Developmental Research Program

The Development Research Program is another method of expanding discovery within the SPORE. Each year, three to four highly innovative proposals will be funded. Funding will be primarily for new and innovative ideas, but also to initiate short term collaborations, especially with investigators within the SPORE and in other SPORES. Faculty at any level will be encouraged to apply, both those beginning a research career, both clinical and basic, and established investigators who wish to direct their research into the field of prostate cancer. Sufficient expertise within the Institution or from interaction with other SPOREs must be demonstrated to show potential for development of a new major theme or research within the SPORE. Successful research projects may receive further funding in the SPORE and replace unproductive funded projects. The proposed projects need not be directly translational, but should have the potential to ultimately lead to translational research.

UCLA Specialized Program of Research
Excellence (SPORE) in Prostate Cancer

Developmental Research Program

2007-2008 Awardees:

Matthew Rettig, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology and Department of Medicine
“Identification of Androgen Receptor Transcriptional Inhibitors”

Noriyuki Kasahara, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
“Transcriptional Targeting of Retroviral Replication to Prostate Cancer”

Siavash Kurdistani, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry
“Histone Modifications in Cancer Biology and Prognosis”

Stephen Smale, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
“Combining BAC Transgene Technology with Small Molecular Screening to Identify Selective Modulators of Anti-Tumor Immune Responses”