Therapeutic targeting of amyloid beta-protein oligomers

Title of project or programme

Title of PI

Therapeutic targeting of amyloid beta-protein oligomers

Principal Investigators of project/programme grant

Title	Forname	Surname	Institution	Country
Prof	Dominic	Walsh	UCD	Ireland

Address of institution of lead PI

Institution	University College Dublin
Street Address	Belfield
City	Dublin
Postcode	4

Country

• Ireland

Source of funding information
Science Foundation Ireland
Total sum awarded (Euro)
1596270.00
Start date of award
01-09-2009
Total duration of award in months
60
The project/programme is most relevant to

• Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Keywords
Aggregation, Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid, amyloid beta-protein, Abeta, aptamers
cognition, dementia, dimers, expression profiling, Familial British dementia, Familial
Danish dementia, memory, oligomers, protein misfolding and synaptic plasticity
Research abstract in English

Lay summary

In which category does this research fall?

• Basic research

Therapeutic targeting of amyloid beta-protein oligomers

Investments > €500k
Ireland
Alzheimer’s disease & other dementias
2011