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Patricia Opresko - Grants

Years	Title	Position
October 18-22, 2008	Awarded to support the symposia on “DNA Damage in Neurodegeneration, Aging and Cancer” and “Consequences of Genotoxic Damage to Mitochondrial DNA” and the plenary lecture by Dr. Jerry Shay on “Aging and Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the Connection?” at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society held October 18-22, 2008 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico	Principal Investigator
August 20 - 25, 2009	Awarded to support the symposia on “DNA Damage Repair and Aging” at the 10th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens held in Florence, Italy	Principal Investigator
2009 - 2011	Mechanisms of Telomeric DNA Loss and Repair, Supplement	Principal Investigator
2010 - 2013	Processing of Alternative Structures in Telomeric DNA". Award to student Gerald Nora	Principal Investigator
2006-2010	Molecular Mechanisms of Telomeric DNA Instability Associated with the Human Progeroid Werner Syndrome	Principal Investigator
2008-2010	Relationship of Age-Related Cataracts and Telomere Length in HumanCollaboration with Dr. Ann Newman at the University of Pittsburgh	Principal Investigator
2006-2013	Mechanisms of Telomeric DNA Loss and Repair	Principal Investigator
2011 - 2014	The Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology: An Interdisciplinary Research Center	Co-Principal Investigator
2010 - 2012	Impact of UV-induced DNA damage on telomere integrity	Principal Investigator
2010 - 2013	Kirschstein-NRSA Individual Fellowship, 1F30AG032861-01A1 "Processing of Alternative Structures in Telomeric DNA" Award to student Gerald Nora	Co-Principal Investigator
2013 - 2018	R01ES022944/ Mechanisms of Telomere Resistance to DNA Lesion Removal	Principal Investigator
7/2013-7/2014	Role of Telomere and Mitochondria Cross-talk in Cellular Aging	Co-Principal Investigator
7/1/2013-6/30/2015	R34GM108187/GammaPNA Miniprobes for Telomere FISH	Co-Principal Investigator
7/1/2013-6/30/2015	R21AG045545/Oxidative DNA Base Damage and Repair at Telomeres and the Relevance to Cell Senescence	Co-Principal Investigator
2015 - 2020	R21ES025606/ROS Driven Mitochondrial-Telomere Dysfunction During Environmental Stress	Co-Principal Investigator
2015 - 2018	R34 Phase II – GammaPNA Miniprobes for Telomere Analysis and RNA FISH	Co-Principal Investigator
2016 - 2017	Investigating a non-canonical function of DNA polymerase eta in the maintenance of telomere integrity	Co-Principal Investigator
2017 - 2022	R01CA207342/ Roles of Telomere Oxidative DNA Lesions in Telomere Length	Co-Principal Investigator
2016 - 2018	Creating transgenic mice to illuminate roles for mitochondrial and telomere damage in cancer and aging	Co-Principal Investigator
2016 - 2019	R44GM108187 Phase II – GammaPNA Miniprobes for Telomere Analysis and RNA FISH	Co-Principal Investigator

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