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BD Biosciences Research Grants

 

2015 Winners

Seven grant recipients for the Fall 2015 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000. Read interviews with the winners.

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Kesley Attridge

Cutting out the Middleman: Do Cancer Cells Communicate Directly with CD4 T Cells to Establish Immunosuppression?

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Yarne Klaver

Can a Peripheral T Cell Co-Signaling Signature Be Used to Predict Intra-Tumoral Immune Status?

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Raffaella Gozzelino

Immune Regulation of Bone Morphogenic Pathways in Axial Spondyloarthritis

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Chozha Rathinam

Unraveling the Role of “Itchy” Basophils in Mouse and Human Immune Systems

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Joke den Haan

Development of a Novel Vaccination Strategy to Initiate Anti-melanoma Immune Responses: Antibody-Mediated Antigen Targeting to CD169+ Macrophages.

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Sarah See

Role of Anti-Apoptotic Cell Antibodies in Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Kidney Transplants

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Thomas Kean

Improving Immune Reconstitution with Peptide-Targeted Bone Marrow-Homing Stem Cells



Seven grant recipients for the Spring 2015 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000. Read interviews with the winners.

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James Ankrum

Elucidating Disease-Specific Mechanisms of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Polarization of Macrophages from Diabetic and Healthy Donors to an Anti-Inflammatory M2 Phenotype

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Tali Konry

Development of Novel Lab on a Chip Based Technology for Immune Regulation Studies in Blood Related Cancers

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Manuela Colucci

Evaluating the Reconstitution of the B Cell Repertoire and the T Cell Homeostasis Following Rituximab Treatment to Predict Disease Relapse in Pediatric Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome

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Alexander Misharin

Multiparameter Flow Cytometric Analysis of Human Alveolar Macrophages in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Guide to Molecular Taxonomy of the Rare Disease and Personalized Treatment

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Raquel Ferreira

Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Functional Repair in Stroke

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Ellen Wehrens

T-Helper Cells Take Center Stage Defining the Role of a Recently Discovered Cytotoxic CD4 T-Cell Subset in Chronic Infection

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Rebecca Ingram

Innate Memory to Bacterial Infection



 

2014 Winners

Seven grant recipients for the Fall 2014 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000. Read interviews with the winners.

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Dean Franckaert

Development and Validation of Follicular Regulatory T Cells as a Diagnostic Marker for Autoimmunity

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Paolo Monti

Autoreactive Memory Stem T Cells in Type 1 Diabetes

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Carole Guillonneau

CD8+ Treg in Allotransplantation: From an Animal Model to a Clinical Application

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Michiko Shimoda

Characterizing Individual Tissue-Infiltrating T Cell Clones in the Setting of Autoimmunity

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Alexandra Kadl

Mass Cytometry Profiling of Immune Cells in Lung Transplant Recipients Samples with the Goal to Develop Prognostic Markers

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Dorothee Viemann

Illuminating Neonatal Sepsis as Age-Specific Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndromes Playing Up between Neonatal Monocytes and Endothelia

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Damian Maseda

Control of Regulatory and Pathogenic T-Cell Expansion and Function in Murine IBD by PGE2



Six grant recipients for the Spring 2014 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $60,000. Read interviews with the winners.

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Elena Di Gennaro

Evaluation by Multicolor Flow Cytometry of Circulating Endothelial Cells as a Prognostic and Predictive Biomarker in Cancer Patients

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Veronika Kanderova

High-content Affinity Proteomics Reveals the Response to Targeted Therapy Treatment in Childhood Acute Leukemias

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David Escors

Identification of Novel Therapeutic Targets in Breast-cancer-specific Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells

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Manuel Martinez Garcia

To Define a Deciphering Unknown Human Viruses: A New Approach to Disentangle the Human Virome

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Thomas Haupt

The Significance of Regulatory T Cells in Crohn's Disease

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Marta Oliveira

Dissecting Macrophage-Treg Crosstalk as a Therapeutic Approach for Colorectal Cancer



 

2013 Winners

Seven grant recipients for the Fall 2013 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000. Read interviews with the winners.

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Marco Biamonte

A Diagnostic to Aid the Elimination of all Filariases

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Saranya Sridhar

Identification of a Protective T-cell Signature Against Development of Symptomatic Pandemic Influenza Illness in Humans

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Kristin Heutinck

Multiparameter Flow Cytometric Analysis of Kidney Resident T Cells: A Future Guide to Personalized Treatment of Injured Kidney Transplants

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Amaya Wolf

The Role of MDSCs in Viral-bacterial Respiratory Co-infection

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Aaruni Khanolkar

To Define a Cellular Signature that Predicts Disease Relapse in Pediatric Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

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Shuang Zhang

Testing the Therapeutic Potential of Enhancing Efferocytosis Efficiency to Prevent Heart Failure after Heart Attack

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Jim Song

Directed Ag-specific iPSC-CTL for Cell-based Therapies




Seven grant recipients for the Spring 2013 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000. Read interviews with the winners.


