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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Development of allogeneic off-the-shelf gamma delta T cell product for pediatric AML	Baylor College of Medicine / Norihiro Watanabe, PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	Texas
DMG: From SWI/SNF’s role in cholesterol biosynthesis to new therapeutic opportunities	Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Capucine Van Rechem, PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	California
Unraveling the Mechanisms of Inherited Predisposition to Childhood Leukemia	Boston Children’s Hospital / Vijay Sankaran, MD/PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	Massachusetts
Pathological Condensates and Transcription Dysregulation in Rhabdomyosarcoma at Single-Molecule Resolution	California Institute of Technology / Shasha Chong, PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	California
Direct targeting of oncoprotein assembly using mimetic peptide interference	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Alex Kentsis, MD/PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	New York
Improving homing and activity of CAR T cells in pediatric sarcomas	University of Colorado Denver / Joselyn Cruz Cruz, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Colorado
Defining how unique properties of the pediatric immune system contribute to poor efficacy of checkpoint blockade in children	Stanford University / Adrienne Long, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	California
The influence of the raphe nucleus and serotonin on progression of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma	Stanford University / Richard Drexler, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	California
Understanding the role of CDK8 in protein synthesis for treating MYC-driven medulloblastoma	University of Colorado Denver / Dong Wang, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Colorado
Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switches (SynGERS) for Improved CAR T Cell Function in Pediatric Solid Tumors	Baylor College of Medicine / Leidy Diana Caraballo Galva, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2023	Texas

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