Three Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Researchers Awarded BDCI Grants
The BDCI Accelerator Grants are 1-year, $40,000 awards to interdisciplinary teams of Emory researchers working on important questions at the critical interface of chemistry, biology, and human health. Of the 6 teams awarded an Accelerator Grant this cycle, 3 contained researchers from PhCB:
Yuhong Du, PhD (PhCB, ECBDC) Nicholas Boulis (Neurosurgery) for the project entitled “Targeting oxidative stress-induced tumor edge cells for therapeutic discovery in the minipig glioblastoma model”.
Eric Miller, PhD (PhCB) and Cynthia Derdeyn (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine) for the project entitled “Safer, longer-acting prodrugs of tenofovir that target HIV-enriched tissue”.
Renee Read, PhD (PhCB) and Steven Sloan (Human Genetics) for the project entitled “Drug target discovery with human organoid models of pediatric high-grade gliomas”.