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Ronald Gill

Identifying Phenotypic Signature T Cells Targeting Islet Transplants in Autoimmune NOD Recipients

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Holly Rosenzweig

Interplay Between Neutrophils and T Cells in an Autoimmune Disease

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Ana Gabriela Henriques

Profiling Neuroinflammatory Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease

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Lynn Schnapp

Role of Lung Pericytes and Stromal Cells in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Christopher Jewell

Mapping Immune Signatures of Biomaterials

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Joseph Thome

Analysis of Human Naïve T-Cell Persistence and Homeostasis in Lymphoid Tissue

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Yael Korin

Multiparameter Immune Cell Flow Cytometry for the Characterization of MODS after MCSD


 

2012 Winners

Seven grant recipients for the Fall 2012 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000. Read interviews with the winners.

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Henry Evans

Multicolor Flow Cytometry to Parameterize Trogocytosis of HLA-G in Pregnancy and to Determine the Mechanisms Contributing to the Maintenance of a Tolerized Immune Compartment

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Peter Sieling

Identification of T Cells Associated with Survival in Human Melanoma

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Vanesa Sanchez-Guajardo

Treg Modulation of Microglia Activation in PD: Effect of Alpha-Synuclein Variants on Treg Function and their Role in Controlling Microglia Induced Neuroinflammation

Photo used with permission from Lars Kruse, AU Kommunikation

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Zhihong Zeng

Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Marrow Stromal-mediated Drug Resistance in Leukemia

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Mandy McGeachy

Identifying IL-23 Driven Markers of Th17 Pathogenesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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Alessia Zoso

New Approach to Effectively Modulate and Redirect the Autoimmune Response in T1D Patients: Phenotypical and Functional Analysis of the Components

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Adam Schrum

Human Protein-protein Interaction Networks Assessed by Flow Cytometry




Seven grant recipients for the Spring 2012 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000.
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Marie Andrée Forget

Genetically Modified Artificial Antigen-Presenting Cells (aAPCs) to Improve Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte Expansion Product for Adoptive Cell Therapy

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Stephanie Smith

A Novel Method Using Multicolor Flow Cytometry and FACS to Enable Multiparametric Examination of the CNS Cellular Response to Intermittent Hypoxia

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Elizabeth Fritz

Innate Immune Response to Ebolavirus Infection

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Xiaoxian Zhao

Multicolor Flow Cytometry-Based Detection of Phosphoproteins in Lymphoma

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Gianluca Matteoli

The Vagus Nerve as Modulator of Intestinal Immune Homeostasis

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Cindy Zuleger

Isolation of Viable Antigen-Specific T Cells Ex Vivo Using Density Centrifugation, Cell Cycle Position, and Flow Cytometry

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Abinav Singh

Understanding Narcolepsy

 

2011 Winners

Seven grant recipients for the Fall 2011 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000.
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Stephan Borte

Functional Immunophenotyping for Primary Immunodeficiencies

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Matthias Marti

Role of RBC-derived Microparticles in Human Malaria

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Brad Hoffman

Unraveling the Tissue-specific Antigen Presentation that Results in the Systemic Induction of Tolerance during Hepatic Gene Therapy

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Sallie Permar

Isolation of HIV Envelope-specific Mucosal B cells from Colostrum of HIV-infected, Lactating Women

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Makio Iwashima

Neonatal Immunity and CD36hi Monocytes

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Yogesh Singh

Role of microRNAs (miRNA) in Development and Functions of Differentiation of T Helper Cells and Induced Regulatory T Cells

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Kang Liu

In vivo Detection of Duration of Antigen Presentation by Human Dendritic Cells Using Flow Cytometry in Humanized Mice




Seven grant recipients for the Spring 2011 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000.
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Chris Grigsby

Oral Delivery of the Factor VIII Gene: Immunotherapy for Hemophilia A

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Flavia Pereira

Role of CD13 in Wound Healing after Myocardial Infarction

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Yael Korin

Use of Immunophenotyping to Develop an Immune Profile of Tolerance in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients

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Richard Robinson

Influence of Soluble IL12Rβ1 on TH1/TH17 Differentiation

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Doris Lambracht-Washington

Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of T Cell Subsets Generated in DNA Aβ42 Trimer Immunized Mice to Determine Safety in Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease

