2007 Technical Progress

Press Releases

• Blood Flow Detector (PDF 64 Kb)
  
  
• Compulsive Disorder-Like Syndrome in Mice (PDF 49 Kb)

• St. Jude Study Solves Mystery of Mammalian Ear (PDF 25 Kb)

• Bioengineers at University of Pennsylvania Devise Nanoscale System to Measure Cellular Forces (PDF 68 Kb)
   
• St. Jude Study Solves Mystery of Mammalian Ear (PDF 25 Kb)
  

News Stories

• Unintentional Introduction of OCD to Mice Offers New Insight into Disorder, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, August 22, 2007

• These Mice Are Made for Grooming. Gene Knockout Gives Mice OCD Symptoms, BioEd Online, August 22, 2007

• Missing Gene Makes Mice Compulsive, ScienceNOW Daily News, August 22, 2007

• Gene Mutation Linked with Obsessive Behavior, Reuters, Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:46PM EDT

• Gene Mutation Linked with Obsessive Behavior. Mice Born Without Key Brain Protein Groomed Their Faces Until They Bled, MSNBC, 4:51 p.m. ET Aug 22, 2007

Awards

• 2007 Innovator of the Year             Congratulations to Kenneth M. Brady, MD, 2006 Hartwell Investigator, on being chosen by The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, September 10, 2007

• NIH Funding: 1R01 MH081201-01            Congratulations to Guoping Feng, Ph.D., 2006 Hartwell Investigator, on being funded by the NIH National Institute of Mental Health, August 16, 2007: $225K direct costs per yr for 5 yrs

• Collaborative Health Sciences Award Congratulations to Bruce S. Klein, MD, 2006 Hartwell Investigator, on being funded by The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health - Medical Education and Research Committee of the Wisconsin Partnership Program, May 11, 2007: $300K direct costs over 3 yrs

• Alex's Lemonade Stand 2007 Innovation Award Congratulations to Frederic G. Barr, MD, Ph.D., a 2006 Hartwell Investigator, on being funded by Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Wynnewood, PA, April 2007: $100K direct costs per yr for 2 yrs

• NIH Funding: 1R01 GM081051-01                Congratulations to James A. Wells, Ph.D., 2006 Hartwell Investigator, on being funded by the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences, March 30, 2007: $190K direct costs per yr for 5 yrs

• 2007 Peer-Reviewed Publications