Cross-Departmental Grant Awarded

Anthony T. Vella, Ph.D.
Anthony T. Vella, Ph.D.
Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D.
Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D.

By Carolyn Pennington, UConn Health Updates

Stephen Crocker, Ph.D., from the Department of Neuroscience and Anthony Vella, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Immunology received a two-year R21 exploratory/developmental grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke division of the National Institutes of Health. This multi-PI project entitled, “Proteomic and Functional Analysis of Astrocyte Exosomes” explores the function of exosomes derived from glial cells and tests a role for their contents in assays indicative of central nervous system disease.