DOCTORAL SCHOOL of ONCOLOGY and GENETICS
SCUOLA DI DOTTORATO DI RICERCA  IN ONCOLOGIA E GENETICA

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Research projects
 
ONCOLOGICAL GENETICS (P.I. Antonio Giordano)
 

1) Research Grants Active as Principal Investigator

 NIH RO1 CA094804-02 (P.I.: K. Khalili)                   03/04/02-12/31/06
Title: Human Neurotropic JC Virus and CNS Diseases$222,500 (Direct Cost for entire project)
Co P.I.: A. Giordano, 10% effort

NIH R21 CA94802-01 (P.I.: A. Giordano)  7/1/02-6/30/04
National Cancer Institute                                   $100,000 (Direct Cost) 20% effort
Title: Functional Interaction between HIV-1 products and cell cycle proteins

 NIH PO1NS36466 (Khalili, K., Program Director) 09/01/03-08/31/08
Program Project Title: Viral Model for Tumor Pathogenesis in Brain
A. Giordano, Project #2,  20% effort,  $200,000 (Direct Cost of Proj. #2)
Proj. #2 Title: Tumor Suppressor Rb Family/Rb2 in Medulloblastoma

NIH (P.I.: A. Giordano) 4/1/04 – 3/31/09
Title: pRb2/p130: from the mechanisms to gene therapy
$1,250,000 (Total Direct Costs Requested) 40% effort
Source: Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine
Date and cost of entire project:  3/1/02 - 3/1/05 $ 450,000 (additional $120.000 starting 6/1/03)

NIH Postdoctoral Fellowships
Valeria Masciullo, M.D., Ph.D.             $42,000

Fellowships funded by the Italian government

Gaia Gallo, M.D.                                              $25,000

Chiara Gabellina, M.D.                                    $25,000

Giuseppina D'Andrilli, Ph.D.                             $20,000

Alessandro Bovicelli, M.D.                               $25,000

Tiziana Tonini, Ph.D.                                         $22,000

Micaela Montanari PhD                                    $20,000

Chiara Mariano MD                                         $25.000

 

2) GRANTS: Expired Research Grants funded as Principal Investigator

Title: The Adenovirus E1A Transforming region associate in vitro  with two novel cellular factors
Source: Milheim Foundation For Cancer Research
Date and cost of entire project: 6/1/93 - 6/30/94  $ 15,000 (Direct Cost)

Title: Characterization and Identification of Novel Tumor Suppressor Genes.
Source: W. W. Smith Charitable Trust
Date and cost of entire project: 1/1/93 - 1/1/95 $ 184,000 (Direct Cost)

Title: Molecular cloning of the Tumor Liberated Protein (TLP)
Source: Istituto Farmacoterapico Italiano (IFI)
Date and cost of entire project:  2/1/96 -2/1/97 $ 64,000 (Direct Cost)

Title:  p130/Rb2 a Novel Target for the Ad5 E1A Oncoproteins.
Source: NIH RO1
Date and cost of entire project: 12/1/94 - 12/31/97  $ 447,000 (Direct Cost)

Title: The Role of pRb2 in Cell Proliferation.
Source:  The Council for Tobacco Research
Date and cost of entire project: 1/1/95 - 1/1/98 $150,000 (Direct Cost)

Title: The Role of pRb2 in Cell Proliferation.
Source:  The Council for Tobacco Research
Date and cost of entire project: 1/1/98 - 1/1/99 $35,000 (Direct Cost)

Title: Cancer and Cell Cycle
Source: Sbarro Institute for Cancer research and Molecular Medicine
Date and cost of entire project: 10/1/95 - 6/1/99 $ 600,000 (Direct Cost)

 

3) PATENTS AWARDED:

Antonio Giordano, ”Tumor Suppressor Protein pRB2, related gene products, and DNA encoding therefor” U.S. Patent Serial No. 5,457,049, issued October 10, 1995.

Antonio Giordano, ”Tumor Suppressor Protein pRB2, related gene products, and DNA encoding therefor” U.S. Patent Serial No. 5,532,340, issued July 2, 1996.

Antonio Giordano, “Human Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-like Proteins and Methods of Using the Same,” U.S. Serial Number 5,674,748, issued on October 7, 1997.

Antonio Giordano and A. Baldi, “Human Retinoblastoma-Related (pRb2/p130) Genomic DNA and Methods of Detecting Mutations Therein. US. Patent Application Serial No. 5,807,681, issued on Sep. 15, 1998.

Antonio Giordano “Method for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cancer.” US. Patent Application  Serial No. 08/840,506,  issued on November 24, 1998.

Antonio Giordano, “Human Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-like Proteins and Methods of Using the Same,” U.S. Serial Number 6,162,612, issued on December 19, 2000.

Antonio Giordano "Determination of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27 levels as a prognostic factor in cancer patients." U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 6,180,133 issued on January 30, 2001.

Antonio Giordano  "pRb2/p130 Peptide Inhibitors of cdk2 Kinase activity" U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 6,297,357 issued on October 2 2001.

Antonio Giordano and Pier Paolo Claudio  " Methods of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and preventing restenosis with a vector expressing RB2/p130 " U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 6,596,698 issued on July 22 2003.

Pending:

Five additional patents have been filed and are under examination.