
Grants Awarded
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New awards will be posted as they are issued.
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Award Type | Project # | RFA # | PI/Project Leader | Institution | Title | Status |
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2017 | R33 | CA217700 | RFA-CA-16-002 | WALTER, MATTHEW J | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | TARGETED SINGLE-MOLECULE SEQUENCING ASSAY INCORPORATING MOLECULAR BARCODES | NCE |
2017 | R21 | CA204708 | RFA-CA-16-001 | MALMSTADT, NOAH | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | A Target-Directed Reagent Pipeline via Microfluidic mRNA Display | Complete |
2017 | R21 | CA212967 | RFA-CA-16-001 | WINDLE, BRAD E. | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | The GOF Mutant p53 Beacon System | Complete |
2017 | R33 | CA206907 | RFA-CA-16-004 | ISSADORE, DAVID AARON | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | Rapid unbiased isolation and in situ RNA analysis of circulating tumor cells using a magnetic micropore-based diagnostic chip | NCE |
2017 | R33 | CA217780 | RFA-CA-16-002 | PARKER, LAURIE L. | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Fluorescence lifetime-based single fluorophore biosensors of post-translational modification enzyme activity | NCE |
2017 | R21 | CA212495 | RFA-CA-16-001 | EASWARAN, HARIHARAN | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | High-efficiency microfluidic-assisted single-cell DNA methylome sequencing | NCE |
2017 | R21 | CA213234 | RFA-CA-16-003 | WELJIE, AALIM M | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | Determining and enhancing metabolite fitness for metabolomics measurements | Complete |
2017 | R33 | CA206939 | RFA-CA-16-004 | PATTENDEN, SAMANTHA GAIL | UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL | The application of Enhanced Cavitation to enable DNA and Chromatin Extraction from Archived Tissues | NCE |
2018 | R43 | CA236101 | PAR-18-303 | LEE, LY JAMES | NANOMATERIAL INNOVATION, LTD | Molecular Beacons in Lipoplex Nanoparticles for Extracellular Vesicles Based Cancer Diagnosis | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA228997 | RFA-CA-17-010 | ROYZEN, MAKSIM | STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY | Development of Catch and Release Approach for Multi-Drug Local Delivery of Chemotherapies | Active |
2018 | R33 | CA225863 | RFA-CA-17-011 | LU, JUN | YALE UNIVERSITY | CRISPR-based Enhanced Molecular Chipper Technology for Identifying Functional Noncoding Elements in Cancer | NCE |
2018 | R43 | CA236142 | PAR-18-303 | SCHOETTLE, LOUIS | GEMNEO BIOSCIENCE, INC. | Origami Nanoprobes for Large-Scale Single-Cell Analysis of Lymphocytes | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA228948 | RFA-CA-17-010 | SCHIBEL, ANNA | ELECTRONIC BIOSCIENCES, INC. | Microsatellite Sequencing to Enable Cancer Genotyping | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA222344 | RFA-CA-17-011 | SALIPANTE, STEPHEN J | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Advanced development and validation of genome-scale molecular diagnostics for microsatelliteinstability using targeted molecular counting methods | NCE |
2018 | R21 | CA229044 | RFA-CA-17-010 | ABBOTT, KAREN L | UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS | Novel platform linking cancer-specific glycosylation with cell signaling outcomes | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223715 | RFA-CA-17-010 | SHI, TUJIN | BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES | An ultrasensitive targeted mass spectrometry system for proteomics analysis of single cells | Active |
2018 | R33 | CA228979 | RFA-CA-17-011 | SCHRUM, ADAM G | UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA | Multiplex matrix ELISA for T cell protein-interaction networks in cancer | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223901 | RFA-CA-17-010 | BRENT, ROGER | FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER | Precision controllers of mammalian gene expression | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223887 | RFA-CA-17-010 | SMITH, LLOYD M | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON | Novel NeuCode Tagging Reagents for Identification and Quantification of Intact Proteoforms in Cancer Tissues | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA229023 | RFA-CA-17-011 | TEWARI, MUNEESH (contact); WALTER, NILS G | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR | Optimization and Validation of Single-Molecule Kinetic Fingerprinting Technology for Rapid, Ultra-Specific Detection of Cancer Mutations | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA217735 | RFA-CA-17-010 | ENGLER, ADAM JEFFREY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Developing Adhesome Technology as a Physical Marker of Highly Metastatic Cells | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA214239 | RFA-CA-17-010 | VAN DEVENTER, JAMES ALLEN | TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD | Discovering hybrid inhibitors for tumor microenvironment disruption | NCE |
2018 | R21 | CA229037 | RFA-CA-17-012 | GULLEY, MARGARET L | UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL | EndoGenus Toolkit: A Biometric Method for Absolute Quantification of Tumor Markers by Massive Parallel Sequencing | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223836 | RFA-CA-17-010 | FIELDS, RYAN C | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | Advancing Cancer Biology, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Outside of the Patient: Creation of a Novel, Autologous, Ex Vivo, Vascularized Model of the Tumor Microenvironment | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA223947 | RFA-CA-17-011 | BROWN, BRIAN D | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | Pro-Codes: A novel vector and cell barcoding technology | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA225507 | RFA-CA-17-012 | PAULOVICH, AMANDA G | FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER | Validation of a disposable biospecimen collection system with integral refrigeration for preserving the phosphoproteome | NCE |