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Michael Sheard

Effect of Lenalidomide on the Anti-Neuroblastoma Cytotoxicity of Human Natural Killer Cells Expanded from Blood Using K562-IL21 Feeder Cells

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Dean Lee

Expanded NK Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy

 

2010 Winners

Seven grant recipients for the Fall 2010 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000.
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2010 Grant - Chin

Arnold Chin

Immune and Molecular Profiling in Bladder Cancer for Personalized Therapy

2010 Grant - Hoek

Kristen Hoek

B Cell Trafficking in Mucosal Immunology and Autoimmune Disease

2010 Grant - Dent

Arlene Dent

A Novel Assay to Detect Antigen-Specific Memory B Cells

2010 Grant - Martinez

Veronica Martinez Cerdeno

Antibodies Present in the Plasma of Women with Autistic Progeny Alter the Neurogenic Divisions of Precursor Cells in the Prenatal Mouse Cerebral Cortex and the Social Behavior of Adult Mice

2010 Grant - Diaz

Edward Diaz

Urothelial Cancer Stem Cells and mTOR Signaling

2010 Grant - Zaidi

Asifa Zaidi

Basophils and Murine Experimental Model of Asthma

2010 Grant - Galkina

Elena Galkina

Type 2 Diabetes and Islet Immune Response




Seven grant recipients for the Spring 2010 award cycle received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000.
Read interviews with the winners.


2010 Grant - Archambault

Angela Archambault

The Role of Dendritic Cell Precursors in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

2010 Grant - Perona-Wright

Georgia Perona-Wright

Cytokine Response Patterns in Influenza Infection

2010 Grant - Ashwood

Paul Ashwood

Innate Immunity and Autism

2010 Grant - Walker

Peter Walker

(Co-authors include Fernando Jimenez, Shinil Shah, and Charles S. Cox, Jr.)

T Regulatory Cells as a Therapeutic Target for Progenitor Cells in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

2009 Grant - Dzik

Walter Dzik

Flow Cytometric Measurement of P falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein-1 (PfEMP-1)

2010 Grant - Wu

Sheng Wu

Treg Cells in IL-2 Therapy

2010 Grant - Kirshner

Julia Kirshner

Cancer Stem Cells in Myeloma

 

2009 Winners

Grant recipients in 2009 received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $70,000.
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2009 Grant - Antinozzi

Peter Antinozzi

A Novel High-Content Assay for Renal Cell Biology

2009 Grant - Gold

Jeffrey Gold

Novel Role for IL5 in Sepsis

2009 Grant - Cloud Ammons

Mary Cloud Ammons

Immunity to Bacterial Biofilm

2009 Grant - Lages

Celine S. Lages

Role of Peripheral Conversion in Regulatory T Cell Accumulation in Aging

2009 Grant - Dart

Melanie Dart

Atherosclerosis and Collagen V

2009 Grant - Rapoport

Scott Rapoport

Macrophage Diversity

2009 Grant - Esen

Nilufer Esen

Infiltrating Myeloid Cells

 

2008 Winners

Grant recipients in 2008 received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $75,000.

2008 Grant - Gundry

Rebekah Gundry

Surface Proteins in Stem Cells

2008 Grant - Larkin

Joseph Larkin

Role of SOCS in Treg Function

2008 Grant - Kadoch

Cigall Kadoch

Tumor Macrophage Polarization

 

2007 Winners

Grant recipients in 2007 received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $125,000.

2007 Grant - Danilova

Olga Danilova

A New Prognostic Factor and Potential Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

2007 Grant - Liang

Ying Liang

Latexin: A New Tumor Suppressor

2007 Grant - Ganley-Leal

Lisa Ganley-Leal

B Cell Alternative Receptors

2007 Grant - Wan

Yihong Wan

Identification of Osteoclast Progenitor Cells

2007 Grant - Jeansonne

Duane Jeansonne

The Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

 

2006 Winners

Grant recipients in 2006 received individual grants of research reagents valued at a total of $100,000.

2006 Grant - Damonte

Patrizia Damonte

Mammary Cancer Fate is Determined in the Pre-Cancer Stem Cell

2006 Grant - Macaubas

Claudia Macaubas

Intracellular Signaling Networks in Inflammation: A Comparison of Three Diseases of Childhood Using BD Phosflow™ Technology

2006 Grant - Ilkovitch

Dan Ilkovitch

Dissection of Immune Modulation by MUC1/sec or IEP, Which Enables Induction of an Effective Anti-Tumor Immune Response