The 2014 GR-Ex project call budgeted 200 K € to finance scientific projects, with a cap of 40K € per project, plus an envelope to recruit 3 graduate students (3 years scholarship) and 1 post-doctorate (2 years contract).
While the overall cost of the projects is above the initial envelope, we received 2 projects for post-doctorates, 7 projects for graduate students and one request for a junction scholarship.
Based on the recommendations and discussions with the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), the Executive Committee (EC) of the GR-Ex decided to allocate the funds as follow:
PROJECTS
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Fully financed
- Francine Côté: “Serotonin as a novel regulator of iron homeostasis”
- Sophie Vaulont: “Lung iron homeostasis in physiology and pathologies: new insights from mouse models”
- Valentine Brousse: “Determinants of cerebral oxygenation and perfusion in SCA children based on combined ASL MRI, NIRS and hemorheological investigation”
- William Vainchenker: “Platelet production from human iPS cell line with a transfusion purpose”
- Hervé Puy: “Anaemia of Gaucher disease: Impact of altered macrophages on iron metabolism and hepcidin”
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Partially funded
- Olivier Hermine
- Anaïs Merck: “Modulation of the interaction between human cytoskeletal proteins and malaria antigens by haemoglobin S in human erythrocytes”
- Christelle Mazurier: “Modulation of the interaction between human cytoskeletal proteins and malaria antigens by haemoglobin S in human erythrocytes”
- Vincent Petit: “Development of a kit for the rapid profiling of nutrient transporters on red cells”
- Isabelle Plo: “Deciphering a new role of Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) in Polycythemia vera resistance towards IFNα treatment”
RECRUITMENTS
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Post-doctorate
- Olivier Hermine
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PhD students ranking
- Pierre Buffet/Pascal Amireault: “Reducing storage-related post-transfusion complications: Focused antioxidant and wide screening approaches to optimize red blood cell preservation in banking conditions”
- Karim Zoubida: “Physio-pathological involvement of the novel erythropoiesis- induced Fam132 family in hepcidin suppression: which target tissues, what mechanism?”
- Stéphane Égée: “Electrophysiological, pharmacological and functional characterization of the cation permeability in human red blood cells and the impact of cation leaks on other membrane transporters”