2014 Fall Grant Competition
Please note that this was the first competition in which bridge grants were offered; all prior awards were seed grants.Jessica Head (in collaboration with Aimee Ryan) - $10,000 Seed Grant
Effects of PAHs on Cardiac Development in Chicken
Hugh Clarke (in collaboration with David Dankort) - $5,000 Seed Grant
A new view of somatic-germ line communication during oocyte development
Sarah Kimmins - $10,000 Bridge Grant
KDM1A, targets oocyte genes that alter embryo development and function in maternal epigenetic transmission
Anna Naumova - $5,000 Bridge Grant
Transgenerational epigenetic effects of translocations in mouse embryos
2012 Spring Grant Competition
Makoto Nagano (in collaboration with Aimee Ryan) - $10,000
Improving colonization of spermatogonial stem cells by disrupting the blood-testis barrier
2011 Spring Grant Competition
Cristian O'Flaherty (in collaboration with Daniel Cyr and Louis Hermo) - $10,000
Impact of oxidative stress on sperm epididymal maturation
2010 Spring Grant Competition
Loydie Jerome-Majewska (in collaboration with Jacek Majewski) - $10,000
Alternative splicing plays an important role during early mouse development
Sarah Kimmins (in collaboration with Dan Bernard) - $10,000
Determining the function of the histone H3 demethylase, lysine specific demethylase 1(KDM1) in gonadotrope function and fertility
Vassilios Papadopoulos (in collaboration with Charles Rohlicek) - $10,000
Do di‐(2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate‐induced changes in steroid production affect blood pressure in the adult rat?
2009 Fall Grant Competition
Raj Duggavathi - $10,000
Molecular mechanisms of leptin-receptor signaling in ovarian granulosa cells
Makoto Nagano (in collaboration with P. Chan) - $10,000
Characterization of human spermatogonial stem cells
2009 Spring Grant Competition
Hugh Clarke (in collaboration with D. Arnold, F. Lopes, & J. Trasler) - $5,000
Role of early epigenetic modifications of histones in establishing correct patterns of DNA methylation during embryogenesis
Martine Culty (in collaboration with S. Wing) - $5,000
Role of ubiquitin proteasome system in testicular gonocytes functions
Barbara Hales (in collaboration with D. Bernard) - $5,000
Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms by which warfarin ameliorates retinoid teratogenicity
Cristian O'Flaherty (in collaboration with P. Chan & A. Zini) - $5,000
Characterization of peroxiredoxins in patients with clinical varicocele or idiopathic infertility