All CIRM Grants

Institution Researcher name Grant Type Grant Title Award Value
University of California, Los Angeles Frank Pajonk Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Development of novel small molecules against cancer stem cells in solid cancers $2,340,000
University of California, Los Angeles Richard Pietras Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Reversal of dysregulated myelopoiesis in breast cancers and cancer stem cells to boost antitumor immunotherapy $2,327,680
University of California, Los Angeles Song Li Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Vax-CT to promote formation of cancer-specific T memory stem cell for personalized cancer immunotherapy $2,267,714
University of California, San Francisco Robert Blelloch Foundation - Discovery Stage Research Projects Development of universal off-the-shelf iPSC derived dendritic cells for use as patient specific anti-tumor vaccine $1,391,999
University of California, San Diego Michael Karin Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Targeting pancreatic cancer stem cells with DDR1 antibodies. $1,425,600
University of California, Los Angeles Dinesh Rao Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Novel methods to eliminate cancer stem cells $1,384,347
University of California, Los Angeles Lili Yang Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Combating Ovarian Cancer Using Stem Cell-Engineered Off-The-Shelf CAR-iNKT Cells $1,404,000
University of California, Irvine Michael Demetriou Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects CAR T cells targeting abnormal N-glycans for the treatment of refractory/metastatic solid cancers $1,414,800
University of California, San Francisco Julia Carnevale Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Generating deeper and more durable BCMA CAR T cell responses in Multiple Myeloma through non-viral knockin/knockout multiplexed genome engineering $1,463,368
Stanford University Ansuman Satpathy Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Preclinical development of an exhaustion-resistant CAR-T stem cell for cancer immunotherapy $1,420,200
Cytonus Therapeutics, Inc. Edward Filardo Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Development of a novel stem-cell based carrier for intravenous delivery of oncolytic viruses $899,342
University of California, San Diego Tannishtha Reya Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Targeting Critical Regulators of Cancer Stem Cells $1,148,264
University of California, Irvine Munjal Acharya Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles to reverse radiation-induced brain injury $1,064,724
University of California, San Diego Dan Kaufman Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Human iPSC-derived chimeric antigen receptor expressing macrophages for improved cancer treatment. $1,256,332
University of California, San Diego Dan Kaufman Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Human iPSC-derived chimeric antigen receptor-expressing macrophages for cancer treatment $222,200
Stanford University Philip Beachy Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Pluripotent stem cell-derived bladder epithelial progenitors for definitive cell replacement therapy of bladder cancer $1,265,436
University of California, San Francisco Hideho Okada Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Non-viral reprogramming of the endogenous TCRα locus to direct stem memory T cells against shared neoantigens in malignant gliomas $900,000
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Saul Priceman Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Engineered Stem/Memory T Cells for the Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer $1,351,174
University of California, Los Angeles Lili Yang Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Preclinical Development of An HSC-Engineered Off-The-Shelf iNKT Cell Therapy for Cancer $1,404,000
University of California, San Diego Tannishtha Reya Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Targeting Cancer Stem Cells in Hematologic Malignancies $1,960,560
Human BioMolecular Research Institute John Cashman Inception - Discovery Stage Research Projects Human Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells: Developing a Novel Drug for Cancer Eradication $303,785
Loma Linda University Julia Unternaehrer-Hamm Inception - Discovery Stage Research Projects Targeting cancer stem cells with nanoparticle RNAi delivery to prevent recurrence and metastasis of ovarian cancer $172,870
Loma Linda University David Baylink Inception - Discovery Stage Research Projects Bone Marrow Targeting of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Engineered to Overexpress 25-OH-VD3 1-α-hydroxylase for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Therapy $178,967
University of California, San Diego Yuan Chen Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects A Novel Approach to Eradicate Cancer Stem Cells $279,977
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Markus Müschen Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Lgr5-mediated self-renewal in B cell selection and leukemia-initiation $2,186,520
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Yuan Chen Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects A Novel Approach to Eradicate Cancer Stem Cells $1,539,935
University of California, Los Angeles Gay Crooks Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Platform Technology for Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived T cell Immunotherapy $965,636
University of California, San Diego Dan Kaufman Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Targeted off-the-shelf immunotherapy to treat refractory cancers $1,936,936
University of California, Los Angeles John Chute Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Protein tyrosine phosphatase - sigma inhibitors for hematopoietic regeneration $2,115,735
