Seed Grants 2005

Project Lead
Affiliation
Title
Disease Area
Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
he pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell-of-origin
Cancer
Dong Feng Chen, MD, PhD
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Repairing retinal disease and damage by neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation
Eye Diseases
Alan James Davidson, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Functional genomics approach to identify genes expressed in the kidney
Kidney Diseases
Kevin C. Eggan, PhD
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Derivation of Parkinson's disease specific human embryonic stem cell lines
Nervous System Diseases
Niels Geijsen, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
In vitro germ cell development and epigenetic reprogramming using human and murine ES cells
Genetic Diseases
Rohit Kulkarni, MD, PhD
Joslin Diabetes Center
Identification of beta cell growth factor
Diabetes
Jeannie Lee, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Analysis of X-chromosome inactivation in human embryonic stem cells
Genetic Diseases
M. William Lensch, PhD
Children's Hospital Boston
The analysis of complex genetic syndromes using disease-specific human embryonic stem cell lines
Genetic Diseases
Craig Michelli, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Progenitor cells in the adult Drosophila gut: understanding tissue renewal in endoderm lineages
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Hanna Mikkola, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Placenta as a niche for hematopoietic stem cell development
Blood Diseases
Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute, MD, PhD
McLean Hospital
Characterization, transplantation and functional analysis of dopamine neuronal progenitors derived from primate and human embryonic stem cells
Nervous System Diseases
Amy Wagers, PhD
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Biology and function of adult skeletal muscle precursor cells
Musculoskeletal Diseases