For the second in a row, Rutgers leads U.S. universities in federal funding for chemistry R&D, according to a top industry publication. For the first time, Rutgers ranks #1 nationally for chemistry R&D funding from all sources. The rankings are in Chemical and Engineering News.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a five-year contract for genotyping in support of its Million Veteran Program to the BioProcessing Solutions Alliance, which is a unique partnership between a research center at Rutgers University and a corporate provider of sample management solutions for the bioscience industry.
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and Rutgers’ Center for Integrative Proteomics Research have formed a new public-private partnership, through which CCDC establish operations in North America housed within the CIPR alongside the RCSB Protein Data Bank. Coincident is the launch of CCDC Inc. to serve user communities across North America.
Scott Kachlany received the Innovators Award for work leading to potential treatments for leukemia. Inventor of the Year went to Richard Mammone, professor of engineering, Nicholi Vorsa, director of blueberry and cranberry research and Ximing Guo, shellfish scientist.
At Rutgers’ recent Flavor, Fragrance, and Perception Symposium, a team of faculty members presented their research in aroma, taste, and sensory sciences to nearly 400 from industry and academia. Rutgers announced formation of a new Center for Sensory Sciences and Innovation.
Rutgers has received two additional patents over the past year for a novel system to manufacture concrete and other hard materials while better managing carbon dioxide, either by emitting less CO₂ during production or consuming it during the curing process.
Two technologies developed with contributions by Rutgers professors and grad students have been selected for R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 Awards.
RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world’s largest university-based biorepository, has received a $44.5 million award to support its Center for Collaborative Genomics Research on Mental Disorders, which serves NIMH-funded scientists engaged in genomic research on mental disorders. RUCDR is located at Rutgers University.
To meet growing demand, RUCDR Infinite Biologics, a worldwide research operation run through Rutgers, has completed an $11.8 expansion with NIH funding. RUCDR analyzes, stores and provides DNA, RNA, and cell lines for labs for studies on mental health and developmental disorders, addiction, diabetes and digestive, liver and kidney diseases.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two Rutgers researchers nearly $1.4 million as part of an initiative to extract useful information from so-called “big data” – massive collections of data from sources such as scientific instruments, digital images, social media streams and business transactions.
To meet rapidly growing demand for its services, RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a strategic alliance with BioStorage Technologies. RUCDR provides DNA, RNA, and cell lines with data to laboratories worldwide for studies on mental health and developmental disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, diabetes and digestive, liver, and kidney diseases.
Two Rutgers health policy experts explain the significance of the Supreme Court's decision upholding the core of President Obama's health care overhaul and what it could mean for individuals as well as the continuing debate over health care.
Motorola Solutions announced a $1.5 million gift to help create the Gregory Q. Brown Endowed Chair in Rutgers University's Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience. The department is known worldwide for its groundbreaking research to find treatments for stroke, Alzheimer's disease, brain and spinal cord injuries, and other debilitating conditions.
Contractors recently installed 16 solar panels atop a roof-top computing facility at Rutgers. Researchers will use it to study effective management of computing with solar power. Ricardo Bianchini, project director, has $1.5 million in NSF grants for research into energy efficiency in computing. He is a co-PI on a $1.5 million grant from Google Inc.
While the question of whether vitamin E prevents or promotes cancer has been widely debated in scientific journals and in the news media, scientists at the Center for Cancer Prevention Research, at Rutgers Mario School of Pharmacy, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, believe that two forms of vitamin E – gamma and delta-tocopherols – found in soybean, canola and corn oils as well as nuts do prevent colon, lung, breast and prostate cancers.
Three Rutgers University scientists have been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.
Rutgers has launched a high-performance computing center focused on the application of “big data” analytics in life sciences, finance, and other industries aimed at improving the economic competitiveness of NJ’s public and private research organizations. It will use equipment and software provided by IBM, powered by a Blue Gene®/P supercomputer.
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