Full Grants

2021 - 2022

Beyond RBD: covert REM sleep abnormalities in Parkinson disease

• Prof. Yuval Nir | Sagol School of Neuroscience, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

The Molecular Mechanism of GDNF Transport in Parkinson Disease

• Prof. Eran Perlson | Department of Physiology and Pharamcology, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
   
• Prof. Sharon Hassin | Gray Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Institute for Movement Disorders, Neurological Department,  Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
   
• Amir Dori | Gray Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Neuromuscular Disorders Clinic and Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center

Studies on the interplay between mutant GBA1 and mutant LRRK2 alleles in development of Parkinson disease using Drosophila models

• Prof. Moshe Parnas | Sagol School of Neuroscience
   
• Prof. Mia Horowitz  | Emeritus George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Cell Research and Immunology

• Prof. Avraham Ashkenazi | Department of Cell & Development Biology, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University

Accumulation of the quinolinic acid neurometabolite and cross-seeding of α-synuclein as a novel mechanism and potential treatment target in Parkinson’s disease

• Prof. Ehud Gazit | George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University

Establishing a human relevant Brain-On-a-Chip platform for elucidating pathways and cellular dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease

• Ben Maoz | Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University

Exploring the role of APOE4 expression in the pathology of Parkinson's disease

• Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski | School of Biochemistry Neurobiology Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Neurobiology

LRRK2-mediated phosphorylation of the Rab GTPase Rab12 as regulator of Rab12 connectivity and axonal transport; Exploring a novel link underlying Parkinson’s disease

• Prof. Ronit Sagi-Eisenberg | Department of Cell & Development Biology, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University

Inhibition of Exosome Synthesis as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease

• Prof. Daniel Offen | Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University 
   
• Prof. Ruth Djaldetti | School of Continuing Medical Education, Neurology, Gray Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Movement Disorder Clinic, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus

A friend or a foe: the role of cholesterol and its metabolite in α-synuclein cell-to-cell transmission

• Prof. Itai Benhar | George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Department Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology; Tel Aviv University University