Grant Awards in April 2005

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Principal Investigator  Project Title/Link  
1. Conventional Research Grants    
Dr. Eleanor Bolton
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 
The Role of B Lymphocytes in Chronic Transplant Rejection  
Dr. Peter Cowan
St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia  
Promoting the Growth of New Blood Vessels to Improve the Survival of Pancreatic Islet Grafts 
Dr. Lina Lu
University of Pittsburgh, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, USA  
Cell-Based Capsulation: A Novel Approach for Long-Term Islet Allograft Survival 
Prof. Frank Rösl
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany 
Reducing Skin Cancer in Organ-Transplanted Persons 
Dr. Alexandra F. Sharland
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 
Pig Molecules which Activate Human Lymphocytes 
Prof. Joost van Meerwijk
INSERM U563, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse, France  
Development of a Cell-Based Therapy against Short-Term and Long-Term Graft Rejection 
Dr. Bernard Vanhove
ITERT, CHU Hotel Dieu, Nantes, France  
Immunosuppression and Tolerance Induction by Selective Inhibition of CD28 
2. Clinical Research Grants    
Dr. Jan Anthoine Bruijn
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 
Prognostic Markers in Protocolized Renal Allograft Biopsies 
Dr. Luis A. Fernandez
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA  
Characterization of Human Islet from Non-Heart Beating Donors 
Dr. Alvaro Pacheco-Silva
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 
Detection and Prevention of Patients with Chronic Allograft Nephropathy