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Drug Discovery Research |
New
awards
April-December 2003 |
The TDR Drug Discovery Research Committee met in Geneva, Switzerland,
April 2003, to deliberate and recommend projects for funding by TDR.
The projects listed below were selected from among a large number of
applications received from investigators worldwide.
New
grants in drug discovery research
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| A20775 |
Dr
Quentin Bickle |
London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, UK |
|
Search
for new drugs for schistosomiasis |
60,000 |
| A30732 |
Dr Ian Street |
The
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne,
Australia |
|
Identification
of new candidate drug classes for tropical diseases targets |
500,000 |
| A20776 |
Dr
Fouad Yousif |
Theodor
Bilharz Research institute, Imbaba, Egypt |
|
Screening
and evaluation of compounds for schistosomicidal activity |
60,000 |
Renewed grants
in drug discovery research
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
| 980127 |
Dr Reto Brun |
Institut Tropical Suisse,
Basel, Switzerland |
|
In vitro/in vivo
screening/ evaluation of selected compounds for activity against tryps, leish & Plasmodium spp |
230,000 |
| A10036 |
Dr
Simon Lawrence Croft |
London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine, London, UK |
|
Integrated screen to identify and evaluate novel antileishmanial,
antitrypanoso- mal or antimalarial activity |
68,000 |
| 990900 |
Prof Colin
Green |
Northwick Park Institute
for Medical Research, Harrow, UK |
|
Discovery and development of new drugs for onchocerciasis |
216,494 |
| A10124 |
Prof Satoshi
Omura |
The Kitasato Institute,
Tokyo, Japan |
|
In vitro screening component of JPMW malaria screening program |
113,000 |
TDR expresses sincere gratitude to
members of the Chemotherapy Portfolio Review Committee and external
reviewers for their
critical assessment and contributions to the selection process.
TDR would also like to thank those
investigators who were not funded. A large number of projects were
reviewed but only a few selected due to the highly competitive selection
process. TDR
contact: Dr M. Bendig
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