$340,000 in Cancer Research Committee grants awarded
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Research Committee awards grants to faculty requesting support for investigator-initiated research proposals that are focused on the cancer problem or that have clear cancer relevance. $340,000 in grants were recently awarded:
CRC Idea Grant:
Stefan Stoll, Ph.D.,: Novel Functions of HBEGF in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, $40,000
CRC Research Grants:
Amanda Garner, Ph.D.: Identifying New Druggable Targets in Colorectal Cancer Using Chemoproteomics, $75,000
Nobuhiko Kamada, Ph.D.: Oral pathobionts promote colon cancer development, $75,000
Andrea Todisco, M.D.: Regulation of gastric metaplasia, dysplasia and neoplasia by Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling, $75,000
Maureen Sartor, Ph.D.: Epidemiological and transcriptomic study of oral dysplasia progression, $75,000