Currently Funded Research
The Myrovlytis Trust has funded over £6 million of BHD research. See the research projects we are currently funding below. The success rate for our 2022 grant funding round was 36%.
Professor Stefan Marciniak, University of Cambridge, UK
Determining the Prevalence of Pathogenic FLCN Variants from Large Genomic Registries
Learn more about Stefan’s research project here.
Dr Neil Rajan, Newcastle University, UK
Delineating the Cutaneous Tumour Microenvironment in Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome
Learn more about Neil’s research project here.
Dr Arjan Houweling, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Improving Care for Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome Patients: Clinical and Genetic Analysis of a Unique Cohort
Learn more about Arjan’s research project here.
Professor Nancy DeMore, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Combination Therapy with a Humanized Monoclonal Antibody to Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 2 for Metastatic Osteosarcoma
Learn more about Nancy’s research project here.
Professor Graham Cook and Dr Fiona Errington-Mais, University of Leeds, UK
Oncolytic Virus-based Activation of Natural Killer Cells for the Immunotherapy of Osteosarcoma
Learn more about Graham and Fiona’s research project here.