Unraveling the Mechanisms of Neuroma Prevention with the Use of Acellularized Nerve Allografts
2017 Award
Principal Investigator: Valeria Cavalli (WashU Dept. of Neuroscience)
Collaborator: Amy Moore (WashU Surgery)
Regulation of stop codon readthrough of Aqp4 and role in Aβ clearance
2017 Award
Principal Investigator: Joseph Dougherty (WashU Genetics)
Collaborators: John Cirrito (WashU Neurology), Carla Yuede (WashU Neurology)
Eliciting Sensory Percepts by Macrosieve Stimulation of the Rat Sciatic Nerve
2017 Award
Principal investigator: Wilson (Zack) Ray (WashU Neurosurgery)
Collaborator: Dan Moran (WashU Biomedical Engineering)
Role of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Aggregation and Spreading of Alpha-synuclein in vitro and in vivo
2017 Award
Principal Investigator: Mark Sands (WashU Medicine)
Collaborators: Albert (Gus) Davis (WashU Neurology), Bruno Benitez (WashU Medicine)
Dissecting Downstream SCN Neural Circuits in Sleep and Arousal
2016 Award
Principal investigators: Michael Bruchas (WashU Anesthesiology), Erik Herzog (WashU Biology)
Transmissible protein aggregation in myodegenerative diseases
2016 Award
Principal investigator: Conrad Weihl (WashU Neurology)
Collaborator: Jan Bieschke (University College London)
Development of a bioengineered construct library to repair long nerve defects
2016 Award
Principal Investigator: Matthew Wood (WashU Surgery)
Collaborator: Susan Mackinnon (WashU Surgery)
Previous Pilot Awards
Hope Center Pilot awards are two-year projects. Click below to learn details about past pilot projects.
