Adriano Aguzzi, MD and Vangelis Bouris, MSc
Grant Title: Investigating the role of BLOC-1 complex in prion disease
Location: Institute for the Science of the Aging Brain (ISAB), St. Gallen, Switzerland
Grant Year: 2026
Simon Mead, PhD
Grant Title: DNA Extraction for Global Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Location: MRC Prion Unit and National Prion Clinic, University College London (UCL) Institute of Prion Diseases
Grant Year: 2026
Thomas J. Trainer
Grant Title: The structural basis of prion-induced synaptotoxicity
Location: Imperial College London (ICL)
Grant Year: 2026
Paulina Soto, PhD
Grant Title: New strains, new risks: evaluating the host range and zoonotic potential of CWD prion strains
Location: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Grant Year: 2026
Daniel Ojeda-Juarez, PhD
Grant Title: Characterizing Early Synaptic Dysfunction in Human Prion Disease Using a Human iPSC-Derived Neuronal Model
Location: University of California, San Diego
Grant Year: 2026
Prof. Neil A. Mabbott
Grant Title: Haematopoietic stem cell gene therapy as a novel therapeutic for CNS prion disease
Location: The Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh
Grant Year: 2026
Jingxin Wang, PhD
Grant Title: Development of RNA Splicing Modulators for the Treatment of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Location: University of Chicago
Grant Year: 2026
David A. Harris, MD, PhD
Grant Title: Using a Kuru-Protective PrP Mutation as a Novel Prion Therapy
Location: Edgar Minas Housepian Professor & Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Boston University/Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Grant Year: 2026
Vanessa Laversenne, PhD
Grant Title: Hypomorphic low PrP expressing mice as models for prion replication and native function
Location: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Grant Year: 2026
Joaquín Castilla, PhD
Grant Title: Early vs late intervention: PrP-lowering therapy stage-dependent outcomes in sCJD and GSS mouse models
Location: Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
Grant Year: 2026