Infrastructure Awards in Aging 2004

June Kinosita,  Alzheimer Research Forum	Neurodegenerative Disease Knowledge Base 2004 Infrastructure Award in Aging The Ellison Medical Foundation has pledged up to $450,000 over 3 years to help fund the development of the Neurodegenerative Disease Knowledge Base that will support researchers investigating the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases to accelerate the development of biomarkers, diagnostics, and therapies. The web based system, to be accessed by a portal... (more)
Beverly Paigen, Ph.D. Jackson Laboratory	New Genetic Tools to Accelerate Aging Research 2004 Infrastructure Award in Aging The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded up to $1,014,000, over a period of four years, to expand genetic tools for the mouse model systems used in aging research. The award will support the characterization of lifespan and aging-related phenotypes of genetically diverse and commonly used inbred mouse strains. The data will be publicly available in... (more)
Joe Selby, M.D. Kaiser Foundation Research Institute	Center on Applied Genetic and Epidemiologic Research on Aging 2004 Infrastructure Award in Aging The Ellison Medical Foundation has pledged up to $1,200,271 over 2 years to support the establishment of a Center on Applied Genetic and Epidemiologic Research on Aging. Led by the Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente of Northern California (KPNC) in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, University of... (more)