Walther Advancing Basic Cancer (ABC) Research Grants
The overall goals of the Walther ABC Research Grants are to stimulate novel multi-disciplinary integrative cancer research, seed collaborative interactions between at least 2 scientific fields, provide a cross-disciplinary training environment for a post-doctoral fellow, and to generate high quality preliminary data for an extramural funding application.
2012 Walther ABC Awards:
Mapping Multicellular Resistance-Associated Protein & Lipid Distributions in 3D Cell Cultures by Mass Spectrometric/Confocal Raman Microscopic Imaging
Amanda B. Hummon (Principal Investigator), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame and Paul W. Bohn, Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Nanomembrane-Based Nucleic Acid Sensing for Simultaneous Detection of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-Induced MicroRNAs in Oropharyngeal Cancers
H. Chia Chang (Principal Investigator), Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame and M. Sharon Stack, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
2011 Walther ABC Awards, 2nd Year Renewals:
Engineering T Cell Receptors to Optimize Anti-Tumor Immunity
Brian Baker (Principal Investigator), Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame and Peter Velázquez, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend
Overcoming Resistance to Microtubule-directed Chemotherapy Drugs with Mitotic Kinase Inhibitors
Kevin T. Vaughan (Principal Investigator), Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame and Richard E. Taylor, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame