We are extremely excited to announce this year's newly funded projects in the Columbia Biomedical Engineering Technology Accelerator portfolio. These teams are among the six teams of Columbia faculty awarded a Columbia Biomedical Engineering Accelerator grant to bolster advanced biomedical research.
Funds are awarded to perform a "killer experiment", that is, an experiment that will substantially remove risk and leave no doubt that the product will be an improvement over the status quo. The goal is to help translate these scientific innovations into clinically effective products.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING TEAMS!
BiomedX Awards:
DIAGNOSTICS
A living yeast biosensor for SARS-CoV-2. Virginia Cornish, PhD, Alastair Ager, PhD, Thomas Briese, PhD
AutoDetect: Diagnostic Tool for Autoimmune Lupus Mediated Myocarditis. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD, Robert Winchester, MD, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla, MD
OnXPansion: Automated, targeted expansion of patient tumor samples for clinical biomarker analysis and personalized treatment. Keith Yeager, M Eng., Anjali Saqi, MD, MBA **Co-funded with Accelerating Cancer Therapeutics (ACT)
IMAGING
SONO-PATCH: The World’s First Wearable Imaging Device. David Kessler, MD, M.Sc, Ken Shephard, PhD
IMMUNOTHERAPY
Development of enhanced CAR T regs for targeted induction of immune tolerance in transplantation and autoimmunity. Mohsen Maharlooei, PhD, Megan Sykes, MD **Co-funded Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRx)
DRUG DELIVERY
CultivageBio: Vaginal Probiotic Cocktail. Harris Wang, PhD, Mary Rosser, MD, PhD **Co-funded Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRx)
