“HLA Association and Genetic Studies in Kleine-Levin Syndrome”

Collaboration between:

. Isabelle Arnulf, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris

. Emmanuel Mignot, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford

France-Stanford Center Support: $10,700

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“A New Interdisciplinary Field at the Intersections of Geochemistry, Biology, Medicine, and Archaeometry”

Collaboration between:

. Gordon Brown, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University

. Karim Benzerara, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University

. François Farges, IMPCM, CNRS, Paris

. Brent R. Constantz, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, and Skeletal Kinetics, Cupertino

France-Stanford Center Support: $14,830

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“Immune Status of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Before and After Lung Transplantation”

Collaboration between:

. Carol Conrad, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University

. Antoine Magnan, Pulmonology-Allergology Clinic, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille

France-Stanford Center Support: $1,000

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“Venture Capital Firms in Social Networks of High-Tech Clusters”

Collaboration between:

. Michel Ferrary, CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Nice

. Ludovic Dibiaggio, CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, Nice

. Mark Granovetter, Department of Sociology, Stanford University

France-Stanford Center Support: $15,000

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“The France-Stanford Sleep Project”

Collaboration between:

. Damien Léger, Hôtel Dieu, Paris

. Christian Guilleminault, School of Medicine, Stanford University

France-Stanford Center Support: $15,000

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“Use of Fetal MRI at the End of the Third Trimester of Pregnancy Instead of MRI in Newborns with Congenital Disease in order to Reduce General Anesthesia in Neonates”

Collaboration between:

. Richard Barth, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University

. Hans Rigertz, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University

. Erika Rubesova, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University

. Inbal Cohen, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University

. Francis Brunelle, Hôpital Necker, Paris

. Pascale Sonigo, Hôpital Necker, Paris

. Nathalie Boddaert, Hôpital Necker, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $11,000

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“Experimental and Numerical Study of the Sedimentation of Anisotropic Particles”

Collaboration between:

. Eric S. G. Shaqfeh, Departments of Chemical & Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

. Eric Darve, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

. David Saintillan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

. Elisabeth Guazzelli, IUSTI, CNRS, Marseille

. Bloen Metzger, IUSTI, CNRS, Marseille

France-Stanford Center Support: $8,280

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“On-site and Off-site Methods for the Clinical Analysis of Inflammatory Cells in Human Lung Diseases”

Collaboration between:

. Rabindra Tirouvanziam, Herzenberg Laboratory, Stanford University

. Antoine Magnan, Pulmonology-Allergology Clinic, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille

. Pascal Chanez, Clinique des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier

France-Stanford Center Support: $8,150