New programme Grants
16 November 2004
A selection of programme grants was made recently by the Wellcome Trust, as detailed below. Only principal applicants are named.
Adrian Harwood
Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
The molecular cell biology of prolyl oligopeptidase and the causes of lithium sensitivity.
Anthony Green
Dept of Haematology, University of Cambridge
Transcriptional regulation of haematopoietic stem cells.
Jane Mellor
Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Gene regulation within chromosomal domains: interplay between transcription factors, histone tail modification and chromatin remodelling ATPases.
David Attwell
Dept of Physiology, University College London
Novel aspects of neurotransmitter signaling, and its regulation by transporters, in health and disease.
Kristjan Jessen
Dept of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London
Signs that control cell fate and plasticity in the Schwann cell lineage.
Doug Turnbull
School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Understanding the behaviour of the mitochondrial genome in health and disease.
Alan North
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester
Neuronal functions of extracellular nucleotides.
David Wraith
Dept of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol
Differentiation and stability of induced regulatory T cells.
John Trowsdale
Dept of Pathology, University of Cambridge
Interaction between polymorphic immuno-receptors and their consequences for disease susceptibility.
Colin Watts
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Processing proteases and the control of class II MHC peptide production and loading.
Andrew Tait
Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow
The genetics of drug resistance in African trypanosomes.
David Holden
Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London
Intracellular biology of Salmonella.
David Dunne
Dept of Pathology, University of Cambridge
The effects of schistosomiasis and malaria coinfection on hepatosplenomegaly among Kenyan school children.
