BOSTON - May 25, 2013:Celebrating the 10th annual awards for groundbreaking faculty inventions, UMass President Robert L. Caret today named eight projects on four campuses to receive $200,000 in…, Gang Han, Ph.D. UMass Worcester Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department "Development of Novel Biocompatible Core/Shell Upconversion Nanoparticle Technology", Dr. Gang Han's lab has developed nanoparticle technology that, used with deep tissue imaging, could provide clinicians with a new tool to see and diagnose tumors more clearly from the outside. The…, Vincent Rotello, Ph.D. UMass Amherst Department of Chemistry "A Rapid Colorimetric Test Strip Sensor for Environmental Bacteria Detection", Dr. Vincent Rotello and colleagues are developing paper test strips that provides a visual readout of water quality within 5 minutes - a tool that could help determine the safety of pool, lake or…, Robyn Hannigan, Ph.D.; Francesco Peri UMass Boston School for the Environment "2-Stage Peltier Cooled Laser Ablation Cell: Prototyping and UL Certification", Using lasers to generate fine particles (laser ablation) and to move them into an analytical detector is now a standard method of analysis of glass, steel, and mineral resource but adopting that…, Jie Song, Ph.D. UMass Worcester Department of Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation; Department of Cell & Developmental Biology "Amphiphilic Degradable Polymer-mineral Composites as Versatile…, This technology addresses the critical challenge of the inadequate bonding of degradable polymers with bone minerals that has inhibited the successful translation of synthetic composite tissue…, Stephen Miller, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School "Enhanced Bioluminescence Imaging in Live Mice", The glow of the firefly is widely used by scientists to image biological processes that are otherwise invisible. The Miller lab has developed new technology that greatly improves this imaging method…, Paul Kaufman, Ph.D.; Daniel Schmidt, Ph.D. Program in Gene Function and Expression; Program in Molecular Medicine (UMass Worcester); Plastics Engineering Department (UMass Lowell) "Active Plastics as…, Dr. Kaufman and Dr. Schmidt's team has identified a small molecule that can potentially be used as a medical device coating capable of preventing colonization by common disease-causing fungi. They…, Erno Sajo, Ph.D.; Piotr Zygmanski, Ph.D., DABR UMass Lowell; Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Physics and Applied Physics; Department of Radiation Oncology "Method for High-Sensitivity X-…, The project will investigate a new x-ray detection method that can accomplish the previously mutually exclusive goals of reducing patient x ray exposure while increasing image quality. Funding will…, Pradeep Kurup, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE. UMass Lowell Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering "Development of a Versatile "Electronic Tongue" for Food Safety Applications and for Environmental…, Professor Pradeep Kurup, Associate Professor Ramaswamy Nagarajan, postdoctoral researcher Dr. Jung Hwan Cho, and graduate students Timothy Ponrathnam and Seth Robertson won the CVIP grant to develop…
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