The Donna Tepe Memorial Grant

Contributed by: Jeff Tepe and family
This grant was established in 2022.

Research Grants Supported

Maria Letizia Barreca, PhD

Grant Title:
Blocking the Neurotoxic Activities of Mutant Prion Proteins by a Novel Class of Therapeutic Agents

Location:
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DPS), University of Perugia-Italy

Grant Year: 2022

Szymon W. Manka, PhD

Grant Title: Engineering human cells to propagate fluorescent prions for live monitoring of prion infection and high-resolution in situ prion structure determination

Location: Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease,
Synthetic and Structural Biology Section

Grant Year: 2025