This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859), provides $298,999 to Numentus Technologies Inc. to develop a high-throughput, high-content nanoscale extracellular vesicle (EV) analysis platform. The project aims to create a novel imaging technology capable of rapidly analyzing up to 10 million dispersed EV particles from clinical samples like blood, saliva, or stool....
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), will fund the acquisition of a new light-sheet microscopy system (LifeCanvas Technologies SmartSPIM) for the Seattle Children's Research Institute (SCRI), University of Washington, and other partner institutions in the Seattle area. The $450,173 award, with a performance period from April 15, 2025 to April 14, 2026, will enable biomedical researchers...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), provides $180,430 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to acquire a ZetaView X30 Quatt Multi-Fluorescence Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer. This specialized scientific instrument will enable advanced characterization of extracellular vesicles and other bio-nanoparticles, supporting a range of biomedical research efforts at UCSD and nearby...
This $621,500 federal project grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program aims to develop novel nano- and immuno-probes for multicolor electron microscopy (EM) imaging of neural cells and tissues. The research objectives are to: 1) create detergent-free immunoprobes based on single-chain variable antibody fragments for correlative light and...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $640,232 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286: Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to the University of California, Irvine to develop a novel nonlinear digital microscopic holography platform. This transformational tool will enable high-speed, non-invasive 3D chemical imaging with submicron/subcellular resolution by combining vibrationally resonant sum-frequency generation...
This $942,983 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a Bruker Luxendo TruLive3D light-sheet microscope system at the University of California, Berkeley. The TruLive3D imager is optimized for fast 3D volumetric imaging of live, delicate specimens like mouse, fly, and zebrafish embryos, enabling high-throughput, time-lapse experiments with minimal phototoxicity. This advanced microscope system...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" program (CFDA 93.286), provides $622,000.00 to The Washington University in St. Louis to research and develop extracellular vesicle (EV) technologies for the targeted delivery of therapeutic molecules. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to utilize vascular endothelial...
This federal Project Grant award of $357,193 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) supports the acquisition of a NanoString CosMx Single Molecule Imager (SMI) at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) Institute of Genomic Medicine (IGM) Genomics Center. The SMI will enable spatial-omics analysis to support the genomics research of over 290 NIH-funded investigators across multiple departments at UC San Diego and neighboring...
This $2,999,048 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support construction and renovation activities at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The award, with a project period from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2026, is intended to address specific healthcare infrastructure needs and priorities identified by Congress for the local community. CHLA, a leading pediatric academic medical...
This $349,816 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) aims to develop a prototype instrument, software, and consumable for non-invasive identification, tagging, and downstream characterization of live cells. The product will enable researchers to study clinically relevant cell-cell interactions, which drive many challenging diseases like cancer, autoimmunity, and neurological disorders....