Nanotechnology Institute Announces $2 Million in Project Funding Awards

The NTI announces funding grants of over $2 million to 30 scientists from five universities and research institutions.  The grants will develop new intellectual proeprty to create and expand companies and high-technology jobs in PA.

Core Grant funding recipients are:

Nanoscale Cellular Probes:  Haim Bau, Ph.D. (UPenn, Project PI); Y. Gogotsi and G. Friedman (Drexel), N. Dun and E. Borguet (Temple) co-PI.
Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine:  Peter Lelkes, Ph.D. (Drexel, Project PI); R. Levy (CHOP), R. Composto (UPenn), co-PI.
Array Piezoelectric Nanocantilever Sensors to Detect Immune Responses to Therapeutic Monclonal Antibodies and Breast Cancer Markers:  Wan Y Shih, Ph.D. (Drexel, Project PI); G. Adams and H. Borghaei (Fox Chase Cancer Center); E. Borguet (Temple), co-PI.

Program to Support Translational Research Fund Awards (PSTR) funding recipients are:

Caroline Schauer, Ph.D. – Drexel: Optical Dipstick for Heavy Metal Ion Detection
Elisabeth Papazoglou, Ph.D. – Drexel: Automated Microliter Immunosorbent Analysis (AMISA)
I-Wei Chen, Ph.D. – UPenn: A Solid State Drive Memory Prototype
Mohammad Kiani, Ph.D. – Temple: An Inexpensive Miniaturized Device for Detecting Breast Cancer Cells in Biopsy Samples
Cherie Kagan, Ph.D. – UPenn: Flexible Organic Transistors for Physiological Sending and Stimulation:  A New Generation of Implantable Devices
Parsaoran Hutapea, Ph.D. – Temple: Automated and Electronically-Controlled Nano Pipet for a Novel 2-D Membrane Electrophoresis (Renewal)
Margaret Wheatley Ph.D. – Drexel: Ultrasound-Assisted Drug Delivery from Nano Contrast Agents for Advanced Liver Cancer
Linda Knight, Ph.D. - Temple: Targeted Nanoparticles for Intracellular Cancer Therapy

Sponsored Research Agreements (SRA) funding recipients are:

Sunstones Biosciences with Joseph Friedberg, Ph.D. - UPenn: Biomedical Applications for Sunstones Nanophosphors
Anima Cell Metrology with Yale Goldman, Ph.D., and Barry Cooperman, Ph.D. – UPenn:  Single Molecule Monitoring of Protein Nano-Expression
PChem Associates with Kapil Dandekar, Ph.D. – Drexel: Printing RFID Antenna using Nanoparticle Inks.
Lockheed Martin/ATL with Pedro Castenada, Ph.D. – UPenn: Homogenization methods for micromechanical modeling of nonlinear nanostructured composites.

Nano Application Fund (NAF) Funding Recipients are:

PChem Associates, Inc. – Drexel: Fabrication of Surface Enhancing Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrates Using Nanoparticle Inks
Keystone Nano – PSU & Hershey Medical Center: Saving Lives – BioFriendly, Nano Particle Packaging of a Leading Cancer Drug for Enhanced Efficacy and Reduced Side Effects
Pennsylvania Sustainable Technologies LLC – Lehigh: Use of Nano-Scale Catalyst to Synthesize Alternative Fuels
Macro Array Technologies LLC - Drexel: A microfluidics-immunodetection Nanotechnology Device for a urine diagnostic assay for premalignant prostate cancer.
Y-Carbon, Inc. - Drexel: Prototype Development of Supercapacitors Based on Tunable Nanoporous Carbons