service may be considered for this award. …
David Holtzman, M.D., the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor and head of the Department of Neurology, and Marcin Sadowski, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology and psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine, received a $400,000 grant from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the John A. Hartford Foundation. The Hartford/AFAR Collaborative Research Award, which supports scholars who participated in the Hartford/AFAR’s Paul B. Beeson Career Development Scholars Program, provides funding for physician-scientists who have a proven track record in aging research by fostering collaborations with colleagues from the Scholars Program. The title of the grant is “Peptide Mimetic Therapeutic Agents for Blocking the Apolipoprotein E/Abeta Interaction.”