The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research
Projects Funded by MDA's Wings Over Wall Street® 2002

Investigators

Affiliation

Topic

Length of Grant

Total Funding

1

David Borchelt, PhD

JHU

Role of Metal Cofactors in the Toxicity of FALS Mutant SOD1

2

213,120

2

David Borchelt, PhD

JHU

Mapping the Toxic Domains of SOD1

3

97,200

3

Richard Huganir, PhD

JHU

The Role of AMPA Receptor Modulation in ALS

1

85,620

4

Clarke Tankersley, PhD

JHU

Reversing respiratory insufficiency in SOD1G93A mice

2

98,400

5

Douglas A. Kerr, MD, PhD

JHU

Motoneuron-Differentiated ES Cells in ALS

2

160,000

6

Phil Wong & Huaibin Cai

JHU

Development of a Mouse Model of ALS2

2

120,000

7

John Gearhart, PhD

JHU

Motor Neurons Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

2

200,000

8

Shared Reagents

15,057

TOTAL

989,397