2025 Ludmer Centre Seed Fund Grant
We are happy to announce that five great initiatives will receive the 2025 edition of the Ludmer Centre Seed Fund Grant. These funds are intended to support preliminary or proof-of-concept studies on the topic of single-cell genomics or neuroinformatics, as it relates to brain health.ÌýÌý
The following proposals were awarded:Ìý
Cell-Type Specific Mapping of Brain Responses to Nanoplastic Exposure Using Spatial TranscriptomicsÌýÌý
Corina Nagy, PhDÌý
Co-recipient: Loïc Binan, PhDÌý
Amount: $50,000Ìý
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Improving Neuroinformatics Workflows in Preclinical Research: Preclinical Open Data CaptureÌýÌý
Mallar Chakravarty, PhDÌý
Co-recipient: Rose Bagot, PhDÌý
Amount: $50,000Ìý
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Bridging Biophysical Realism and Neurodiagnostic Utility: A Next-Generation Distributed-Delay Neural Mass Model for Multimodal Brain SimulationÌýÌý
Alan Evans, PhDÌý
Co-recipient: Anisleidy Gonzalez-Mitjans, PhDÌý
Amount: $50,000
Charting Immune Landscapes Across Brain Disorders Using Ultra Rapid AutopsyÌý
Stephanie Zandee, PhD and Charles Couturier, MD, PhDÌý
Amount: $30,000Ìý
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Comparison between course of clinically high risk of psychosis patients versus healthy controls given social determinants of health using multi-faceted data and machine learningÌýÌý
David Benrimoh, MDÌý
Co-recipient: Saiyara IslamÌý
Amount: $10,000Ìý
