This organization funds global research and provides support and care for those living with Alzheimer’s disease. WoodNext is funding three projects: 1) APOE Biology in Alzheimer’s Grant Program; 2) scientists studying the relevant APOE gene who have previously been given awards by the Alzheimer’s Association; and 3) the Alzheimer’s Association’s Research Grant program, which supports early-career researchers in developing pilot data and hypotheses.
This organization accelerates the development of drugs that prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer’s disease. WoodNext is supporting the ADDF-Harrington Scholar Program, which supports academic discoveries into medicines for Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
This medical research organization is a coalition of academic, government, industry, and philanthropy organizations that aims to accelerate Alzheimer’s disease research by enabling better information-sharing.
This organization promotes and invests in research across a range of brain diseases and disorders. WoodNext is supporting its Next Generation Research Grants program, which funds innovative projects by early-career researchers.
BrightEdge is the American Cancer Society’s impact investing fund, which invests in early-stage companies developing cutting-edge, cancer-focused therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, and technologies. In addition to general grant support, WoodNext funded the launch of its Entrepreneurship Fellows Program to train scientists on how to be entrepreneurs.
This organization promotes healthy aging through biomedical research. WoodNext supports a project to better understand the anti-aging effects of calorie restriction. The research looks at how calorie restriction affects different adipocytes (aka fat cells) to impact metabolism and longer-term anti-aging.
Awards research grants geared at scientific advances and breakthroughs that address a range of mental illnesses. In addition to general funding, WoodNext supports the BBRF Distinguished Investigator Grants, aimed at experienced, senior investigators conducting neurobiological and behavioral research.
This biomedical research institution is focused on the biology of aging, with a mission to end the threat of age-related diseases. WoodNext supports research on the therapeutic potential of taurine in mitigating menopause-induced brain aging.
Caltech advances knowledge and benefits society through integrated research and education. WoodNext is supporting a project to develop advanced techniques in quantum metrology, which aims to enhance the sensitivity and accuracy of measurements of physical quantities. This research could pave the way for breakthroughs in physics and foundational science.
This organization is dedicated to the discovery and development of immunotherapies for all cancers. It funds clinical and laboratory research, supports the next generation of leaders, and provides information on immunotherapy for patients and caregivers.
This research organization works to improve transparency and integrity in science and science publishing by analyzing notices issued by academic journals, publishers, and scientific societies regarding errors, corrections, and retractions. WoodNext is supporting Retraction Watch, a publicly available website which enables readers to track retractions in published materials as a window into the scientific process and scientific information.
This national nonprofit is dedicated to finding a cure for glaucoma. It funds glaucoma research worldwide and brings together communities affected by the disease.
The LSST Discovery Alliance is dedicated to advancing scientific discovery through large astronomy datasets. WoodNext is supporting one fellow in its Data Science Fellowship Program, which prepares graduate students to meet the challenges of analyzing vast astronomical data. This program equips students with the skills to tackle complex data science problems in astronomy.
MIT’s Picower Institute is a community of scientists dedicated to understanding the mechanisms that drive learning, memory, and related functions. WoodNext is supporting potentially groundbreaking work on preventing and mitigating the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease. Researchers at the institute are developing synthetic nanoparticles that mimic natural lipoproteins—particles that transport lipids (aka fat molecules) in the body. They aim to use these synthetic versions to develop new therapies that address cases of Alzheimer’s Disease that are associated with the APOE4 gene, which disrupts lipid function.
WoodNext provided additional support to finalists from two prize competitions: the Solar Desalination Prize, which aims to accelerate the development of low-cost desalination systems that use solar-thermal power, and the Waves to Water Prize, to encourage the development of cost-competitive desalination systems.
This research center fosters collaboration among leading scientists from multiple institutions to accelerate genomic discoveries and their translation into new therapies and diagnostics. WoodNext supported the Genomic Medicine for Mental Health Advancement, the largest-ever integrated mental health genomic/clinical database and discovery platform.
This group was founded to increase philanthropic support for basic science in many disciplines, aiming to offset flatting government funding for core research. WoodNext is a member of the alliance.
