As we age, neurons in our brain tend to accumulate abnormal protein. The same process occurs in degenerative diseases of aging such as Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases, but at a much faster rate. Our research aims to identify the various ways that abnormal protein accumulation compromises the neuron in neurodegenerative diseases. Our long term...
Senior and New Scholars Awards for University of Iowa
Dr. Henry L. Paulson
University of Iowa
1999 new Scholar Award in aging
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Non-Scholar Awards for University of Iowa
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2002 Training Scholar Award in Infectious Disease
The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $15,000 to the University of Iowa for a Training Course on Molecular Techniques in Malaria coordinated through John E. Donelson, Ph.D., with Dr. Thomas Egwang at the Molecular Biotechnology Laboratories in Kampala as the course organizer. The training course is being held September 1-30, 2002 in Kampala,...
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Funded Institutions
The Ellison Medical Foundation fosters research by means of grants-in-aid on behalf of investigators to universities and laboratories within the United States. Institutions receiving awards must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or U.S. colleges or universities.
The Ellison Medical Foundation