2025-26 Grant Recipients

Project

In-vitro and in-vivo modeling of RUBCN-associated disease

Dr. Stephanie Efthymiou

Research Fellow

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
University College of London

London, UK

Dr. Erica Davis

Professor

Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Departments of Pediatrics and Cell and Developmental Biology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Chicago, IL, USA

Dr. Daniel Osborn

Principal Investigator & Senior Lecturer

Cardiovascular & Genomics Research Institute

City St.George's University of London

London, UK

Project

Modulating Lipophagy in C. elegans Models of RUBCN Deficiency

Dr. Hormos Dafsari

Clinician Scientist

Department of Pediatrics
University Hospital Cologne

Cologne, Germany

Project

Drosophila SCAR-15 Model to Elucidate Pathogenic Mechanisms of RUBCN

Dr. Kartik Venkatachalam

Professor

Director, GSBS Neuroscience Graduate Program

Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School

Houston, Texas, USA

Dr. Yang Liu

Assistant Professor