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

2009-2010 Awardees:

Matthew Rettig, MD
“Identification of Androgen Receptor Transcriptional Inhibitors”

Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD
“Targeting neuroendocrine cells of prostate cancer”

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
“Anti-Angiogenic and Prostate Cancer: Molecular Basis for Therapeutic Decisions”

Kathrin Plath, PhD
“Evaluation of the histone methyltransferase Ezh2 as therapeutic target in prostate cancer”