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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations	Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2018	Tennessee
Chemical Genetics and CRISPRi/a Screen for Novel Therapeutic Targets in a Humanized Model for MYCN Associated High-Risk Pediatric Neuroblastoma	University of California San Francisco / Zhenyi An, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2015	California
Adoptive Cell Therapy Targeting Antigen Escape Variants in Childhood High Grade Glioma	Baylor College of Medicine / Meenakshi Hegde	Young Investigator Grants	2012	Texas
Exploiting a Novel DNA Repair Defect in Ewing Sarcoma	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Shuhei Asada, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	Massachusetts
Dissecting the Hierarchy of Tumor Cell Differentiation Using Dual Recombinase Technology in a Novel Mouse Model of Rhabdomyosarcoma	Duke University Medical Center / David Van Mater, MD, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2013	North Carolina
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
Ex Vivo Modeling of Medulloblastoma using Human iPSC-Derived Cerebellar Organoids	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephanie Wu, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2023	Tennessee
Mechanisms of CNOT3 Tumor Suppression in T-ALL and Identification of New Drugs That Specifically Kill CNOT3-Deficient T-ALL Cells	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Zhaodong Li, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2014	Massachusetts
Cooperating Signaling Networks Regulate Cell Survival of Pediatric Ph-like ALL	University of Pennsylvania / Christian Hurtz, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2018	Pennsylvania
Development and Characterization of Novel Models of Human Osteosarcoma Development and Metastasis	University of Minnesota / Beau Webber, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2017	Minnesota

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