The Andy Lewis Memorial Grant

Contributed by: Kathy Baxley and Family

This grant was established in 2018.

Research Grants Supported

Jakub Soukup, PhD

Grant Title: Higher-resolution visualization of prion fibrils in neurons and extracellular vesicles using state-of-the-art Cryo-TEM and FIB-SEM imaging

Location: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH

Grant Year: 2025

Dr. Pei Ying Lee

Grant Title: Assessing retinal function as a potential early biomarker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

Location: Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Grant Year: 2025

Jose Andres Alepuz Guillen, PhD

Grant Title: Characterization of synaptic abnormalities in iPSC-derived neurons from E200K carriers

Location: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Grant Year: 2025

Dr. Adriano Aguzzi and Davide Caredio

Grant Title:
Investigation of Glycoprotein Nonmetastatic Melanoma protein B (GPNMB) as potential therapeutic target in Prion Diseases

Location:
University of Zurich

Grant Year: 2024

Dr. Thomas Cunningham and Elizabeth Hill

Grant Title:
Generation of Humanised STX6 Overexpression Mice to Study Prion Disease Genetic Risk and as a Model for Therapeutic Intervention

Location:
MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, London

Grant Year: 2023