The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund 2009 Awardees were just announced.
MBC received three awards:
Exploratory Grant Awardees:
Dr. Mariusz Karbowski
"Maintenance of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission as a Critical Factor
in Stem cell viability,
Differentiation Capacity and Differentiation-induced Mitochondrial
Biogenesis"
Dr. Xuehong Xu
"P-QD hESC Labeling and Its Application on Cell Transdifferentiation"
Post - Doctoral Fellowship Grant Awardee:
Dr. Julio Altamirano (Dr. W.J. Lederer's Laboratory) "Calcium signaling in cardiac hESC -dervied myocytes and their
functional interations with acutely isolated rat venticular myocytes in primary cultures"