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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Understanding and inhibiting mechanisms of metastatic spread in osteosarcoma	University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD	Crazy 8 Awards	2022	California
Alternative Splicing Driven by MYCN Activates RAS-MAPK in Neuroblastoma	University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, MD/PhD	Innovation Grants	2018	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
Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in the Zebrafish to Enable Discovery of New Anti-Leukemic Compounds	University of California, San Diego / David Traver, MD	Innovation Grants	2012	California
Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in Zebra Fish to Enable Discovery of New Anti- Leukemic Compounds	University of California, San Diego / David Traver, MD	Innovation Grants	2010	California
Modeling osteosarcoma to identify novel therapeutic targets.	Stanford University / Julien Sage	Young Investigator Grants	2006	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
Identifying New Therapeutic Targets in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma	Stanford University / Julien Sage, PhD	Innovation Grants	2018	California
Neuronal Damage, Neurocognitive Losses and Quality of Life Following High-Dose Chemotherapy in Children with Brain Tumors	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Nelson	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California
Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations	Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD	RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration)	2016	California

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