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Scientists Determine Design of Optimal Cationic Lipids |
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NU Awarded $4.84 Million by NCI and NSF |
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William Hancock President-elect of USHUPO |
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NU Student Wins ISPE Poster Competition | |
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| Greetings!
We are pleased to introduce Biotech News, the Biotechnology Initiative's quarterly e-newsletter. Issues will showcase the pioneering work of our faculty and new research centers along with news of our students, academic programs, and distinguished lecturer series. We look forward to keeping you updated on Northeastern's exciting advances in biotechnology.
Jim Stellar and Steve Zoloth
Co-directors, Biotechnology Initiative |
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Scientists Determine Design of Optimal Cationic Lipids
A study by Volkmar Weissig, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and his collaborator Richard Horobin of Glasgow University will make the design of more efficient non-viral transfection vectors for gene therapy possible (Journal of Gene Medicine, 2005 Aug; 7(8):1023-34).
To obtain a copy of the complete article, contact Volkmar Weissig at v.weissig@neu.edu.
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NU Awarded $4.84 Million by NCI and NSF
A $3.3 million grant will establish integrative training environments for science and engineering doctoral students to focus on interdisciplinary nanoscience and technology research with applications to cancer. Vice Provost for Research Srinivas Sridhar is principal investigator and director of the program. Mansoor Amiji, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences is associate director.
Mansoor Amiji received a $1.54 million grant titled "Nanotherapeutic Strategy for Multidrug Resistant Tumors."
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William Hancock President-elect of USHUPO
William Hancock, Bradstreet Chair and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is the President-elect of the US Human Proteome Organization.
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NU Student Wins ISPE Poster Competition
Representing the Boston Student Chapter of ISPE, Bhawna  Gupta won the graduate level International Student Poster Competition at the Society's annual meeting. Bhawna is advised by Vladimir Torchilin, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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The Biotechnology Initiative promotes state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research and innovative education at Northeastern with emphasis on close collaboration with industry and medical communities. Biotechnology Initiative
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