The Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is offering a one-year fellowship program in Lysosomal Storage Diseases as a Health Sciences Clinical Instructor The Fellowship program is designed to provide extensive training in the recognition, natural history, diagnosis, testing strategies, treatment, and management […]
Utilizing NIH funding, the Lysosomal Disease Network provides $50,000-$75,000 total costs (direct and indirect costs) to a post-doctoral level researcher with an interest in a career in lysosomal diseases. The Fellowship is for one year, coinciding with the NIH funding cycle (August 1st to July 31st). The LDN Fellowship can support currently-ongoing research projects, as […]
Fellowships of the Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) for Career Enhancement Utilizing NIH funding, the Lysosomal Disease Network provides $50,000-$75,000 total costs (direct and indirect costs) to a post-doctoral level researcher with an interest in a career in lysosomal diseases. The Fellowship is for one year, coinciding with the NIH funding cycle (August 1st to July […]
The National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation has two distinct research fellowships taking applications at this time. The submission deadline is May 15, 2016 for both fellowships. Applicants will be informed of the funding decision by September 1st, 2016. Fellowships will begin October 1st, 2016. One fellowship is called the Edward H. Schuchman Research Fellowship, and the other is called […]
The Sanfilippo Children’s Foundation’s 2018 grant-funding round will open on March 1, 2018 for accepting “Expression of Interest” applications. The 2018 grant competition information will be available beginning March 1, 2018. They are accepting Expressions of Interest until April 3, 2018. The Sanfilippo Children’s Foundation, located in Australia, funds Sanfilippo syndrome medical research internationally. They plan to invest between AUD$500,000 […]
The Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) is pleased to announce that it has selected Laura Adang, MD, PhD of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a fellowship that provides $50,000 for lysosomal disease clinical research. Her research project is entitled “Metachromatic leukodystrophy: characterization of genetic mutations, age of onset, and clinical subtypes.” Dr. Adang’s mentor for […]
On Nov. 15, 2017, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved MEPSEVII™ (vestronidase alfa), the first medicine approved for the treatment of children and adults with mucopolysaccharidosis VII (MPS VII, Sly syndrome). MEPSEVII™ is an enzyme replacement therapy designed to replace the deficient lysosomal enzyme beta-glucuronidase in MPS VII patients. The effect of MEPSEVII™ on the central […]
The AAN has launched an ambitious research program, furthering their commitment to make a profound difference in the lives of researchers and patients. Applications are now open for the 2018 awards. Among the opportunities is the ‘Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship‘ that provides $75,000 over two years. The award is designed for basic and translational research proposals […]
The NCL Foundation, a German research-oriented patient advocacy group, aims to help find a cure for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), commonly known as Batten disease, which is a large lysosomal disease-group affecting humanity worldwide. This research Award of €50,000 is intended to support a postdoctoral fellowship for one year. The Foundation highly encourages junior scientists […]