Research Awards

The UGDH Foundation has awarded a $40,000 research grant to fund the first knock-in mouse model of Jamuar syndrome! Dr. Gaia Colasante of the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele-Milan, Italy, in collaboration with Dr. Emanuela Bottani of the University of Verona, will direct this project, known as “Generation and characterization of a knock-in model of Jamuar syndrome.” Dr. Colasante has already successfully developed a mouse model for Dravet syndrome, another profound form