Xue-Jun Li (Medicine, Rockford) and Duncan Wardrop (CHEM) were awarded a $25K Launch award for their project entitled “Identification of small-molecule therapeutics using human stem cell models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.”
Alexander (Shura) Mankin, Paul Carlier and Max Svetlow were awarded an MPI R21 grant (AI196497) entitled ““Identifying inhibitors of the bacterial peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase”
Larry Miller (CHEM), Xiaojing Yang (CHEM) and Mark McCauley) were awarded a $25K Launch award for their project entitled “Development of a Ligand-binding assay for the PP1Cβ:PPP1212C phosphatase complex.”
Ekrem Emrah Er (Physiology and Biophysics) and Terry Moore (Pharmaceutical Sciences) were awarded a $25K U2D2 award for their project entitled “Discovery of ISGylation Inhibitors for Breast Cancer Metastasis and Immune Modulation”
UICentre announces a collaboration with the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) to fund new drug discovery projects.
In Round 1 (February 2024), two awards of $30K were made.
In Round 2 (October 2024), one award of $50K was made.
