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Article October 9, 2025

CIRM Awards $7.5 Million in Discovery Grants to Gladstone Investigators

Two ambitious research projects led by Gladstone investigators are boosted by funds from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

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Article May 7, 2025

Karin Pelka Wins Grant to Advance Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer

The Colorectal Cancer Alliance has awarded Pelka a $500,000 grant to develop novel immunotherapies that overcome the most common form of colorectal cancer.

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Article April 28, 2025

2025 Searle Scholar Andrew Yang to Expand Inquiry into Blood-Brain Barrier

The Gladstone scientist has received a prize to study how molecules cross the blood-brain barrier and influence brain health.

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Gladstone in the News October 16, 2024

Arc Institute Announces New Cohort of Investigators to Accelerate Biomedical Research

Arc Institute—Gladstone investigator Isha Jain joins Arc Institute's new cohort of core investigators to drive visionary research into complex human disease. She will receive unrestricted funding to advance her research on how the body senses and responds to variations in oxygen levels and vitamins.

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Gladstone in the News March 12, 2024

Biswas Family Foundation, Milken Institute Award $14M in Computational Biology Grants

GenomeWeb—The Biswas Family Foundation and the Milken Institute have awarded nearly $14 million in grants to researchers developing artificial intelligence and other computational tools for clinical applications. The money will go to five groups, including one from the Gladstone Institutes that is developing machine-learning models to personalize colorectal and skin cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Article March 12, 2024

$5 Million Grant Bets on Computational Biology, AI to Change the Future of Cancer

The Biswas Family Foundation and Milken Institute announce funding to establish a center for computational cancer biology at Gladstone Institutes, led by Senior Investigator Katie Pollard.

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Article March 11, 2024

Gladstone to Expand Stem Cell Research Capabilities with Multi-Million Dollar Regenerative Medicine Grant

Funds from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will allow Gladstone to bolster its disease-modeling technologies, add robust CRISPR screening capabilities, and educate young researchers on the latest in stem cell science.

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Article October 6, 2021

Gladstone Investigators Win NIH Director’s Awards

The awards will support high-risk, high-reward research into a fundamentally new type of antiviral and a molecular strategy to fight cancer

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Article August 17, 2021

A New Approach to Curing HIV

Armed with a $26.5-million grant, a multi-institution collaboratory will tackle HIV in a new way

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Article July 2, 2021

Gladstone Investigator Awarded Two Early-Career Grants

Funds will support Isha Jain’s innovative disease research with potential for big impact

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Article October 15, 2020

Gladstone Investigators Receive 4D Nucleome Award from the NIH

Benoit Bruneau and Katie Pollard study DNA folding to identify the genetic causes of congenital heart disease

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Article October 6, 2020

Gladstone Investigator Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Seth Shipman is recognized for his exceptionally creative research approach

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Article October 1, 2020

Gladstone Researchers Awarded $3.2 Million to Study Cellular Energy

Ken Nakamura and Todd McDevitt will study how to boost cells’ energy and how the strategy can best treat disease

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Article January 29, 2020

NIH Funds Deep-Dive into ApoE4’s Role in Alzheimer’s Disease

With $4.8 million from the NIH, Gladstone scientists will investigate how the protein apoE4 causes neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Article January 17, 2020

Gladstone Joins a $5.7 Million Initiative Focused on Single Ventricle Heart Defects

Funds will support five top research institutions to accelerate scientific discoveries and development of treatments for single ventricle heart defects.

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