In its Spring 2009 Newsletter, the Melanoma Research Foundation announced the recipients of the annual research grants, including:
Dr. Soheil Dadras – Stanford University (Standford, CA)
Investigating the Role of Small Ribonucleic Acids (RNAs) in the Progression of Cutaneous Melanoma
Award in honor of Miles 4 Melanoma Pan-American Bike Ride (in memory of George Madzia), Kelly’s Dream, Wine [...]
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Today we received the Spot Satellite Personal Tracker device donated by Spot, Inc. It’s all set up and ready to go, so that you can track our progress exactly on the map.
You can go to http://tinyurl.com/miles4melanoma to see where we are (service no longer active).
Go to www.findmespot.com for more information about the Spot Satellite Personal [...]
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The Adventure Cycling Association’s nonprofit mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle for fitness, fun, and self-discovery. Founded in 1973 as Bikecentennial, [...]
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Please feel free to join us on Sunday, August 24, 2008, the day of our departure from Cleveland, Ohio! Here is the schedule of events for the day:
10:00am – Depart from Lakewood
12:00 Noon – Arrive at Walk+Roll Cleveland in Rockefeller Park.
Meet the Miles 4 Melanoma team as they meet with representative from Tri-Flow / Sherwin-Williams.
Receive [...]
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We are very pleased to announce a sponsorship by Triflow, makers of the well-known Superior Bicycle Lubricant. Triflow is based and manufactured right here in Cleveland, Ohio!
We use Triflow lubricant by the gallon at Century Cycles, and needless to say, it would have been on our trip packing list one way or another. In addition [...]
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I normally wear contact lenses, but I figured on a bike trip like this, where we’ll likely have to deal with less-than desirable sanitary conditions, it would be safer and more convenient just to stick with glasses.
Several years ago, I purchased a pair of cycling-specific sunglasses from another high-end company, along with a clip-in prescription [...]
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I’m excited to report that Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB) has agreed to provide saddles (seats) for our bikes. WTB saddles are my favorite, and I’ve been using them on most of my bikes for the past several years. I received the WTB Speed V ProGel saddle last week, and got it set up on my [...]
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The Melanoma Research Foundation announces its list of Named Research Grants for 2008. Because of the direct efforts of volunteers and donors, over $1,000,000 in grants are being awarded this year. Thank you for making this possible!
Second Year Career Development Awards
Dr. Alexander Krupnick – Washington University (St. Louis): Award in Honor of Katie Brennan, Dermatology [...]
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I am honored to inform you that a co-sponsored 2007 Career Development Grant has been awarded in memory of George Madzia. This first-year grant is awarded to Dr. Gregory Lesinski at The Ohio State Universitry, and will be listed in our announcement and promotions as: Award in Memory of Brian Anderson, Tom Butler, Dr. R. [...]
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Thank you from the Melanoma Research Foundation and the melanoma community.
We very much appreciate your support of the Madzia Family at the September 17th fundraiser on behalf of the Melanoma Research Foundation. We appreciate your partnership with us and our national efforts ro raise money for melanoma research.
Our priority message must be: Every hour of [...]
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