Current Grants

Newly Awarded Research Projects

Canine Lymphoma-the Prognostic Significance of Cytogenic Changes; Matthew Breen, PhD, North Carolina State University.

Candidate Gene Analysis in Dogs Affected with Hereditary Cataracts; D.J. Sidjanin, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Genome Scanning for Aberrant DNA Methylation in Canine Lymphoma; Laura J. Rush, DVM, PhD, Ohio State University.

On-going Research Projects

An Investigation into Combined Molecular Approaches to Treat Hemangiosarcoma; David John Argyle, BVMS, PhD, MRCVS, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Oligonucleotide Microarray Gene Expression Profiling of Canine Lymphoma; William Kisseberth, PhD, Ohio State University.

Molecular Epidemiology of Ehrlichia and Bartonella spp. Infection in Golden Retrievers with Lymphoma; Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, North Carolina State University.

Development of a New Resource for Positional Cloning of Hip Dysplasia Genes: A High Density SNP Map of Canine Chromosome One; Elaine Ostrander, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Francis Galibert, PhD, Genetique et Development, France.

Genetic Determinants of Susceptibility to Hypothyroid Disease in Dogs; George M. Happ, PhD, University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

Genomics of Canine Brain Neoplasia; Matthew Breen, PhD and Natasha Olby, PhD, North Carolina State University.

Clinical and Immunological Outcomes of Dogs with Osteosarcoma Treated with Intratumoral Interleukin-12 Microspheres; Stuart Helfand, DVM, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Cellular Genomics - A Cytogenetic Investigation of Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Matthew Breen, PhD. North Carolina State University

Characterization of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Dysfunction in Malignant Histiocytosis; Cheryl London, DVM, PhD: University of California, Davis

Heritable and Sporadic Genetic Lesions in Canine Lymphoma and Osteosarcoma; Principal Investigator: Jaime Modiano, VMD, PhD, AMC Cancer Research Center

Identification and Characterization of Genetic Mutations in Canine Mast Cell Tumors; Principal Investigator: Cheryl London, DVM, PhD, University of California, Davis

Mapping Genes Associated with Osteosarcoma in Large Breed Dogs; Kerstin-Linblad-Toh,
Broad Institute

Mapping for the Gene for Malignant Histiocytosis in the Bernese Mountain Dog; Elaine Ostrander, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer in the Golden Retriever: K. Ann Jegkum, DVM, The
Winstar Institute

Anti-HLA-DR Antibody Therapy in Canine B-cell Lymphoma: Rodney Page, MS, DVM,
Cornell University

Extended Medical Surveillance of Dogs Deployed to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; Cynthia Otto, DVM, PHD, University of Pennsylvania