Projects and Grants

Gelb Research Group

Molecular studies of Noonan syndrome and related disorders
Principal Investigator: Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Agency: NHLBI
Type: R01 (HL071207)
Period: 8/01/02 – 01/31/13

Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Principal Investigator: Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Agency: NHLBI
Type: T32 (HL07824)
Period: 7/01/95 – 06/30/13

Noonan syndrome and related disorders: Stem cells and RAS pathway signaling
Principal Investigator: Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Agency: NYSTEM
Type: NO8T-020
Period: 1/01/09 – 12/31/11

Genomic studies of secundum atrial septal defects
Principal Investigator: Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Agency: NHLBI
Type: U01 (HL098123)
Period: 9/01/09 – 08/31/15

Impact of CNVs on outcomes for infants with single-ventricle heart defects
Principal Investigators: Bruce D. Gelb, MD and Lisa Edelmann, PhD
Agency: NHLBI
Type: R21 (HL10443)
Period: 7/01/10 – 6/30/12

International meeting on genetic syndromes of the RAS/MAPK pathway
Principal Investigator: Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Agency: NHLBI
Type: R13 (HL108432)

Cai Research Group

Development of Tbx18 proepicardial/epicardial cells
Principal Investigator: Chenleng Cai, PhD
Agency: AHA
Type: Grant-in-Aid
Period: 7/1/2008 – 6/30/2011

T-Box Transcription factor Tbx20 in cardiac development, function and disease
Principal Investigator: Chenleng Cai, PhD
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Type: K02 (HL094688)
Period: 9/1/2009 – 8/31/2014

Genetic and molecular investigation of Tbx20 in cardiac development
Principal Investigator: Chenleng Cai, PhD
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Type: R01 (HL095810)
Period: 4/1/2010 – 3/31/2015

The multipotency of epicardial cells in mammalian cardiac repair and regeneration
Principal Investigator: Chenleng Cai, PhD
Agency: NYSTEM
Type: IIRP
Period: 9/1/2010 – 8/31/2013

Zhao Research Group

Molecular mechanisms of miR-12 in regulating cardiac development and function
Principal Investigator: Yong Zhao, MD, PhD
Agency: March of Dimes Foundation
Type: Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
Period: 2/1/2010 – 1/31/2012

Understanding the roles of miR-1s in regulating heart development
Principal Investigator: Yong Zhao, MD, PhD
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Type: K02 (HL103597)
Period: 6/16/2011 – 5/31/2016

miR1-2 function in cardiac conduction system development and maintenance
Principal Investigator: Yong Zhao, MD, PhD
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Type: R01 (HL107376)
Period: 5/2/2011 – 4/30/2016