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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
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
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
Novel mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of chemoresistant rhabdomyosarcoma	Massachusetts General Hospital / Yueyang Wang, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Massachusetts
Utilizing chromatin directed inhibitors to regulate gene expression in Ewing sarcoma for therapeutic benefit	University of North Carolina / Justin Sperlazza, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	North Carolina
Vaccine-boosted CAR T cell therapy for high risk neuroblastoma	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Timothy Spear, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Pennsylvania
In vivo transdermal generation of CD33 CAR T-cells towards acute myeloid leukemia	University of California, Los Angeles / Ruby Sims, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	California
Unraveling GABAergic interneuron-like lineage in H3G34-mutant hemispheric high-grade gliomas: their impact on network formation and invasion	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Gustavo Alencastro Veiga Cruzeiro, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Massachusetts
Investigating the impact of osteosarcoma genetic lesions on bone differentiation	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / James Morrow, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Massachusetts
MYCN-induced molecular clock disruption and metabolic rewiring drive neuroblastoma	Baylor College of Medicine / Lingzhi Li, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Texas
Capitalizing on functional genomics with targeted protein degradation in neuroblastoma	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Ian Delahunty, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Tennessee

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