IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence

The goal of the Delaware Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) grant is to continue statewide efforts to improve healthcare in the state by extending the work of INBRE I in building a statewide biomedical research capability. The Delaware INBRE is focused on research in cancer, heart disease, and neuroscience, three areas where disease takes the lives of millions of Americans each year.

As a partner institution of INBRE and its sole pediatric research arm, Nemours will receive a total grant award of nearly $1.7 million dollars over the 5-year duration of the grant under the direction of Vicky Funanage, PhD. Projects and investigators receiving support are:

Robert Akins, PhD, FAHA
The engineering of (CV) grafts that mimic the properties of native tissue

Robert Mason, PhD
Central Research Instrumentation Core

Katia Sol-Church, PhD
INBRE Central Research Instrumentation Core

Takashi Tsuda MD, Investigator
Tom Force, MD and Ulhas Naik, PhD, Mentors
Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Human Heart Failure

Wenlan Wang, MD, PhD, Investigator (Matthew Butchbach, PhD)
Rob Mason, PhD; Carolyn Schanen, MD, PhD, Mentors
Systematic Analyses of SMN Complexes in Motor Neurons