Welcome to the Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology (IAM) website. IAM is an interdisciplinary research institute coordinating research in polymer science, nanomaterials, and nanobiosciences - areas of critical and growing importance to society.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Friday, 30 October 2009 16:23 |
|
Joe DeSimone received a North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor, at a celebration in Raleigh this week. According to Governor Perdue, "The award celebrates creativity and innovation, two values which sustain our economy, our culture and our people, [and is] bestowed upon individuals whose contributions to our state are enduring and significant." See details here.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Thursday, 24 September 2009 16:31 |
The National Institutes of Health announced today that IAM Director Joseph DeSimone has been selected for a prestigious Pioneer Award. One of only 18 conferred this year, the Pioneer Award supports ‘individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering-- and possibly transforming approaches - to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research'. The Pioneer Award includes a grant of $2.5 million over five years to encourage and enable investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health.
DeSimone, Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, will use the award to develop new methods for delivering promising biological therapeutics, such as proteins, antibodies and nucleic acids, selectively to specific locations in the body in a safe and effective fashion. This work will combine DeSimone's existing technology for producing precisely engineered particles with novel delivery techniques.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Monday, 26 October 2009 16:18 |
The Solar Energy Research Center has announced its second annual symposium, "Solar Fuels and Energy Storage: The Unmet Needs" to be held on January 14-16, 2010 on the UNC Campus. A list of conference speakers may be found online and details will be updated regularly as plans are finalized.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 16:18 |
|
IAM faculty member and Debreczeny Distinguished Professor Nancy Allbritton recently won two National Institutes of Health grants for developing rapid tests for cancer. Under an existing University Cancer Research Fund with David Lawrence, Eschelman, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, the researchers produced a new and more rapid tool targetting a simple blood test for leukemia. Based on these exciting results, the two have now won new NIH grants to extend their work. Professor Allbritton is the Prinicpal Investigator, along with Professor Lawrence and cancer experts Channing Der and Jen Jen Yeh, professors in Phamacology and Surgery, respectively, to develop breast and pancreatic cancer tests. Professor Lawrence is the PI, along with Professors Allbritton and Young Whang (Medical School), on a grant focused on prostate cancer. The grants are worth almost $5M over five years. For more on this exciting work see UNC-CAS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page 1 of 2 |
or 
. 