Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biomedical Engineering

ICE Blog Launched on Research Enterprise Website!

October 2, 2009

Stevens Institute of Technology is happy to announce the launching of their new Inventiveness, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Blog! As a part of the Research Enterprise website, ICE blog will highlight innovative research and educational opportunities within the University. The goal of ICE blog is to provide an in-depth look at some of the unique research being done by our faculty, complete with media, professor and student insights. Many of the research projects that our faculty study are on the leading edge of technology innovation; our students are surrounded by incredible learning opportunities and gain critical experience for a successful [Read more...]

Summer $uccess Equals Funding for the Fall in CCBBME

September 21, 2009

Five Professors in the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Biomedical Engineering (CCBBME) welcomed new research funding over the summer, significantly expanding the depth and breadth of projects in the department. Prof. Hongjun Wang received $383,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pursue a project entitled, "Rapid creation of autologous skin substitutes for wound repair." With this award, Dr. Wang becomes the third CCBBME investigator to receive NIH support this year. Both of the other NIH-funded investigators, Prof. Junfeng Liang and Prof. Xiaojun Yu, also increased their funding over the summer. Prof. Liang received a $410,000 grant [Read more...]

Attygalle Bugs Beetle's Pesticide

September 7, 2009

Prof. Attygalle finds terpene pesticide in beetles. To follow the chemical trail, see C&E News or Press Release. [Read more...]

Recent Grad Publishes New Book

August 31, 2009

Dr. Simarna Kaur ('08) was invited to publish a book, "Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator: Regulation by Rab GTPases," based on her thesis work in the Chemical Biology Department. She is currently employed at Johnson & Johnson. [Read more...]

Prof. Glavy to speak at International Meeting on Nuclear Trafficking

August 25, 2009

Professor Joseph Glavy is an invited speaker at the International Meeting on Nuclear Trafficking held in Banff, Alberta, Canada where he will deiiver a presentation entitled, "The Cell-Cycle Dependent Phosphorylation of the Nup107-160 Subcomplex." [Read more...]

Graduate Student Receives Inventor Award

August 17, 2009

Dipshikha Biswas (Ph.D., '09) will receive an award, from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, for work while she was a Graduate Student with Prof. A. K. Ganguly for significant achievements in "Research & Inventions towards Novel HIV Protease Inhibitors for the Treatment of AIDS." [Read more...]

Professor Hazelwood and SPOC, INC, featured in ScienceCareers from the journal, Science

July 17, 2009

Dr. Vikki Hazelwood and the Stevens-borne company, SPOC, INC, for which she serves as CEO, were featured in a ScienceCareers article on-line about turning university inventions into companies. Dr. Hazelwood and three senior students at Stevens Institute of Technology teamed up with Dr. Norman Marcus of NYU Medical College to improve a medical device for identifying the exact source of muscle pain. Using neuromuscular electrical stimulation, it offers a new cost effective diagnostic tool for chronic pain. Initially funded by Connecticut Innovations, SPOC has received FDA 510K Clearance after positive Phase 1 clinical trials and a pilot study. Success has given SPOC an edge in [Read more...]

Dr. Liang's Intracellular Radiation research wins multi-year NIH grant

July 15, 2009

Professor Jun Liang in the department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biomedical Engineering has received a multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) due to his proposed research in bacterial radiation resistance entitled, “Intracellular Radiation as a Novel Approach for Infection Treatment”. “In this R21 project, we propose a novel intracellular radiation approach to activate a secondary and local radiation inside of bacteria to damage chromosomal DNAs selectively and specifically. The underlying hypothesis of this project is that this intracellular radiation can overcome the radiation resistance in bacteria, and the intracellular radiation by itself or in combination with antibiotics [Read more...]

Dr. Perlman wins grant from American Heart Association

June 30, 2009

Professor Carrie Perlman of the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Biomedical Engineering received funding from the American Heart Association for her project entitled, “The Micromechanics of Pulmonary Edema.” The highly competitive AHA Scientist Development Grant carries $198,000 of funding over three years. [Read more...]

Izower receives Sol J. Barer Scholarship in Life Sciences

June 12, 2009

Mitchell Izower, a senior majoring in Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Biomedical Engineering was selected by the Independent College Fund of New Jersey to receive the Sol J. Barer Scholarship in Life Sciences. This Scholarship is awarded annually to three undergraduate students in New Jersey who "demonstrate superior performance and promise for a career in the life sciences." The award is sponsored by Celgene Corporation in honor of Dr. Sol J. Barer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Celgene. [Read more...]