From left: Dr. Giuliani, Dr. Ashihara, Dr. Durie, Dr. O'Nuallian, Dr. Mutis

The IMF is proud to announce the recipients of the 2006 Brian D. Novis Research Grants. The grants were awarded at the IMF Scientific Advisors Meeting held in December in Atlanta, Georgia.

Recipient of IMF Japan Aki Award:

• "Gene Targeting Therapy and Cell Therapy for Refractory Multiple Myeloma"
  Dr. Eishi Ashihara
  Kyoto University
  Kyoto, Japan

Recipients of Brian D. Novis Junior Grants worth $40,000:

• "Targeting different active sites of proteasomes in multiple myeloma cells"
  Dr. Alexei Kisselev
  Norris Cotton Cancer Center
  Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
  
  
• "A novel therapeutic strategy for Patients for systemic primary Amyloidosis: Identification of Drugs that inhibit light chain fibrosis"
  Dr. Brian O'Nuallian
  University of Tennessee Medical Center
  Knoxville, Tennessee
  
  
• "Novel Therapeutic Antibodies for Multiple Myeloma"
  Dr. Giovanni Tonon
  Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
• "Role of WNT and RUNX2 Pathways in the inhibitions of osteoblasts in MM patients"
  Dr. Nicola Giuliani
  University of Parma
  Parma, Italy
  

Recipient of Brian D. Novis Senior Grant worth $80,000:

• "Impact of Human Regulatory T-Cells on the Graft-versus-Myeloma Effect"
  Dr. Tuna Mutis
  University of Utrecht
  Utrecht, Netherlands

Recipient of Senior Award for 2006 Funding worth $80,000:

• Proteomics Team
  Dr. David Agus
  Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
  Los Angeles, California