This $151,080 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) will be used to acquire a circular dichroism (CD) spectropolarimeter instrument by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The instrument will enhance the university's biomedical research and education capabilities in areas such as investigating the structures of chiral nanoparticles and biomolecules. This specialized equipment...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $232,414 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to Texas State University, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to acquire a continuous-wave X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer. This instrument will enable the university to conduct sensitive, variable-temperature measurements of paramagnetic biological and synthetic species, supporting their research on...
This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program will support the acquisition of a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) instrument at Indiana State University. The instrument will be used to conduct biomedically relevant research and provide teaching experiences across disciplines including chemistry, biology, and environmental science. Key projects supported by the award...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859), awarded a $1,469,739 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to purchase a TIMSTOF-FLEX MALDI-2 high-resolution mass spectrometer. This advanced instrumentation will support biomedical research projects across 12 laboratories from CUNY and nearby institutions, focusing on areas such as conformational dynamics of...
The New York Structural Biology Center, Inc. has been awarded a $1,995,724 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to acquire a state-of-the-art 800 MHz NMR spectrometer console and associated probes. This instrumentation will enhance the capacity of the existing 800 MHz NMR system to support a range of NIH-funded structural biology research, from fundamental studies of biomolecular...
This $108,579 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides funding for Texas State University to acquire a single crystal X-ray diffractometer (SCXRD) instrument. The award aims to advance structural analysis capabilities in chemical, biochemical, and materials science research and education at the university. The SCXRD instrument will enable researchers to accurately determine the three-dimensional molecular structures...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $1,048,299 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) federal grant program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) on August 1, 2025. The funding will support the acquisition of a LUMICKS C-TRAP correlative force and fluorescence optical tweezer system, which will enable real-time observation, monitoring, and quantitation of interactions between...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $1,979,999 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to The New York Structural Biology Center, Inc. (NYSBC). The funding will be used to acquire a Bruker BioSpin Fast Shuttle System (FSS) apparatus to be installed on an existing 700 MHz NMR spectrometer at NYSBC. The FSS apparatus is a technological breakthrough that enables measurements of spin-lattice relaxation rate constants in...
This Project Grant award of $288,211, provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) program, will fund the purchase of a Refeyn TwoMP Mass Photometer with MassFluidix Microfluidic High Concentration (HC) Technology for the Macromolecular Structure Knowledge Center (MSKC) at Stanford University. This state-of-the-art instrument will enable rapid characterization of proteins and nucleic acids at the...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has been awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to purchase a new 600 MHz NMR spectrometer with a 1.7 mm micro-cryoprobe and 60-sample changer. This instrument will replace a 15-year-old defunct 600 MHz spectrometer that supported UCSD's research programs in marine natural products discovery, structural biology, drug design, metabolomics, and systems biology. The...