research grants awarded in 2000

Recipient

Name Of Project

Dr James Diamond

Research Officer

Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, QUB

Three-dimensional quantitative analysis of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (pin) and its association with prostatic adenocarcinoma.

Dr Paula Gilmore

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Oncology, Belfast City Hospital, QUB

Isolation and characterization of BRCA1-interacting proteins using a yeast-2-hybrid screen.

Dr Alex Thompson

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Haematology, Belfast City Hospital, QUB

Molecular approaches to investigate the role of HOXA9 in acute myelogenous leukaemia by the identification and characterization of downstream target genes.

Dr Tracy Robson

Lecturer in Radiation Science

University of Ulster, Jordanstown

Measurement of mutations in the novel cyclophilin related gene, DIR1, correlation with tumour cell radiosensitivity.

Dr Daniel Longley

Research Fellow

Oncology, Belfast City Hospital, QUB

The role of thymidylate synthase in modulating resistance to fluoropyrimidines and antifolates.