The Davey L. Kock Memorial Research Grant

Contributed by: 

Janine Kock

This grant was established in 2015.

Research Grants Supported

Rodrigo Morales, PhD, 2022
University of Texas
"Development of a high throughput system for screening anti-prion molecules"

Simon Mead, PhD, 2021
University College London (UCL) Institute of Prion Diseases
"Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of age at clinical onset in inherited prion disease (genetic CJD)"

Hermann Clemens Altmeppen, Ph.D., 2018
Investigating the Potential of the Neuroprotective N1 Fragment of the Prion Protein as a New Treatment Against Prion Diseases
Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center – Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Sylvain Lehmann, Ph.D., 2018
Innovative Human 3D Neural Network Model for the Efficient Propagation of Human Prions
Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, University of Montpellier, France

Byron Caughey, Ph.D., 2016
Antisense Oligonucleotides to Delay or Prevent Onset of Prion Disease in Mice
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health
Hamilton, Montana

Emiliano Biasini, PhD, 2015
Pharmacological Chaperones for the Cellular Prion Protein
Center for Integrative Biology (CIBIO) at the University of Trento, Italy

Wen-Quan Zou, MD, PhD, 2015
Developing Therapeutics for CJD Using Patient-Specific iPSC-Derived Neurons
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio