Awards
The focus of the center is to develop collaborations and work towards developing specific projects to fulfill the goal of developing ncRNAs and RNAi-based therapeutic applications.
Excellence Award
The RNA Center Award of Excellence in RNAi and ncRNA Research has been established to fund ncRNA-focused research. Each award will provide $25,000 per year for up to a two-year project period.
Recent awardees:
Pilot Project
Chun Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
MD Anderson Cancer Center
"Molecular Imaging of Combined EphB4 RNAi and Bevacizumab therapy in Ovarian Cancer"
Career Development
Abhinav K. Jain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
"Characterization of p53 regulated lincRNA networks that establish the human stem cell state"
Laura and John Arnold Award
This award was established to fund siRNA, miRNA and other ncRNAs-focused research. With the funding assistance of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the center was able to fund two awards of $25,000 per year for up to a two-year project period.
Awardees:
Pilot Project
Dean Tang, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Carcinogenesis
MD Anderson Cancer Center
¡°miRNAregulation of prostate cancer stem cells¡±
Career Development
Chun-Ju Chang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular & Cellular Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
¡°The role of miR-200c as a biomarker for predicting p53 deficiency and its potential use as a treatment for aggressive breast cancer¡±