Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is pleased to announce the recipients of the Ajinomoto Amino Acid Research Program grant 2005.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. appreciates the interest and participation for the program from a large number of scientists. We received 127 high-quality proposals from around the world for 2005 grants. After extensive review and deliberation, the following 8 proposals were selected for funding.
Focused Category
Charles A. Stanley, MD (The Children’s Hospital, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA)
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Signaling roles of amino acids in pancreatic insulin secretion.
Alexander A. Bachmanov, DVM, PhD (Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA)
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Genetics of amino acid taste and appetite in mice.
K. Sreekumaran Nair, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic, USA)
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BCAA as stimulant of muscle mitochondrial function in elderly people.
Anura Kurpad, MD, DNB, PhD (Inst. of Population Health & Clinical Research, India)
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Long term generous lysine intake in well- and undernourished humans: its effect on muscle mass/body composition, and protein and glucose metabolism.
Exploratory Category
Jiyang Cai, PhD (Vanderbilt Eye Inst., USA)
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Extracellular cyst(e)ine regulation of cell survival pathways in human retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Christopher M. Anderson, PhD (St. Bonifice Hospital Res. Center, Univ. of Manitoba, CAN)
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Role of astrocyte D-serine in neuronal excitotoxity.
Michael J. Rennie, PhD (Univ. of Nottingham, UK)
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Do amino acids have specific anabolic effects on human bone collagen synthesis?
Carla J. Aldrich, PhD (Indiana Univ., School of Medicine, Evansville Center, USA)
- Reconstitution of immune responses by feeding the essential amino acid (EAA) leucine in normal mice or
mice lacking fundctional Gcn2 eIF2 kinase.
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