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Faculty Grants

ACTIVE GRANTS

  • DR. ZAGHLOUL AHMED, Ph.D.

Title:  “A non-invasive neuromodulation device for treatment of spasticity in stroke patients”
Active Period: 4 years (2018 - 2022)         
Agency: NINDS NIH

•    Note: this grant was awarded to PathMaker Neurosystems Not CSI. This is a company that he co-founded about 5-6 years ago to commercialize his CUNY patents. http://pmneuro.com/pathmaker-neurosystems-awarded-nearly-5-million-nih-cooperative-agreement-to-develop-myoregulator-for-the-non-invasive-treatment-of-spasticity/

Title:  “The long-term effects of spinal cord stimulation on cell migration and differentiation”
Active Period: 5 years (2017-2021)         
Agency: NYS DOH

  • ALEJANDRA ALONSO, Ph.D.

Title:  “Mechanism of Tau Pathological Spreading”
Active Period:  01/15/2018 - 12/31/2021
Agency:  DHHS/National Institutes of Health

Title: “Is Tau the toxic agent in Traumatic Brain”
Active Period:  07/01/2017 - 12/31/2018
Agency:  PSCCNY/PSC-CUNY Program Year 48

Title:  “Alzheimer’s Research”
Active Period:  12/01/2015 - 12/31/2019
Agency:  Private donors/ DoD

Title:  “Receptor Mediated Tau Transmission”
Active Period:  07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019
Agency:  PSCCNY/PSC-CUNY PROGRAM YEAR 49 

  • PROBAL BANERJEE, Ph.D.

Title:  “Correcting Fraglie X-Associated Deficits by Targeting Neonatal PKCepsilon Signaling in the Brain”
Active Period:  5/1/2017–4/30/2019
Agency:  FRAXA Research Foundation Grant 2017

Title:  “Antibody targeting to eliminate pancreatic cancer”
Active Period:  7/1/2018-6/30/2019
Agency:  PSC-CUNY 49

  • ABDESLEM ELIDRISSI, Ph.D.

Title:  “Developing Science Leaders in High Needs Elementary Schools: Noyce Master Teaching Fellows Academy”
Active Period: 5 Year (2017 - 2021)        
Agency:  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • MARIA KNIKOU, Ph.D.

Title: “Activity-Dependent Transspinal Stimulation for Recovery of Walking Ability after Spinal Cord Injury”
Active Period: June 01, 2018 – May 30, 2021
Agency: Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP), New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) In collaboration with Dr. Noam Harel at the VA Bronx Medical Center and Mt. Sinai.

Title: “Transspinal-Transcortical Paired Stimulation for Neuroplasticity and Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury”
Active Period: 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2020
Agency: Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP), New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

Title: “Institutional Support for Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 6)”
Active Period: 03/01 2017- 01/01/2022
Agency: Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP), New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

Title: “Transspinal Stimulation to Increase Neuroplasticity and Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury”
Active Period: 09/30/2015 - 08/30/2018 
Agency: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

  • DANIEL MCCLOSKEY, Ph.D.

Title:  Network Level Analysis of Oxytocin Regulation of Naked Mole Rate and Hippocampal Neuron Interactions”
Active Period: 9-1-2012 - 8-31-2019
Agency:  National Science Foundation

  • GREG PHILLIPS, Ph.D.

Title: “Quantitative serial ultrastructural analysis of protocadherin containing synapses”
Active Period: 8/8/16-7/31/18
Agency: NIH

Title: “RUI:  Protocadherin cytoplasmic interactions, trafficking and anti-adhesion”
Active Period: 8/1/17 - 7/31/20
Agency: NSF

  • SEBASTIAN POGET, Ph.D.

Title:  “Structural and Mechanistic Analysis of Potassium Channel Modulation by a Novel Activating Snake Toxin”
Active Period:  01-01-2013 – 03-31-2019    
Agency:  National Science Foundation

Title:  “Elucidation of Structural Details of Binding and Activity in Sodium Channel Gating-Modifier Toxins”
Active Period:  09-01-2017 – 08-31-2020    
Agency:  National Institutes of Health

  •  LEORA YETNIKOFF, Ph.D.

Title: “Revealing the ontogeny and plasticity of dopamine release sites using proximity ligation assay”
Active Period: January 2018 - January 2020
Agency: Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, NARSAD Young Investigator Grant