New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research

Individual Research Grant Number 04-3029-SCR-E-0
James Q. Zheng, Ph.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Grant Award $364,092
Title:  Inhibitory Mechanisms of Axonal Growth in Spinal Neurons
Final Report [pdf 1.1mb]
Publication [pdf 1mb]
Publication [pdf 7.8mb]
Publication [pdf 24kb]

Individual Research Grant Number 04-3030-SCR-E-0
Martin Grumet, Ph.D., Rutgers University, W.M. Keck Ctr. Collaborative Neuroscience
Grant Award $240,331
Title:  Transplantation of Radial Glial Cells into the Spinal Cord and SCI
Final Report [pdf 2.4mb]
Publication [pdf 13.2mb]
Publication [pdf 20.8mb]

Individual Research Grant Number 04-3031-SCR-E-0
Ronald P. Hart, Ph.D., Rutgers University, W.M. Keck Center Collaborative Neuroscience
Grant Award $113,555
Title:  SCI Databases and Models: Accelerating Research with IT
Final Report [pdf 3.3mb]

Individual Research Grant Number 04-3032-SCR-E-0
Maria T. Schultheis, Ph.D., Kessler Foundation
David S. Tulsky, Ph.D., Kessler Foundation
Grant Award $284,214
Title:  Retraining Driving Skills after SCI:  A Virtual Reality Approach
Final Report [pdf 1.5mb]

Individual Research Grant Number 04-3033-SCR-E-0
James H. Millonig, Ph.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Grant Award $399,967
Title:  The Development of Spinal Cord Therapies Through a Genetic Analysis of Mouse Spinal Cord Development
Final Report [pdf 3.5mb]
Publication [pdf 1.4mb]
Publication [pdf 16mb]

Individual Research Grant Number 04-3034-SCR-E-0
Sally Meiners, Ph.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Pharmacology
Grant Award $199,909
Title:  Engineering Nanofibrillar Surfaces for Spinal Cord Repair
Final Report [pdf 2.3mb]

Five Year Named Chair for Senior & Junior Faculty Research Grant Number 04-3035-SCR-E-0
Richard S. Nowakowski, Ph.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Grant Award $1,100,000
Title:  Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis
Final Report [pdf 1.3mb]
Publication [pdf 2.8mb]
Publication [pdf 44kb]

Five Year Named Chair for Senior & Junior Faculty Research Grant Number 04-3036-SCR-E-0
Melitta Schachner, Ph.D., Rutgers University
W.M. Keck Center Collaborative Neuroscience
Grant Award $1,000,000
Title:  Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury
Final Report [pdf 1.9mb]

Fellowship Research Grant Number 04-2900-SCR-E-0
Carolina Ibanez-Ventoso, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Department of Molecular Biology
Grant Award $100,000
Title:  Modulation of Necrosis: In Vivo Analysis of a Novel Gene Implicated in Injury-Induced Neuronal Death
Final Report [pdf 3.8mb]

Fellowship Research Grant Number 04-2901-SCR-E-0
Nancy E. Vranich, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Center For Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Grant Award $60,000
Title:  Spinal Cord Proliferation and Differentiation: The Role of Neural Tube Closure
Final Report [pdf 3.6mb]
Publication [pdf 38kb]
Publication [pdf 2.4mb]

Fellowship Research Grant Number 04-2902-SCR-E-0
Wenying Zhang, Rutgers University, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Grant Award $60,000
Title:  A Non-Biased, In Vivo Genetic Screen for Novel Genes That Protect Against Necrosis
Final Report [pdf 4.7mb]
Publication[pdf 6mb]

Fellowship Research Grant Number 04-2903-SCR-E-0
Jason Maikos, Rutgers University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Grant Award $60,000
Title:  In Vivo Thresholds for Spinal Cord Injury
Final Report [pdf 3.8mb]
Publication [pdf 9.5mb]
Publication [pdf 2mb]
Publication [pdf 2.1mb]
Publication [pdf 17.9mb]
Publication [pdf 22mb]

Fellowship Research Grant Number 04-2905-SCR-E-0
Kamana Misra, Ph.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Grant Award $100,000
Title:  Role of Pax6 in Specifying Dorso-Ventral Identities in the Developing Rat Spinal Cord
Final Report [pdf 8.7mb]
Publication [pdf 1.7mb]
Publication [pdf 44kb]