CARF has awarded Dr. Thomas Franz, professor at the University of Bonn?s Institute for Anatomy, a research grant to characterize a novel mouse mutation that leads to a neutrophil-rich form of cicatricial alopecia.
Primary cicatricial alopecias are classsifed into two groups lymphocyte-rich and neutrophil-rich subtypes. Molecular and cellular biologists have studied mouse models of the former but not the latter. This new laboratory model promises to offer insight into the poorly understood group of neutrophil-rich forms.
Professor Franz, born in 1954, studied medicine in Bochum and Hamburg, Germany, from 1973 to 1980. For his medical doctoral thesis, he investigated myelin proteins and the maturing process of nerves in the central nervous system.
Dr. Franz executed immunological studies with Professor Thomas V. Waehneldt at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Goettingen (1980 to 1981), and studies of leukemogenic murine retroviruses and retroviral vectors at the Heinrich-Pette-Institute in Hamburg.
From 1985 to 1987, Dr. Franz studied murine embryonic stem cells under Sir Martin Evans at the Department of Genetics at Cambridge University in England. Between 1987 and 1995, he investigated morphological aspects of several mouse mutants with developmental defects of the neural crest and limb musculature at the University of Hamburg?s Institute of Anatomy.
In 1994, Dr. Franz earned his postdoctoral degree and received his Venia Legendi in anatomy. Since 1995, he has been a professor at the University of Bonn?s Institute for Anatomy.
CARF grant recipient Pratima Karnik, PhD, at Society of Investigative Dermatology Conference
The Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (CARF) seeks original, focused, and innovative research grant applications dealing with cicatricial alopecia (CICAL). Applications will be accepted from laboratories around the world. The proposed project must serve to further CARF's research goals, namely, to understand the pathogenesis of CICAL, an understanding that will lead to effective prevention and therapy. CARF will give priority to research proposals based on the following topics:
All applications for grant requests should clearly state research goals, rationale, brief background, and brief experimental protocol. The planned study may not exceed two years in duration. Included in the submission should be a discussion of anticipated results and their potential significance to understanding CICAL. CARF has a rolling submission deadline policy; the review committee will respond within two months of submission. Grants from $1,000 to $20,000 may be awarded.
How to Apply:
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