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Apr 29, 2021

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 In-Situ CAR-T Cell Production”. CAR-T cell therapy drafts a patient’s own cells to target and kill tumors. This therapy combines… 

Apr 21, 2021

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 characteristics, chemical diversity and biological activities of this structural class. The database, called MacrolactoneDB, fills a knowledge gap concerning these molecules… 

Oct 27, 2020

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 Drs. Frank Scholle (director), Laster, Pierce, and Ghiladi from COS, Drs. Crisci, Fogle, and Kaeser from CVM, Dr. Lila from… 

Mar 30, 2020

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 is worth protecting? Once you have IP, how do you take it to the next level to either start a… 

Mar 17, 2020

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 to stimulate new cross-disciplinary ideas with significant potential to strengthen and expand NC State’s expertise and leadership in tissue engineering and… 

Dec 18, 2019

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 FTE gave a brief overview of their goals for the organization and then the floor was opened up to the…