The Ross Melamed Memorial Grant

Contributed by: Olivia Melamed and Family and Friends

Established in 2019

Research Grants Supported

Dr. Thomas Cunningham

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

Holger Wille, PhD

Grant Title:
Evaluating prion vaccines in transgenic mouse models of familial prion diseases

Location:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Grant Year: 2021

Jason Thomas Duskey and Barbara Ruozi

Grant Title:
Optimization of nanoparticle-mediated brain delivery of a tetracationic porphyrin with potent anti-prion activities

Location:
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Grant Year: 2021