Stanford University Hiromitsu Nakauchi Quest - Discovery Stage Research Projects Novel Rejuvenated T Cell Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer $1,968,456
University of California, Berkeley Jacob Corn Inception - Discovery Stage Research Projects Genome editing for causation and reversion of MPN-associated mutations in human hematopoietic stem cells $235,800
University of California, Los Angeles Owen Witte Inception - Discovery Stage Research Projects Identification of stem cell surface markers as potential therapeutic targets for advanced prostate cancer $209,160
Stanford University Philip Beachy Inception - Discovery Stage Research Projects Curing bladder cancer by replacing corrupted urothelium with differentiated hES cells $210,906
University of California, Los Angeles John Chute Research Leadership Niche-Focused Research: Discovery & Development of Hematopoietic Regenerative Factors $4,645,297
University of California, San Diego David Cheresh Basic Biology V CD61-driven stemness program in epithelial cancer $1,161,000
University of California, Los Angeles Robert Reiter Early Translational IV Clinical Development of an N-cadherin Antibody to Target Cancer Stem Cells $4,075,668
University of California, San Francisco Ann Zovein New Faculty Physician Scientist Human endothelial reprogramming for hematopoietic stem cell therapy. $2,197,683
Stanford University Michelle Monje New Faculty Physician Scientist White matter neuroregeneration after chemotherapy: stem cell therapy for “chemobrain” $2,800,526
Stanford University Michael Cleary Basic Biology IV Prostaglandin pathway regulation of self-renwal in hematopoietic and leukemia stem cells $1,244,455
University of California, Los Angeles Owen Witte Basic Biology IV Trop2 dependent and independent mechanisms of self-renewal in human cancer stem cells $1,254,960
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Stephen Forman Early Translational III Targeting glioma cancer stem cells with receptor-engineered self-renewing memory T cells $5,215,447
University of California, Los Angeles Noriyuki Kasahara Early Translational II Stem cell-based carriers for RCR vector delivery to glioblastoma $3,340,625
University of California, San Diego Catriona Jamieson Early Translational II Preclinical development of a pan Bcl2 inhibitor for cancer stem cell directed therapy $3,103,041
University of California, San Francisco Markus Muschen Early Translational II Dual targeting of tyrosine kinase and BCL6 signaling for leukemia stem cell eradication $2,756,536
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Markus Muschen Early Translational II Dual targeting of tyrosine kinase and BCL6 signaling for leukemia stem cell eradication $850,769
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Robert Wechsler-Reya Research Leadership The role of neural stem cells in cerebellar development, regeneration and tumorigenesis $5,226,049
University of California, Los Angeles Antoni Ribas New Faculty II Stem Cells for Immune System Regeneration to Fight Cancer $3,072,000
University of California, Los Angeles Brigitte Gomperts New Faculty II Stem Cells in Lung Cancer $2,381,572
University of California, San Diego Catriona Jamieson New Faculty II Derivation and Characterization of Myeloproliferative Disorder Stem Cells from Human ES Cells $3,065,572
University of California, San Francisco Emmanuelle Passegue New Faculty II Mechanisms Underlying the Responses of Normal and Cancer Stem Cells to Environmental and Therapeutic Insults $2,124,488
University of California, Los Angeles Zack Jerome New Cell Lines Generation of clinical grade human iPS cells $1,341,000
University of California, Los Angeles Siavash Kurdistani New Faculty I Epigenetics in cancer stem cell initiation and clinical outcome prediction $3,063,450
University of California, Los Angeles Hanna Mikkola New Faculty I Mechanisms of Hematopoietic stem cell Specification and Self-Renewal $2,286,900
University of California, Davis Chong-Xian Pan New Faculty I Combinatorial Chemistry Approaches to Develop LIgands against Leukemia Stem Cells $2,386,409
University of California, San Diego Yang Xu Comprehensive Grant Mechanisms to maintain the self-renewal and genetic stability of human embryonic stem cells $2,467,200
University of California, Los Angeles Zoran Galic SEED Grant Genetic Enhancement of the Immune Response to Melanoma via hESC-derived T cells $616,800
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Timothy O'Connor SEED Grant Sources of Genetic Instability in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. $327,311
University of California, San Francisco Thea Tlsty SEED Grant Role of the tumor suppressor gene, p16INK4a, in regulating stem cell phenotypes in embryonic stem cells and human epithelial cells. $614,784
University of Southern California Peter Laird SEED Grant Screening for Oncogenic Epigenetic Alterations in Human ES Cells $647,431
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Warner Greene SEED Grant The APOBEC3 Gene Family as Guardians of Genome Stability in Human Embryonic Stem Cells $717,363
University of California, Irvine Charles Limoli SEED Grant Using human embryonic stem cells to treat radiation-induced stem cell loss: Benefits vs cancer risk $593,242
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Elizabeth Lawlor SEED Grant hESC as tools to investigate the neural crest origin of Ewing's sarcoma $595,576
Stanford University Julien Sage SEED Grant Functions of RB family proteins in human embryonic stem cells $498,609
University of California, San Diego Catriona Jamieson SEED Grant Derivation and Characterization of Cancer Stem Cells from Human ES Cells $616,305
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