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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
Investigation of Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Second Malignant Neoplasms in a Mouse Model	University of California San Francisco / Jean Nakamura	Young Investigator Grants	2011	California
STING Pathway Activation: The Missing Link between Genomic Instability and Antitumor Immunity in Osteosarcoma	University of California San Francisco / Elizabeth Young, MD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	California
Identification and Characterization of an Epigenetic Program that Maintains the Self-Renewal of MLL Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells	Stanford University / Hon-Kit Wong	Young Investigator Grants	2010	California
Single-cell RNA-seq Profiling of Transcriptional Transition States During Human Retinoblastoma	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Sunhye Lee, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2016	California
Altered Cerebral Blood Flow after Pediatric Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor Treatment	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Baron Nelson, RN/PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2016	California
Targeted Inhibition of Signaling Networks in Pediatric Glioblastoma Stem Cells	University of California Berkeley / Erin Simonds, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2013	California
Neural Crest Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Normal Meningeal Development and Onset of Meningioma	California Institute of Technology / Ayyappa Raja Desingu Rajan, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	California
Investigating the Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Down Syndrome	University of California San Francisco / Adam de Smith, Ph.D.	'A' Award Grants	2014	California
Modeling osteosarcoma to identify novel therapeutic targets.	Stanford University / Julien Sage	Young Investigator Grants	2006	California

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