New Awards for 2013

The first round of 2013 awards have been issued. These 15 STTR and SBIR awards represent a variety of research topics and approaches. Click on the RePORTER link for complete project abstracts. A full list of 2012 awards can be found here.

PI Name (Contact)	Institution	Title	RePORTER	Approach	Disorder
Alyward, Stephen	Kitware, Inc.	Multimodality image-based assessment system for traumatic brain injury	RePORTER	Imaging	Traumatic Brain Injury
Deyoe, Edgar	Prism Clinical Imaging, Inc.	Presurgical brain mapping with functional connectivity MRI	RePORTER	Imaging	Brain Tumors
Peterson-Roth, Elizabeth	L2 Diagnostics, LLC	Triplex-mediated DNA repair as a novel therapy for Hurler Syndrome patients	RePORTER	Gene therapy	Hurler Syndrome
Bhandari, Rajmohan	Blackrock Microsystems	Highly Customizable Blackrock Micro Molded Arrays (BRMMA)	RePORTER	Microelectrode development	Multiple Research
Miller, Leonard	American Stem Cell, Inc.	Increased Therapeutic Potential of Migrating Neural Stem Cells & ASC101 Treatment	RePORTER	Stem cell therapy	Multiple Sclerosis
Jacobowitz, David	Cognizance Biomarkers, LLC	Proof of Principle for a Diagnostic Blood Test of Recurrent Seizures	RePORTER	Diagnostic blood test	Epilepsy
Halpern, Ian Loren	Modular Bionics, Inc.	Novel, Chronic, Volume Microelectrodes for the Broad Neuroscience Community	RePORTER	Microelectrode development	Multiple Research
Greenhouse, Robert	Nanosyn, Inc.	Neuronal autophagy inducers as an approach to treat diseases of the central nervo	RePORTER	Drug development	Neurodegen Diseases
Rogers, Christopher	Exemplar Genetics, LLC	Development of a Porcine Model of Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis	RePORTER	Animal model development	Batten Disease
Chavez, Raymond	Xalud Therapeutics, Inc.	XT-101: A Potent IL-10 Based Therapy for Treating Multiple Sclerosis.	RePORTER	Gene therapy	Multiple Sclerosis
Mulcahy, John Vincent	Siteone Therapeutics, Inc.	Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Isoform-Selective Sodium Channel Inhibi	RePORTER	Drug development	Pain
Heldman, Dustin Allen	Great Lakes Neurotechnologies	DBS-Expert: Automated Deep Brain Stimulation Programming Using Functional Mapping	RePORTER	Programming systems	Parkinson's Disease
Degiorgio, Christopher	Neurosigma, Inc.	Development of an Implantable Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation System for Drug Resist	RePORTER	Trigeminal nerve stimulation	Epilepsy
Emerich, Dwaine Franklin	In Cytu, Inc.	Advancing a Glioma Immunotherapy	RePORTER	Immuno- therapeutic development	Glial Cell-Based Cancers
Salazar, Andres Mario	Oncovir, Inc	Hiltonol provides potent neuroprotection from ischemic brain injury in stroke.	RePORTER	Gene therapy	Stroke