The federal Project Grant award of $248,756 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), will fund the acquisition and utilization of a BioDoT Omnia automated liquid dispensing/handling system at the Analytical Instrumentation Core (AIC) facility at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University (BU). This system will enhance the efficiency and accuracy of high-throughput biological assays conducted...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $249,986 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to acquire a CEM Liberty Prime 2.0 HT12 microwave-assisted peptide synthesizer. This instrument will enable RFCUNY to efficiently synthesize peptidomimetics, peptide-based biosensors, and small enzymes for therapeutic discovery and biomedical research...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) provided $224,388 to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation to acquire an Echo confocal microscope. The microscope will enable high-resolution 3D imaging of biological and biomedical samples, supporting faculty research projects in areas such as 3D biomaterials, microfluidics, and pancreas tissue/organoid...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $905,853 Project Grant (CFDA 93.859) to Molecular Instruments, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of scientific instrumentation located in Los Angeles, California. The grant, titled "Hybridization Chain Reaction: Automated Ultrasensitive Multiplex RNA and Protein Imaging," supports the development of innovative signal amplification technologies to enable automated, ultrasensitive, and multiplex imaging of RNA and...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $1,469,739 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC). The award, which runs from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2025, will fund the acquisition of a TIMSTOF-FLEX MALDI-2 high-resolution mass spectrometer with trapped-ion mobility and dual ion-source capabilities. This...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $2,297,901 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to GMJ Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a high-resolution native capillary zone electrophoresis system with inline UV and native mass spectrometry capabilities. This innovative analytical technology aims to improve the characterization and quality control of protein therapeutics,...
This $372,100 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859). The grant, effective from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030, supports the development of novel "mechanoimaging" technologies that convert receptor-level forces into visible light fluorescence. The goal is to quantify and control receptor-level forces in viscoelastic materials, which is a fundamental...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), funded under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859), supports research to investigate the post-transcriptional control of gene expression by the mTORC1 signaling pathway. The $837,500 award to Yale University, running from August 2024 to June 2029, aims to address fundamental questions about the mechanisms regulating cap-dependent and cap-independent translation of mRNAs, and...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $358,862 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to GMJ Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop a microfluidic SDS depletion electrophoresis (SDE) interface. This interface will enable direct coupling of capillary electrophoresis with sodium dodecyl sulfate (CE-SDS) to mass spectrometry for improved characterization and quality control of monoclonal...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $947,705 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to Applied Biophysics, Inc. in Troy, NY. The grant, running from July 2024 to June 2026, aims to develop an innovative "Cell Assurance Monitor" (CAM) instrument. This device will leverage impedance-based cellular monitoring and multivariate statistical analysis to assist researchers in detecting cell line...