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Pilot Fund Award Recipients

2008-2009 Pilot Fund Awards ($75,000 for One Year)

Alejandro Aballay, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, for his proposal: "Intelligent command of defenses: neural regulation of innate immunity"

Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, for his proposal: "microRNA cross-species trans-splicing as a novel mechanism for malaria resistance in sickle cell disease"

Geoffrey Pitt, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. Medicine, Division of Cardiology and Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, for his proposal: "Defining Unexpected Roles for Voltage-gated Ca2+ Channels in Development and Birth Defects"

Raphael Valdivia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, for his proposal: "Mutational Analysis of Genetically Intractable Organisms"

Xiao-Fan Wang, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, for his proposal: "Identification and functional characterization of microRNAs and their target genes involved in the promotion of hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis"