Lab News | UCLA Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

2020

February 26, 2020: A Sincere Thank You
With heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude we would like to acknowledge the following individuals for their very generous support in 2019.
The 2019 CDMD Friends and Family Circle
Alice Wang, Charles & Cindy Marquis, Coopers Cure, John & Margaret Sharer
Larry and Suzy Calof

Peytons Project

Richard & Ann Strong

Sabrina Strong

Shari Leinwand

STARS

The Arnstein Family Foundation

The Black Murphy Family Fund

The Bohbot Family

The Muller Family Foundation

The Smalley - Wall Family

The Topping - Moore Family

The Walking Strong Foundation

2019

September 16, 2019: Courtney Young, Ph.D., CEO of MyoGeneBio, Receives Grant from MDA
July 31, 2019: Drs. Melissa Spencer and April Pyle Are Awarded a $175,000 Grant from PPMD.
July 31, 2019: Dr. Carrie Miceli is Awarded a $100,000 Grant from PPMD.
July 31, 2019: Dr. Rachelle Crosbie is Awarded $389K from MDA

2018

September 5, 2018: UCLA Researchers Have Paper Published in “Human Mutation” Journal
August 14, 2018: Postdoc in the Miceli Lab discuss in a review of the literature, the advent of personalized medicine for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

2017

July 18, 2017: UCLA Student and His Sister Write Children’s Book About Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
July 18, 2017: Researchers in the Crosbie-Watson Lab Identify a Muscle Membrane “Stabilizer” for Duchenne
June 6, 2017: Courtney Young Receives Prestigious Awards
June 5, 2017: Kevin Campbell Presents Seminar at UCLA
May 11, 2017: CDMD Announces Awardees for the 2017 Pilot and Feasibility Grant
April 26, 2017: Dr. Stanley Nelson and His Work in Solving Rare Diseases
April 5, 2017: Muscle Cell Biology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics Training Program

2016

August 15, 2016: Open Postdoctoral Fellow Position
July 26, 2016: Duchenne research funded
May 18, 2016: Training Program in Muscle Cell Biology, Pathogenesis, and Therapeutics receives a new NIH T32 Training Grant
April 20, 2016: Muscle Cell Biology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics Training Program
April 1, 2016: April Pyle, Ph.D. awarded the 2015-16 Life Sciences Excellence Award for Outstanding Research Publication
March 1, 2016: Courtney Young raising awareness for Duchenne at Grad Slam Event.
February 16, 2016: UCLA researchers discover potential treatment for Muscular Dystrophy
January 12, 2016: Elizabeth McNally from Northwestern University to speak at UCLA
January 12, 2016: Scientists in the Crosbie-Watson lab reveal an important role for sarcospan in healing the dystrophic heart

2015

November 16, 2015: ‘Hunger Games’ stars scheme with teen on prank to support Duchenne muscular dystrophy research at UCLA
September 16, 2015: UCLA opens new program to solve mystery genetic diseases
February 6, 2015: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Awards UCLA $50,000 Exploratory Grant for Evaluation of Exon Skipping Enhancers in Duchenne
February 6, 2015: Kent Heberer has been awarded the 2015 CDMD Graduate Student Award
February 6, 2015: Congratulations to Courtney Young for receiving two prestigious awards for academic excellence

2014

December 1, 2014: Dr. Rachelle Crosbie Watson receives the Lotus award
November 19, 2014: CDMD wins the Patrick Soon Shiong Innovation Award!
November 11, 2014: Invitation Muscle Cell Biology and Disease Annual Retreat
November 5, 2014: Thank you STARS and The Goldwin Foundation!
September 29, 2014: (Poster Submission) CDMD Annual Retreat- November 21
September 18, 2014: UCLA's DNA Detectives in Action
September 16, 2014: CDMD supported by UCLA Women's Volleyball!
September 9, 2014: UCLA CDMD Clinical Trials Registry
July 8, 2014: Open Postdoc Position
June 18, 2014: Employment Opportunity - Academic Coordinator
June 18, 2014: Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy & CTSI Team Science Grant
April 29, 2014: NIH (NIAMS) funds "Muscular Dystrophy Center Core" for additional 5 years
April 25, 2014: A Family Affair
April 24, 2014: Announcing the 1st Annual CureDuchenne Fellowship Award

2013

October 10, 2013: Congratulations to Dr. April Pyle
July 29, 2013: Thanks to Dr Eileen Fowler and her team
March 1, 2013: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Funds UCLA Project to Identify Genetic Changes that Affect the Severity of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
February 22, 2013: Dr. Rachelle Crosbie-Watson for receiving the "UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award"!

2012

December 12, 2012: UCLA Scientists Find Drug That May Help Fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
December 12, 2012: CONGRATULATIONS to Gen Kendall and Katya Mokhonova
November 11, 2012: Cedars-Sinai research: Preclinical muscular dystrophy data shows promise
June 6, 2012: Dr. Jamie Marshall receives the Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine Training fellowship.
May 8, 2012: CDMD colleagues publish a paper on high throughput screen