MSCRF Awardees 2023

University of Maryland

Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

2024 Award Recipients:

VALIDATION GRANT:

Dr. Curt Civin   
Curate Processing of Hematopoietic Stem-Progenitor Cells for Gene Therapies

DISCOVERY GRANT:

Dr. Chengyan Chu
Human GRPs As Drug Factories for Local Modulation Of Neuroinflammation In Cerebral Small Vessel Disease               

Dr. Ivy Dick
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Models for the Study and Treatment of CACNA1A Related Disorders

Dr. Miroslaw Janowski
Computational Approach to In Vivo Genome Editing in the Brain

Dr. Xiaofeng Jia
Developing and Improving Human Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Therapy for Brain Recovery After Cardiac Arrest

Dr. Yajie Lian
Smart Intravital Multiphoton Imaging iPSC-Derived Cells Grafted into Ischemic Brain Assisted by Empowered Helper Cells

Dr. Iris Lindberg
Neuroprotection by An Endogenous Chaperone in a Stem Cell Model of Parkinson's Disease

Dr. Raphael Meier
Co-transplantation of MMP-9 Enhanced Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Pancreatic Islets for Treatment of Type-1 Diabetes

Dr. Graeme Woodworth
Mechano-Biological Analyses of Human Neural Stem Cells in Confined Microenvironments 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP:

Dr. Shalini Sharma
Magnetic and Radioactive Labeling of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secreting P2X7-Blocking Nanobody for their Precise Intra-Arterial Delivery in Stroke

Dr. Jinghui Wang
Multiphoton Imaging iPSC Derived NPCS Co-Transplanted with Helper Cells Expressing VEGF for Stroke Treatment

LAUNCH GRANT:

Man-Kyo Chung
Development of hiPSC-Derived Odontoblast Scaffold for Future Cell Therapy In Dentin Regeneration