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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 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… 

Nov 5, 2018

CMI Seminar with CEO of Perlara

On October 24, 2018, CMI hosted a seminar given by Dr. Ethan Perlstein, CEO of Perlara.   Perlara’s mission, according to their website https://www.perlara.com/about-us/,  is “to accelerate the discovery of cures for rare genetic diseases and uncover underlying mechanisms that enable the development of treatments that work across a range of diseases and individuals.”  Dr. Perlstein presented a… 

Sep 4, 2018

FTE Seminar Series Continues with Dr. Mishra

The Functional Tissue Engineering Program of the Comparative Medicine Institute continued their Seminar Series this fall.   Dr. Paras Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor of the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center was the guest speaker on August 30, 2018.  His seminar was entitled: MicroRNomics of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: From Regulatory RNA… 

Jan 23, 2018

TPP 2018 Winter Update

Greetings TPP members and associates, Hope everyone had a tremendous break and that your semester is off to a great start.  It’s hard for us (Anthony and Scott) to believe that we took on the TPP leadership a year ago, the year has just flown by.  The year was busy with many TPP sponsored activities… 

Dec 7, 2017

Translational Pharmacology and Physiology Program 2017 Projects

Translational Pharmacology and Physiology Program has awarded three $5000 pilot project grants. This year, the awards were made through an application process. The awarded grants were: “Characterization of Glial Cell Network and Mechanisms of Glial-Mediated Mucosal Barrier Repairs in a Neonatal Pig Model of Intestinal Ischemia – PI: Anthony Blikslager (CVM), Co-PIs: Amanda Ziegler (Associate…