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2004 Hillblom Foundation Grant Recipients

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Start-Up Grants

Joshua T. Trachtenberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Neurobiology

Los Angeles, CA

Project Title:
"Imaging Synaptic Loss and Repair In Vivo in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease"

Amount Granted: $70,000 per year for 3 years


Fellowship Grants

Malin Levin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
The Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease

San Francisco, CA

Project Title:
"Determining the Relationship Between Triglyceride Synthesis and Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle"

Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years



Henri A. Kester, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CA

Project Title: "CREB Down-Regulation in the Treatment of Type II Diabetes"

Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years



Montserrat Arrasate, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
The Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease

San Francisco, CA

Project Title:
"Longitudinal Analysis to Study PolyQ-dependent Death Mechanisms in Specific Neuronal Subpopulations"

Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years



Peichuan Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics

San Francisco, CA

Project Title:
"Mechanistic Investigation of Aging and Age-related Neurodegeneration in C. elegans"

Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years



Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Neurology

San Francisco, CA

Project Title: "Alpha-synuclein Expression and Aging in C. elegans"

Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years



David T. Madden, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Buck Institute for Age Research
Novato, CA

Project Title: "Mechanism of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-induced Cell Death"

Amount Granted: $60,000 per year for 3 years




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