The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has made pilot awardee selections following recent RFAs. Please join us in congratulating the awardees below.
Accelerator Award
William Schiemann, PhD and Saba Valadkhan, MD, PhD
Project: BORG:TRIM28 Complexes: Global Regulators of Alternative mRNA Splicing Coupled to BCSC Plasticity and Metastatic Relapse
Canner Innovation Award
Cheryl Thompson, PhD
Project: Extracellular Vesicles for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Jumpstart Award
Abhishek Chakraborty, PhD
Project: Investigating Kidney Lineage-Specific Genetic Dependencies as Anti-Cancer Targets in Renal Cancer
Lung Cancer Pilot Award
Kailash Gulshan, PhD
Project: Role of PIP2 and Gasdermin D in lung cancer progression and metastasis
American Cancer Society IRG Award
Christine O'Connor, PhD
Project: HCMV-encoded GPCRs: Potential targets for preventing reactivation in BMT patients