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Hope Happens
Our Mission: To find a cure for ALS by funding progressive research and in the process create a new methodology for funding, researching and developing treatments for ALS and other neurological disorders.
How You Can Help  

Hope Center Selected Naming Opportunities

Gifts made via Hope Happens 


Opportunities

Laboratory
Minimum Amount: Consultation required

There are more than 40 highly qualified researchers who are currently members of the Hope Center. They represent more than a dozen Washington University departments. The Hope Center knows no boundaries. It is a center without walls. Your support can be recognized in connection to the laboratory of one of our dedicated researchers. 


Laboratory Equipment
Minimum Amount: Consultation required

The laser scanning confocal microscope provides three-dimensional, multicolor images of nerve cells in health and disease. The multiphoton microscope uses a highly specialized infrared laser to see cells within the living rodent brain or spinal cord. Such technological advances are essential to the success of the Hope Center, and your support can be earmarked to purchase specific pieces of equipment like these. 


Young Medical Investigator Fund
Minimum Amount: $500,000

Talent, both its acquisition and its retention, is essential to the success of the Hope Center. It is essential that we bring more and better ideas to this effort. We can only do this by effectively nurturing talented researchers and physicians. Some are discouraged by the complexity of our disorders. We are looking for the best and the brightest, and your support at this level will help us attract them. 


General Research Fund
Minimum Amount: $100,000 

Such general research funds honor those for whom they are named and directly support work done by the Hope Center team. 


Core Development Fund
Minimum Amount: $50,000

The Hope Center is organized around four core areas: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Animal Model and Information/Outreach. Each core has its own state-of-the-art facilities and technical staff. Our approach is based on providing the enabling technologies and support systems (specialized equipment, human expertise, test animals, etc.) as well as the process for collaboration that will inspire researchers from a variety of scientific disciplines to bring their projects to the Hope Center, where those projects will be applied to the realm of neurological disorders. 


Annual Research Support
Minimum Amount: $1,000 (Hope Society)

Hope Society members are disappointed that there are few effective therapies and no cures for the disorders studied at the Hope Center. They are motivated by a sense of urgency on behalf of persons battling right now for their lives. The Hope Society exists to be a catalyst for changing the way research for neurological disorders is conducted AND funded.
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Founder
Christopher Wells Hobler
1965 - 2005


Chris lost his battle against ALS on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, surrounded by his loving wife, family, friends and caregivers.
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HOPE HAPPENS was formerly

ALS HOPE: The Chris Hobler/James Maritz Foundation