2017 Regenerative Medicine Minnesota Research Awards
The following 10 research projects were selected for Regenerative Medicine Minnesota grants from 41 applications. This year RMM focused on funding investigators at the start of their careers. These grants are effective for a two-year period starting in 2017.
Sunny Chan, PhD, University of Minnesota
Generation of Second Heart Field and Head Muscle Progenitors by Modeling Cardiopharyngeal Mesoderm
Patricia Devaux, PhD, Mayo Clinic
Derivation of Clinical Grade Transgene-free Human iPSC Using a Newly Developed Measles Reprogramming System for the Treatment of Diabetes
Karen Echeverri, PhD, University of Minnesota
Spinal Cord Regeneration: Translating from Salamanders to Enhance Regenerative Repair after Injury in Mammals
Shernan G Holtan, MD, University of Minnesota
Phase I/II Study of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Epidermal Growth Factor Supplementation (Pregnyl®) to Support Tolerance and Repair as Adjunct Therapy in High-Risk or Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Mi-Hyeon Jang, PhD, Mayo Clinic
Role of Checkpoint Kinase in Myelin Regeneration
Michael C McAlpine, PhD, University of Minnesota
4D Printed Programmable Release Capsules for Spatial Control of Differentiation in 3D Printed Cardiac Tissue
Mark J Osborn, PhD, University of Minnesota
Natural Killer Cell Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy
Rodrigo Ruano, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic
Fetoscopic Regenerative Therapy for Severe Pulmonary Hypoplasia – a feasibility pre-randomized controlled trial study
Jop H van Berlo, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota
Identification of Novel Regulators of Heart Regeneration
Satsuki Yamada, PhD, MD, Mayo Clinic
Regenerative Cardiac Synchronization: A Translational Study