Research Themes & Projects
PrioNet is addressing Canadian prion challenges through the following three research themes and their associated currently-funded projects:
I: Prion Ecology
II: Prion Biology
III: Prion Preparedness and Prevention
Recently Awarded Projects:
Bootstrap
Exploitation of PrP Misfolding Epitopes in TSE Vaccines and Cancer Immunotherapies (Neil Cashman, University of British Columbia)
High-Impact
Structural Characterization of the Fab fragments of three PrPc-specific Antibodies (Michael James, University of Alberta)
The Investigation of Candidate Genes Associated with BSE Incidence
(Stephen Moore, University of Alberta)
The New ZIP on the Block: Structural Analyses of the ZIP-PrP Complex
(Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, University of Toronto)
Proof of Principle
Novel Inhibitor Development for Prion Conversion
(David Wishart, University of Alberta)
Last Updated: 8/13/2010 7:49:34 PM
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