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Osmulski, PhD &amp; Marie E. Gaczynska, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Targeting METTL3 to overcome drug resistance in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nDOD, 09\/2025 \u2013 08\/31\/29, Total Direct Costs: $248,960<br \/>\nKarthigayan Shanmugasundaram, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment-Only Grant For: 10X Genomics Xenium Analyzer<\/strong><br \/>\nS10, 7\/15\/2025 \u2013 7\/14\/2026, Total Direct Cost: $365,000<br \/>\nZhao Lai, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selisistat as an anti-prostate cancer agent for treatment of prostate cancer<br \/>\n<\/strong>DOD, 06\/01\/25 \u2013 05\/31\/28, Total Direct Costs: $400,000<br \/>\nA. Pratap Kumar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organelle Communication During Transition From Fatty Liver to Hepatocellular Carcinoma<\/strong><br \/>\nCPRIT, 2025 \u2013 2028, Total Direct Costs: $900,000<br \/>\nMasahiro Morita, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TET2 mutations promote myeloid malignancies by dysregulating m5C oxidation of chromatin-associated RNAs<\/strong><br \/>\nCPRIT, 2024 \u2013 2029, Total Direct Costs: $900,000<br \/>\nMingjiang Xu, PhD &amp; Ying Li, PhD<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Therapeutic Value and Mechanistic Action of PSPC1 in AML<\/strong><br \/>\nRO1, 2024 \u2013 2029, Total Direct Costs: $1,020,715<br \/>\nMingjiang Xu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Roles of RNA m5C-MBD6-H2AK119ub Deubiquitylation Axis in TET2-Mediated HSC Regulation<\/strong><br \/>\nRO1, 2024 \u2013 2028, Total Direct Costs: $932,088<br \/>\nMingjiang Xu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>AXL-STAT3-PD1 Targeting of Tumor Immune Microenvironments\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nV Foundation, 2024 \u2013 2027, Total Direct Costs: $800,000<br \/>\nJosephine Taverna, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role of Tumor-Macrophage Hybrid Cells in Prostate Cancer Metastasis<\/strong><br \/>\nU01, 2024 \u2013 2028, Total Direct Costs: $2,055,380<br \/>\nTim Huang, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Identification of APE2 Nuclease Inhibitors\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation, 2024 \u2013 2026, Total Direct Costs: $200,000<br \/>\nSang Lee, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mechanisms of Enhancer Dynamics and Assembly in Gene Regulation<\/strong><br \/>\nR35 2024 \u2013 2029, Total Direct Costs: $1,250,000<br \/>\nZhijie Liu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Development of a New Class of EZH2 Inhibitors in Era-negative Breast Cancer<\/strong><br \/>\nR21 2024 \u2013 2026, Total Direct Costs: $257,125<br \/>\nKexin Xu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Function of the METTL3-NUP93 Complex-Mediated Nuclear Export of m6A-modified mRNAs in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer<\/strong><br \/>\nR01 2024 \u2013 2029, Total Direct Costs: $1,536,138<br \/>\nKexin Xu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role of EWSR1-FlI1-CENP-A Signaling in Chemoresistance in Ewing Sarcoma<\/strong><br \/>\nCancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, 2024 \u2013 2028, Total Direct Costs: $1,330,000<br \/>\nKatasumi Kitagawa, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activation of Drug and Biologic Conjugates by Click Chemistry and their Tumor-Selective Targeting for Prostate Cancer Suppression<\/strong><br \/>\nR21, 2024 \u2013 2026, Total Direct Costs: $140,250<br \/>\nBandana Chatterjee, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novel Human Oguchi Disease Mechanism\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nRetina Research Foundation, 2024, Total Direct Costs: $45,000<br \/>\nChing-Kang Chen, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deciphering RNA Splicing Control of Lipid Metabolism and Alcoholic Liver Injury\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAlcohol Research Programs, 2024 \u2013 2029, Total Direct Costs: $1,668,520<br \/>\nMengwei Zang, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruker Atomic Force Microscope NanoWizard 5<\/strong><br \/>\nS10, 2023 \u2013 2024, Total Direct Costs: $590,043<br \/>\nPawel Osmulski PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role and Mechanism of RNA m6A Modification in the Pathogenesis and Drug-Resistance of Prostate Cancer<\/strong><br \/>\nNCI, 2023, Total Direct Costs: $1,234,879<br \/>\nJihoon Lee, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novel Proteasome-Activating Compounds for Treatment of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/strong><br \/>\nOwens Medical Research Foundation, 2023, Total Direct Costs: $200,000<br \/>\nMaria Gaczynska, PhD, Pawel Osmulski, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The SNAI2-RUNX2 Signaling Axis is a Novel Driver of Osteosarcoma Initiation, Growth and Therapy Resistance<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Cancer Society, 2023, Total Direct Costs: $167,000<br \/>\nMyron Ignatius, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Targeting SNAI2 Resistance Mechanisms in Pediatric RAS Mutant Rhabdomyosarcoma\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation, 2023<br \/>\nMyron Ignatius, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toward Clinical Trial:AXL-STAT3 Targeting of Lung Tumor Microenvironments<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH\/NCI, 2023, Total Direct Costs: $1,627,759<br \/>\nJosephine Taverna, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tvardi Pilot Grant (Taverna)<\/strong><br \/>\nTvardi Pilot Grant, 2023, Total Direct Costs: $50,000<br \/>\nJosephine Taverna, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Repair of DNA ends with Adducts\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH\/NIGMS 2023, Total Direct Costs: $800,000<br \/>\nSang Eun Lee, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roles of T-box Transcriptional Regulators in the Development of RGC Subtypes<\/strong><br \/>\nUTHSC-Houston, 2023, Total Direct Costs: $98,090<br \/>\nChing-Kang Jason Chen, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role of Transducin &#8211; and Melanopsin-Independent Phototransduction in Postnatal Retinal Development<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH 2022, Total Direct Costs: $1,125,000<br \/>\nChing-Kang Jason Chen, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Function of Wide-Field Amacrine Cells in Mammalian Retina\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH 2022, Total Direct Costs: $1,250,000<br \/>\nChing-Kang Jason Chen, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advancing Cancer Research Through Next Generation Sequencing at Mays Cancer Center of UT Health San Antonio\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH NCI R50 2022, Total Direct Costs: $617,000<br \/>\nZhao Lai, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>UT System Rising STARs\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n2022, Total Direct Costs: $250,000<br \/>\nLingtao Jin, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>METTL3 as a Therapeutic Target in Uterine Fibroids<\/strong><br \/>\n2022, Total Direct Costs: $50,000<br \/>\nKarthigayan Shanmugasundaram, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improving Therapeutic Approaches for RAS-driven Rhabdomyosarcoma<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH-NCI- R37CA262657, 2022, Total Direct Costs: $1,143,749<br \/>\nPI-Angelina Vaseva, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organelle Communication During Transition from Fatty Liver to Hepatocellular Carcinoma<\/strong><br \/>\nCPRIT, 2022, Total Direct Costs: $1,050,000<br \/>\nMasahiro Morita, Ph.D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Targeting tumor-immune microenvironment to improve durvalumab efficacy in small cell lung cancer<\/strong><br \/>\nLung Cancer Research Foundation\/AstraZeneca, 2022, Total Direct Costs: $180,000<br \/>\nLingtao Jin, Ph.D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novel small molecule inhibitors for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH, 2022, Total Direct Costs: $150,000<br \/>\nRaushan Kurmasheva, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AXL-STAT3 Targeting of Lunch Tumor Microenvironments in Patient Derived Mouse Models<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Max &amp; Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund, Total Direct Costs: $350,000<br \/>\nJosephine Taverna, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The role of lipid metabolism in dendritic cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Lung Association, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $150,000<br \/>\nLingtao Jin, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Testing Program to Identify Novel Agents for Treatment of Pediatric and AYA High-Risk Sarcoma, Kidney and Liver Cancer\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH\/NCI, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $3,502,418<br \/>\nHoughton, Ph.D., Kurmasheva, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enhancing MAPK-targeted Therapy in PDX Models of BRAF-Mutant Pediatric Brain Tumors\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH\/NCI, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $1,904,289<br \/>\nHoughton, PhD, Kurmasheva, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Sequencing System<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $600,000<br \/>\nZhao Lai, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The functional role of MAST1 in mediating a-synucleinopathies and related dementia<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH\/NCI\/NIA, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $350,000<br \/>\nLingtao Jin, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role of lncRNA mediated R-loops in CTCF boundary function and AML genome organization<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH-NCI R01CA260729, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $933,750<br \/>\nMingjiang Xu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>METTL3-NUP93 interaction facilitates the nuclear export of m6A-modified mRNAs<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $1,075,000<br \/>\nKexin Xu, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Targeting AXL-JAK1 in tumor immune microenvironments of lung adenocarcinoma<\/strong><br \/>\nVoelcker Fund Young Investigator Award, 2021, $350,000<br \/>\nJosephine Taverna, MD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leveraging oxysterol sulfotransferase in prostate cancer progression\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment of Defense, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $1,161,253<br \/>\nBandana Chatterjee, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAI-1-mediadted early-onset endometrial cancer<\/strong><br \/>\nNIH, 2021, Total Direct Costs: $2,692,120<br \/>\nTim H.M. 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