MEMBER NEWS: Torrey Pines Institute Awarded $3.1 Million for Inflammation and Autoimmune Disease in Bi-Coastal Collaboration Thursday, May 1, 2014 The National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have awarded Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (TPIMS) a $3,094,096 grant to identify and characterize novel small molecule RORγ antagonists for the treatment of inflammatory autoimmune diseases. Dr. F. Javier Piedrafita, a cancer cell biologist with expertise in nuclear hormone receptors and protein kinases, and Dr. Adel Nefzi, an organic chemist with expertise in combinatorial chemistry have teamed up as Principal Investigators in this bi-coastal research project at Torrey Pines Institute to discover and optimize novel ligands of RORγ to evaluate in animal models of multiple sclerosis. The team will be supported by other faculty members of TPIMS, Dr. Vipin Kumar, an expert in autoimmune disease and Dr. Maria A Ortiz, an expert in nuclear hormone receptors who was involved in the original cloning of RORγ. For full release, please visit tpims.org
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 17:27:31 +0000
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