At Bay Area Lyme Foundation, our mission is to find reliable diagnostics and better treatments for Lyme disease. Our belief is that these solutions will come about through innovative research leveraging new technologies and multidisciplinary approaches. We are excited about the new projects that are currently being explored. Lyme disease has long been underfunded, and the time to invest is now.Bay Area Lyme Research Projects 2024

 

LYME DISEASE BIOBANK
Portland, OR
Creation of a national Lyme disease biobank

INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
Seattle, WA
Advanced proteomics and data analysis for Lyme biomarker discovery

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, CA
Lyme diagnostics, including RNA sequencing and TickChip

STANFORD BIOADD LABORATORY
Stanford, CA
Combination therapy clinical trial
Lyme and Alzheimer’s correlations
CD47 and Borrelia burgdorferi
Synergistic effects of anti-borrelial compounds

STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Stanford, CA
Sequencing of Lyme patient antibody responses

STANFORD WOODS INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Stanford, CA
Bay Area tick infection rate study

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Davis, CA
Post-Antibiotic Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi

GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Ventura, CA
Research conference on biology of spirochetes

IBIS BIOSCIENCES
Carlsbad, CA
Effective Lyme disease diagnostic

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
Flagstaff, AZ
Bay Area tick infection rate study
Tick testing

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
Fort Collins, CO
Borrelia reservoir study

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Irvine, CA
Model mapping of genes which influence the body’s response to the Lyme bacteria

THE HUDSON VALLEY HEALING ARTS CENTER
Hyde Park, NY
Data mining solutions for Lyme disease

THE DEAN CENTER FOR TICK BORNE ILLNESS
Charlestown, MA
Lyme Innovation Hackathon

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge, MA
Project description: Paper-Based Diagnostics for Early Lyme Disease

BROAD INSTITUTE, INC
Cambridge, MA
Clinical Genomics of Lyme Disease and Novel Causes of Lyme-Like Illness

UCSF SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
San Francisco, CA
Development and validation of combined pathogen and host response panels for diagnosis of Lyme and other tick-borne infections

MATTHEW S. CROUGHAN, PHD
Reno, Nevada
Accelerate the development and commercialization of simple cures for Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Stanford, CA
Immunotherapy Targeting CD47 in Lyme disease and Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Richmond, VA
Antibody Profiling of the Lyme Disease Biobank

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
College Station, TX
Tick-Borne Pathogens in California and Texas

LYMEDISEASE.ORG/MYLYMEDATA
San Ramon, CA
MyLymeData Patient Registry 2020

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge, MA 
Ultra-Sensitive Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Pathogens Using Target Capture and Next-Generation Sequencing

CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Kensington, CA
Evaluation of Medicinal Herbs for Activity against Different Forms of B. burgdorferi

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Davis, CA
Prevalence and Knowledge of Tick-borne Disease Among Forest Management Workers and Outdoor Recreators in California

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
New York, NY
Nanobodies for the Development of Lyme Disease Diagnostic Tests

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (VIRGINIA TECH)
Blacksburg, VA
Monoclonal antibody to detect the release of an unusual glycopeptide as a biomarker of infection for acute Lyme disease

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Chapel Hill, NC
Structural Biology Essential to Preclinical Development of Novel Borrelia Targeting Therapeutic and Diagnostic Imaging Agents

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Stanford, CA
A peptide conjugated biosensor for direct detection of active Borrelia spirochetes in Lyme disease

NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Raleigh, NC
A novel perspective on mental illness in children: Investigation of the association
between Bartonella and Borrelia infection and pediatric Tourette’s disorder
using serology and a novel droplet digital PCR approach

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Stanford, CA
A peptide conjugated biosensor for direct detection of active Borrelia spirochetes in Lyme disease

GENEVA FOUNDATION
San Antonio, TX
Extracorporeal Blood Disinfection for Treatment of Persistent Lyme and Co-Infections: an ex-vivo safety, feasibility and efficacy pilot study.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Medford, MA
Systematic measurement of drug interactions against Borrelia burgdorferi

BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Boston, MA
Pediatric biobank

TULANE UNIVERSITY
New Orleans, LA
Lyme pathogenesis

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Louisville, KY
Differential scanning calorimetry for Lyme diagnosis

HARVARD-MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Boston, MA
Clinical research conference on tick-borne illness

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Boston, MA
Development of an antigen detection test for Lyme

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Baltimore, MD
SLICE (Study of Lyme Immunology and Clinical Events) clinical study expansion

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY
Gaithersburg, MD
Workshop on Lyme disease

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Raleigh, NC
Lyme pathogenesis
Antimicrobials to treat Borrelia burgdorferi

AGILE SCIENCES
Raleigh, NC
New treatment attacking Borrelia biofilms

BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
San Francisco, CA
Precision medicine for Lyme disease

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Davis, CA 
Research to characterize post-antibiotic persistence of attenuated Borrelia burgdorferi

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Baton Rouge, LA
Tick chemoattractant(s) for Borrelia burgdorferi

SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
Charlestown, MA
Lyme Innovation Hackathon

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
San Francisco, CA
Identifying the spatial distribution and host-association of virulent genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in the western United States

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
Waltham, MA
Outsmarting smart bugs: Blocking immune evasion by Lyme and other pathogens

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Baltimore, MD
Evaluation of Botanical Medicines for Activity Against Different Forms of B. burgdorferi

TULANE UNIVERSITY
Covington, LA
Assessment of Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) antagonists as possible therapeutic supplements in Lyme neuroborreliosis

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
New York, NY
Resistance and resilience to Lyme disease: engaging positive outliers to elucidate protective mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies

KYRONYX BIOSCIENCES
Wilton, CT
In vitro cell culture testing of a novel pharmaceutical against Lyme and bartonella, stage 1

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, NY
Development of Lyme Disease Antimicrobials

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio, Texas
Repurposing drugs to eliminate survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in infected hosts

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
College Station, TX
A novel approach to diagnose Lyme disease

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Stanford (Palo Alto), CA
Early Detection of Acute and Chronic Symptoms of Lyme Disease Using Wearable Devices

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN
New Haven, CT
Biofilm Disruption

CERES NANOSCIENCES, INC.
Manassas, VA 
Lyme Borreliosis Nanotrap® Urine Test

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, CA
p66 Blockade as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Lyme Disease

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Stanford, CA
Investigating Antigen-Specific B cell Responses in Lyme Disease to Gain Mechanistic Insights and Develop Next-Generation Therapeutics

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Durham, NC
Preclinical Development of Novel Borrelia Sp. Targeting Therapeutic and Diagnostic Imaging Agents

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN FLORIDA
Jacksonville, FL
Tickborne Pathogens in Rocky Mountain Wood Ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) in the Bitterroot Mountains of Western Montana

TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Medford, MA
Anti-lipid antibodies for the diagnosis of persistent Lyme disease

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Chapel Hill, NC
A novel perspective on mental illness in children: Investigation of the association between Bartonella and Borrelia infection and pediatric Tourette’s disorder using serology and a novel droplet digital PCR approach

TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Medford, MA
Anti-lipid antibodies for the diagnosis of persistent Lyme disease

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Chicago, IL
Monoclonal antibody to detect the release of an unusual glycopeptide as a biomarker of infection for acute Lyme disease

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
East Lansing, MI
A novel approach to diagnose Lyme disease

Lyme Disease BioBank

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