Brudno receives $2.8 million from NCI to fund CAR-T advancements
Yevgeny Brudno, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and member of the Chemistry of Life Program and Functional Tissue Engineering Group within the Comparative Medicine Institute has received a 7-year, $2.8 million R37 grant from NCI entitled “Biomaterial Scaffolds for Ex-Vivo and...Continue reading "Brudno receives $2.8 million from NCI to fund CAR-T advancements"
New Macrolactone Database Could Aid Drug Discovery, Research
By Tracey Peake Researchers from North Carolina State University and Collaborations Pharmaceuticals have created a free-to-use database of 14,000 known macrolactones – large molecules used in drug development – which contains information about the molecular...Continue reading "New Macrolactone Database Could Aid Drug Discovery, Research"
CMI Center for Advanced Virus Experimentation (CAVE) Launches
The Comparative Medicine Institute TPP and EID programs are pleased to announce the formation of CAVE, the CMI Center for Advanced Virus Experimentation. CAVE has been founded by an interdisciplinary, intercollege group of investigators including...Continue reading "CMI Center for Advanced Virus Experimentation (CAVE) Launches"
Intellectual Property Associate Member Workshop
CMI Associate Members and Office of Research and Innovation presented an intellectual property workshop on February 26, 2020 in the CVM Research Building RB101. It covered the following topics: What is intellectual property (IP), what...Continue reading "Intellectual Property Associate Member Workshop"
FTE CRIF Event
The Functional Tissue Engineering Program held a Cross-disciplinary Research Initiative Funding (CRIF) meeting on February 12, 2020 at 5:30 PM in College of Veterinary Medicine Research Building RB 101. The intent of the CRIF program was...
FTE Hosts Goal Setting Luncheon at Alumni Center
The Functional Tissue Engineering (FTE) Program hosted a luncheon for its full members on December 11, 2019 at The Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center. Dr. Lauren Schnabel and Dr. Rohan Shirwaiker, Associate Directors of...Continue reading "FTE Hosts Goal Setting Luncheon at Alumni Center"
Dr. Matthew Fisher Receives 2020 ASME Y.C. Fung Early Career Award
Dr. Matthew Fisher, Head of the Musculoskeletal Group of the CMI Functional Tissue Engineering Program, was awarded the 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineering Y.C. Fung Early Career Award. According to the ASME website, Y.C....Continue reading "Dr. Matthew Fisher Receives 2020 ASME Y.C. Fung Early Career Award"
CFAMP Hosts Dr. Harry Dawson
The Center for Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), the newly formed center under the Translational Pharmacology and Physiology Program of the CMI, hosted a seminar with Dr. Harry Dawson on November 19, 2019 in the...
Young Scholar Award Winners 2019-20
Six Young Scholar Proposals were selected as award winners this year. Chlamydia trachomatis immune response in primary porcine intestinal epithelial cells Mentors: Amanda Amaral, Cecilia Schaaf PI: Tobias Kaeser Co-PI: Liara Gonzalez Designer 3D matrices...
