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The Lynda Morris Memorial Grant

Contributed by: David Morris and Family
This grant was established in 2019.

Research Grants Supported

Sonia Vallabh

Grant Title:
Assessing efficacy of zinc-finger repressors of prion protein as a therapeutic for prion disease

Location:
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Grant Year: 2020

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

Robert C.C. Mercer, Ph.D.

Grant Title:
The identification of PrPSc interaction partners and the characterization of their role in prion infection and/or propagation

Location:
Instructor, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Grant Year: 2023

Candace Mathiason, PhD

Grant Title:
“Use of Blood-borne Prion Amplification Assays for the Detection of Human Prion Diseases and Biomarker Assessment”

Location:
Prion Research Center, Colorado State University

Grant Year:
2020

Dr. Surabhi Mehra

Grant Title:
Understanding the molecular mechanism of spontaneous prion emergence in knock-in mouse models

Location:
Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto

Grant Year: 2024