The Mercies in Disguise Research Grant, in Honor of the Baxley Family

Contributed by: Kathy Baxley and Family

This grant was established in 2018.

Research Grants Supported

Leonardo Cortez, Ph.D.

Grant Title:
“Isolation and Strain-Specific Characterization of Pathogenic CJD Prion Particles”

Location:
Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Grant Year:
2018

Joaquín Castilla, PhD

Grant Title: Development and characterization of the fastest animal model able to propagate GSS prions faithfully

Location:
Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain

Grant Year: 2022

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