Dissecting Downstream SCN Neural Circuits in Sleep and Arousal
2016 Award
Principal investigators: Michael Bruchas (WUSTL Anesthesiology), Erik Herzog (WUSTL Biology)
Transmissible protein aggregation in myodegenerative diseases
2016 Award
Principal investigator: Conrad Weihl (WUSTL Neurology)
Collaborator: Jan Bieschke (WUSTL Biomedical Engineering)
Development of a bioengineered construct library to repair long nerve defects
2016 Award
Principal Investigator: Matthew Wood (WUSTL Surgery)
Collaborator: Susan Mackinnon (WUSTL 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 (WUSTL Neurology)
Collaborators: Erik Herzog (WUSTL Biology) and Geraldine Kress (WUSTL Neurology)
Mechanisms of neonatal seizures in a mouse model of term-equivalent cerebral hypoxia-ischemia
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Michael Wong (WUSTL 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 (WUSTL Neurology)
Collaborator: Timothy Miller (WUSTL Neurology)
The role of DNA methylation in Huntington’s disease
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Hiroko Yano (WUSTL Neurosurgery)
Collaborator: Ting Wang (WUSTL Genetics)
Previous Pilot Awards
Hope Center Pilot awards are two-year projects. Click below to learn details about past pilot projects.
