The State of Minnesota is funding 5 medical research studies to be carried out by the Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, a collaborative between the state's largest medical research institutions: the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) and the Mayo Clinic (Rochester). This latest round of 2-year grants totals $3.5 Million. If successful, the 5 projects will either produce results that qualify them for futher federal or private funding, or produce intellectual property that can be marketed.
The research projects focus on:
Cancer
Heart disease
Neurological diseases
(Image courtesy of Univ of Minnesota Academic Health Center)
The awards, by amount, went to:
- $915,508 - Cancer research by Chad Myers (PhD, UMN) and Dennis Wigle (MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic) to develop genetic mutations to kill cancer cells
- $799,516 - Neurological disease research by Sang-Hyun Oh (PhD, UMN) and Moses Rodriguez (MD, Mayo Clinic) to slow loss of brain function in Alzheimer's and MS
- $718,002 - Vascular disease research by Robert Simari (MD, Mayo Clinic) and Dan Kaufman (MD, PhD, UMN) to develop ways to grow new tissue for heart attack and stroke victims
- $648,645 - Diabetes research by Jonathan Slack (PhD, UMN, Director of UMN Stem Cell Research Institute) and Yasuhiro Ikeda (DVM, PhD, Mayo Clinic) to develop insulin-producing cells from skin cells
- $434,252 - Cancer research by Scott Kaufmann (MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic) and Daniel Harki (PhD, UMN) to monitor the effectiveness of different therapies
If you are a life science researcher or a supplier of research equipment and would like to network with scientists, lab specialists and purchasers in the Minnesota life science community, plan to attend one or all of the Biotechnology Calendar Inc. Minnesota trade show events:
- Rochester BioResearch Product Faire™ held on the Mayo Clinic campus July 27, 2011
- Minneapolis BioResearch Product Faire™ on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus July 28, 2011
- St. Paul BioResearch Product Faire™ Front Line Event on the University of Minnesota St.Paul campus July 29, 2011
