1999
Dominique Bonnet, PhD
Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camden, NJ
Characterization of the Cell Cycle Status of
Acute Myeloid Stem Cells Using
NOD/SCID-Leukemia Model
In memory of Michael J. Lopez

Scott Dessain, MD, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
The Telomerase Gene in Tumorigenesis and
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Research undertaken at Dana Farber/Partners Cancer Care Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, MA

Hao-peng Xu Duffy, PhD
Stonybrook University, Stonybrook, NY
Study of Multidrug Resistant Phenotype in
Leukemia

North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY
Research undertaken at Department of Molecular Oncology
Grant made possible by the Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Nicholas K. Tonks, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Cold Spring Harbor,NY
Investigating Molecular Links to Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

1998
Arup Chakraborty, PhD
Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX
Role of Stat3 in G-CSF-mediated Myeloid
Differentiation
In memory of Michael J. Lopez

Hao-peng Xu Duffy, PhD
Stonybrook University, Stonybrook, NY
Continuation of 1997 Grant
Research undertaken at Department of Molecular Oncology North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Steven P. Treon, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Study of Muc-1 and Multiple Myeloma

Nicholas Tonks, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Continuation of 1997 Grant
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

1997
Hao-peng Xu Duffy, MD, PhD
Stonybrook University, Stonybrook, NY
Study of Genomic Lesions in Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia Research undertaken at Department of Molecular Oncology
North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Kenichi Takeshita, MD
Hematology Division, Department of Medicine
New York University Medical Center, NY, NY
Homeobox Gene Expression in Human Myeloid
Leukemia
In memory of Michael J. Lopez

Michael Tomasson, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Murine Models of Tyrosine Kinase Fusion Protein Mediated Leukemogenesis

Nicholas K. Tonks, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Cold Spring Harbor,NY
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases and Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

1996
Michael W. Schuster, MD
New York Weill Cornell Center, NY, NY
Research Undertaken at North Shore
University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Extended Research was Performed on a Class of Drugs That Shuts Down a Leukemia Cell’s
Resistance to Cancer Killing Chemotherapy
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Naoko Tanese, PhD
Department of Microbiology NYU Medical Center, New York, NY
Analysis of Proteins Involved in Transcriptions and Oncogenesis
In memory of Michael J. Lopez

Nicholas K. Tonks, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Cold Spring Harbor,NY
Pattern That Leads to Dysfunctional Maturation of Hematopoetic Stem Cells in CML
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Patricia Levy Yeyati, PhD
Brookdale Center, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY, NY
Research undertaken at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY,NY
Identification of Genes Regulated by the
Promyelocitic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein