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Mar 4, 2019

CMI Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Program

https://research.ncsu.edu/cmi/cmi-phd-training-program-brochure/ 

Jan 29, 2019

Biosafety Level 3 Biocontainment Facility

One of the service cores of the Comparative Medicine Institute and College of Veterinary Medicine is the BSL3 Biocontainment Facility located in the Biomedical Centennial Campus Research Building. A Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) biocontainment facility is, as defined by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “a specially designated laboratory employing safety equipment, and… 

Jan 29, 2019

SIRI Program 2019

The CMI Summer Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (SIRI) has had a successful start.  Forty-nine undergraduates applied for seventeen positions.  These seventeen positions were based off of the Young Scholar Award (YSA) projects.  The Associate Members, who proposed the YSA projects, received the applications information and selected the three candidates that they wanted to interview.  On December 5, 2018, CMI… 

Jan 22, 2019

Dr. Gruen and Dr. Sano Receive CMI New Faculty Clinical Research Award

By Brianna Johnson The CMI is funding two exciting new clinical trials through the New Faculty Clinical Research Award.  Dr. Michael Sano, an assistant professor in Biomedical Engineering at NC State, has teamed up with Dr. Callie Fogle, a large animal surgeon at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, to test and refine their INSPIRE treatment… 

Nov 13, 2018

Young Scholar Award Program

The Comparative Medicine Institute hosted a Young Scholar Award Program on November 9, 2018.  About 22 Associate Members attended.  After a short introduction by Director Jorge Piedrahita, the Associate Members broke into small groups to discuss their ideas.  They had two hours to develop research collaborative projects for utilizing Summer Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (SIRI) students.  At the end of the two… 

Nov 5, 2018

FTE Host Seed Grant Competition

The Functional Tissue Engineering Program of the CMI hosted a Member Meeting and Seed Grant Competition on October 29, 2018. The meeting began with a networking reception.  Dr. Starly opened the formal program with a welcome and the 20 members in attendance introduced themselves. Dr. Starly reviewed the overall direction of the FTE for the…