The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation announced today that it has approved more than $3,000,000 in grants to various entities for their continued work on basic scientific research. We are pleased to support the following research projects:
- Professor Hillel Adesnik, University of California Berkeley: Cracking the neural codes of sensory perception.
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/hillel-adesnik
- Professor Nicholas Ingolia, University of California Berkeley: Create an innovative technique to link guide RNA’s with alterations in protein-level molecular phenotypes, such as altered phosphorylation or ubiquitylation.
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/nicholas-ingolia
- Professor Andrea Gomez, University of California Berkeley: Molecular strategies for neuronal integration.
https://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/neu/gomeza
- Professor Samantha Lewis, University of California Berkeley: Expanding genome editing technology to mitochondrial DNA through the exploration of novel organelle targeting agents.
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/samantha-lewis
- Professor Elçin Ünal, University of California Berkeley: Functional decoding of a natural rejuvenation program.
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/elcin-unal
- Professor Manish Aghi, University of California San Francisco: Identifying and targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts in the perivascular niche of glioblastoma.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/manish.aghi
- Professor Matt Thomson, California Institute of Technology: Highly multiplexed single-cell drug screens.
https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/people/matt-thomson
- Professor David Van Valen, California Institute of Technology: Large scale single-cell data annotation for digital cancer pathology.
https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/people/david-van-valen
- Professor Kaihang Wang, California Institute of Technology: Building of cross-genus genome chimeras.
https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/people/kaihang-wang
- Professor N. Luisa Hiller, Carnegie Mellon University: Extracellular vesicles – connecting all domains of life.
https://www.cmu.edu/bio/people/faculty/hiller.html
- Professor Susan Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology: Photoconverting nanomaterials for lymphatic transport sensing in vivo.
https://me.gatech.edu/faculty/thomas
- Professor Marvin Whiteley, Georgia Institute of Technology: Mechanisms controlling antibiotic tolerance in chronic human infection.
https://biosciences.gatech.edu/people/marvin-whiteley
- Professor Julia Kaltschmidt, Stanford University: Understanding neuronal circuitry underlying gut motility.
https://profiles.stanford.edu/julia-kaltschmidt
- Professor J. Bradley Zuchero, Stanford University: Do glia control neuronal excitability?
https://profiles.stanford.edu/brad-zuchero
The Curci Foundation also extended its support of the following entities:
- Innovative Genomics Initiative, Berkeley, California. Support the IGI Scholars program for life science research.
https://innovativegenomics.org/
- Life Sciences Research Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland. Supporting three post-doctoral fellowships.
http://www.lsrf.org/
- Science Philanthropy Alliance, Washington, D.C. The Curci Foundation is an Associate Member of this community of funders who work together to inspire new, emerging and current philanthropists.
https://sciencephilanthropyalliance.org/