WoodNext is supporting research on the role of genetic mutations in Alzheimer’s Disease progression. The project examines the synergistic role of two genes in impairing synaptic function in ways that lead to Alzheimer’s. The long-term goal of the research is to identify new approaches to treatment of the disease.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting Dr. Farida Sohrabji and her team’s research on how the brain is affected by the immune system and the microbiome in the brain. Understanding the intersection of the brain, gut, and immune system is foundational to understanding various neurodegenerative and mental health diseases, and remains a relatively unexplored subject of study.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting the Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity to research protein supplements’ impact on reducing frailty in older adults.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext supported research to develop a novel cellular method to target, capture, and erase traumatic memories. Individuals with PTSD and other fear/anxiety disorders exhibit emotional, physiological, and cognitive symptoms linked to aversive memories of a traumatic event. Targeting and eliminating the pathological fear memory can prevent fear relapse.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting researchers in the world-class Cyclotron Institute as they explore the nuclear origins of the universe through collaborative experiments, astrophysical modeling, and nuclear reaction simulations to determine how the elements were made and to better understand the vital components of life.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. The Dog Aging Project (DAP) aims to better define aging in dogs, uncover genetic and environmental factors that influence aging, and test interventions that may positively impact both lifespan and health that also translate to people. WoodNext funds the DAP team that supports participants with the submission and organization of dogs’ data and biological samples.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting the Exercise and Sport Nutrition Lab to research creatine monohydrate’s impact on physical and cognitive well being in aging adults.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext made a gift to establish the Anthony Wood ’87 Space Exploration Fellowship in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and the Anthony Wood ’87 Artificial Gravity Lab. The latter conducts research to lessen the detrimental effects of weightlessness.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is funding research on the cerebellum’s role in motor and cognitive behavior.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is funding this genetics lab to develop new animal models of Alzheimer’s Disease that can be applied to discover novel pharmacological therapeutics. The aim of this research is to identify therapeutic candidates that can enhance functional brain resilience and prevent neurodegeneration.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext supported Dr. Israel Liberzon and the College of Medicine to develop an impact study and review of the larger vision regarding the development of a neuroscience center at Texas A&M University. Funding enables the task force to review best practices nationally and incorporate the best case for TAMU and its emerging Houston Medical Center Initiatives.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting the SPIRIT Excellence Fund within the College of Engineering that will facilitate the construction and utilization of research facilities in low Earth orbit.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting the creation and construction of The Crucible, an innovative, hands-on space in which engineering students can bring ideas to life through real-world projects. This facility will support research and student-led initiatives, inspiring students to explore real-world applications and acquire practical skills.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is funding Dr. Deborah Bell-Pedersen and the TAMU Center for Research on Biological Clocks Circadian to conduct research on treatments for jet lag and aging. The goal is to identify the best drug or combination of drugs that rapidly reset the phase of the biological clock as a potential therapeutic for jet lag and aging-associated disease.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s top universities and a leading research university. WoodNext is funding a project on the recovery of nutrients from wastewater called Electrified Bioinspired Membranes for Nutrient Recycling.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s top universities and a leading research university. The University’s McDonald Observatory is home to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), one of the world’s largest optical telescopes. WoodNext is funding a project on dark energy in the universe called Extracting the History of the Cosmos from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s top universities and a leading research university. WoodNext is supporting research at the university’s Dell Medical School on dopamine pathways in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) therapy with psychedelics. This research seeks to pinpoint the mechanisms behind fear extinction to create more effective interventions for PTSD.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s top universities and a leading research university. The University’s McDonald Observatory is home to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), one of the world’s largest optical telescopes. The team is developing a system to enhance the operation of the HET and set a paradigm for aligning multi-mirror telescopes. This system will contribute to the design of next-generation telescopes, essential for astronomical advancements.
The University of Arkansas is one of the country’s top research universities. WoodNext is funding a project to optimize graphene energy harvesting devices in service of clean energy options.
This lab researches how psychedelics change the brain and can be used to treat diseases and depression. WoodNext is supporting two projects at the lab. The first maps the long-term brain changes caused by psychedelics, with the goal of identifying more therapeutic uses. The second aims to develop non-hallucinogenic psychedelic derivatives that promote neuron growth, ultimately creating safer and more effective drugs to prevent conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease and depression.
WoodNext is supporting the Calibration for Astrophysics using an Artificial star with NIST-traceable Distribution of Luminous Energy [CANDLE] mission to be selected for a NASA Small Explorer mission. The CANDLE mission will help to measure cosmic dark matter, dark energy, the expansion rate of the universe, and the properties and ages of exoplanets.
The University of Dundee in Scotland is one of the UK’s leading research universities. WoodNext made grants to support research into the role of certain protein kinases in human diseases. One project will examine the NEK1 protein kinase’s role in the motor neuron disease ALS, aiming to identify biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Another aims to develop innovative therapies for ROSAH syndrome, an ultra-rare inherited disease causing blindness. WoodNext funds these efforts to prevent or reverse blindness in patients. Collaborative efforts include cutting-edge gene therapies and partnerships with experts in drug discovery.
The University of North Carolina is a top research institute. WoodNext is funding the project called Elucidating the role of APOE on microglial lipid droplets in Alzheimer’s disease, as part of broader research on understanding, treating, and preventing the disease.
The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine is a top academic and research institution. WoodNext is supporting two research projects related to the human biological clock and sleep dysfunction, including understanding the genetic underpinnings of jet lag.
The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine is a top academic and research institution. WoodNext is funding a major research initiative at the Vascular Medicine Institute to identify how the brain and cardiovascular systems are connected at the molecular level, thus driving the development of new medicines for both heart and brain diseases.
The University of Southampton is a top academic and research institution in the UK. WoodNext is sponsoring a research project to better understand Earth’s ice-ages and the key factors that controlled their intensity and duration.
The University of Southampton is one of the UK’s leading research universities. WoodNext is funding a climate project that investigates the interplay between orbital cycles, atmospheric CO2 levels, and future glacial events, which have implications for climate tipping points. The research aims to refine our understanding of Earth’s climate balance and predict extreme climate scenarios.
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