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FACULTY NEWS: Blumberg Institute scientist receives $2.6 million grant from the Research Grant Hungary program

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Edward Tate February 19, 2025 0 Comments

The Research Grant Hungary program (HUN-REN) has awarded a five-year $2.6 million grant to Richard Pestell, PhD, MD, PhD, FACP, FRACP, MBA, distinguished professor of translational medical research at the Blumberg Institute, for a project investigating “Novel approaches for targeting cyclin D1 in CDKi-resistant cancer.”

Elected as a member of Academia Europaea (AE) last year, Dr. Pestell is one of four prominent scientists recently chosen for major funding by the HUN-REN program (read more here).

Three of those projects, including Dr. Pestell’s, will be hosted by the HUN-REN Office of Supported Research Groups in Budapest.

Dr. Pestell says he will be collaborating with Blumberg Institute colleagues to “bring together the strengths of HUN-REN and the Blumberg Institute.”

Cancer genetics is the focus of Dr. Pestell’s work in Budapest, particularly chromosomal instability where the cell undergoes genomic rearrangement. 

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