2018 | R21 | CA229057 | RFA-CA-17-010 | FU, XIAO-AN | UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE | A microreactor chip platform for quantitative analysis of unsaturated aldehydes in exhaled breath | Active |
2018 | R33 | CA223581 | RFA-CA-17-011 | CHENG, JI-XIN | BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) | Quantitative SRS Imaging of Cancer Metabolism at Single Cell Level | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA229027 | RFA-CA-17-012 | SKARDAL, ALEKSANDER (contact); STROWD, ROY ERVIN | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES | Predicting Tumor Heterogeneity Evolution After Therapy In Patient-Derived Ex Vivo Glioblastoma Organoids | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA223915 | RFA-CA-17-010 | KARGINOV, ANDREI V | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO | Optogenetic tools for the dissection of oncogenic signaling mediated by kinases | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA223904 | RFA-CA-17-011 | CIMA, MICHAEL J | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Advanced development and validation of microdevices for high-throughput in situ drug sensitivity testing in tumors | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA217702 | RFA-CA-17-013 | BORGES, CHAD R | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS | Validation and Advanced Development of Albumin Oxidizability as a Marker of Plasma/Serum Integrity | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA214285 | RFA-CA-17-010 | MAILLOUX, ADAM WILLIAM | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST | Autohistomagnetic Isolation of Tumor-reactive T-cells | Complete |
2018 | R33 | CA225539 | RFA-CA-17-011 | JIANG, NING | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN | An integrated therapeutic T cell receptor screening platform for adoptive cell therapy in cancer | Active |
2018 | R33 | CA214310 | RFA-CA-17-013 | INCE, TAN A. | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | Live Tumor Culture Core and Tissue Specific Culture (TSC) System for Human Cancers | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA225474 | RFA-CA-17-010 | MEHTA, ANAND S | MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Glyco-typer: an antibody capture glycan imaging methodology | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA223908 | RFA-CA-17-011 | KONRY, TANIA TALI | NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | Determining treatment sensitivity in B cell lymphoma by novel microfluidics-based NK cell immunogenicity platform | NCE |
2018 | R43 | CA236097 | PAR-18-303 | LIM, MARK | AMBERGEN, INC | Highly Multiplexed Nanoscale Mass Spectrometric Imaging of Cancer Tissues | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223853 | RFA-CA-17-010 | ROBLES, FRANCISCO E | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (SRS-SOCT) for label-free molecular imaging of brain tumor pathology | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA225494 | RFA-CA-17-011 | LIU, YANG | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH | High-throughput super-resolution imaging of chromatin structures at different epigenetic states | NCE |
2019 | R33 | CA240201 | RFA-CA-18-003 | VAN DAM, ROBERT MICHAEL | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | Optimization and validation of integrated microscale technologies for low-cost; automated production of PET molecular imaging tracers for cancer research | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA235305 | RFA-CA-18-002 | WU, YUN | STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO | Exosome-Protein-microRNA-OneStop (Exo-PROS) biosensor: a new liquid biopsy for cancer screening and early detection | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA225458 | RFA-CA-18-003 | KETTENBACH, ARMINJA NADINE | DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | Activity based profiling of Phosphoprotein phosphatases in cancer using mass spectrometry-based proteomics | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA236652 | RFA-CA-18-004 | SINGAMANENI, SRIKANTH | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK AS PROTECTIVE COATING FOR CANCER BIOSPECIMEN PRESERVATION | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA235340 | RFA-CA-18-002 | ZHU, YAZHEN | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | Click Chemistry-Mediated Microfluidic Sorting for HCC CTCs | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA225498 | RFA-CA-18-003 | CHEN, SIDI | YALE UNIVERSITY | Rapidly scalable platforms for direct in vivo screening of functional drivers in lethal cancers | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA240219 | RFA-CA-18-004 | ANDRES-MARTIN, LAURA | NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION | Establishing efficient technologies for ovarian cancer organoid derivation from fresh tumor resections | Active |
2019 | R43 | CA236103 | PAR-18-303 | KHODAVERDIAN, VARANDT Y. | NUPROBE USA, INC. | Allele selective enrichment for targeted profiling of rare cancer mutations via low-depth sequencing | Complete |
2019 | R21 | CA236561 | RFA-CA-18-002 | WEISSLEDER, RALPH | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | Single Circulating Vesicle Analysis for Early Cancer Detection | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA225549 | RFA-CA-18-003 | TAVANA, HOSSEIN | UNIVERSITY OF AKRON | A High Throughput Human Tumor Modeling Technology for Cancer Drug Discovery | Active |