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 (WashU Biomedical Engineering)
Development of a bioengineered construct library to repair long nerve defects
2016 Award
Principal Investigator: Matthew Wood (WashU Surgery)
Collaborator: Susan Mackinnon (WashU Surgery)
Fixing the Broken Clock: Optogenetic methods to restore circadian rhythms in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Erik Musiek (WashU Neurology)
Collaborators: Erik Herzog (WashU Biology) and Geraldine Kress (WashU Neurology)
Mechanisms of neonatal seizures in a mouse model of term-equivalent cerebral hypoxia-ischemia
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Michael Wong (WashU Neurology)
Collaborator: Rafael Galindo (WUSTL Neurology)
MicroRNA regulation of dendritic cell function in an animal model of multiple sclerosis
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Gregory Wu (WashU Neurology)
Collaborator: Timothy Miller (WashU Neurology)
The role of DNA methylation in Huntington’s disease
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Hiroko Yano (WashU Neurosurgery)
Collaborator: Ting Wang (WashU Genetics)
Previous Pilot Awards
Hope Center Pilot awards are two-year projects. Click below to learn details about past pilot projects.
