ImmunoEngineering - Round 54 - (December 2014)


5 awards funded:

  • Molecular Genetic and Functional Characterization of Crohn's MSCs Immune Plasticity
    • Jacques Galipeau, MD, Professor, Emory University School of Medicine Hematology & Medical Oncology ($30,000)
    • Greg Gibson, PhD, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences Biology ($20,000)
  • Immunological and Biomaterial Basis of Hydrogel-Delivered Immunosuppressive Dendritic Cells on Attenuation of Murine Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Disease
    • Brian Evavold, PhD, Professor, Emory University School of Medicine Microbiology & Immunology ($25,010)
    • Julia Babensee, PhD, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering ($24,990)
  • Engineered GIFT4 Fusokine for Hematopoietic Stem Cell lmmunotherapy
    • Jiusheng Deng, PhD, Instructor, Emory University School of Medicine Hematology & Medical Oncology ($30,000)
    • Krishnendu Roy, PhD, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering ($20,000)
  • Microparticle Delivery of Immunomodulators to Enhance Tuberculosis Vaccines
    • Jyothi Rengarajan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine Infectious Diseases ($32,000)
    • Krishnendu Roy, PhD, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering ($18,000)
  • lmmunoengineered Micro/Nanobeads to Therapeutically Fix Complement and Mask Incompatible Antigens Prior to Transfusions
    • Sean Stowell, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine Pathology & Laboratory Medicine ($25,000)
    • Todd Sulchek, PhD, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering ($25,000)