Rensselaer marks the opening of the center for biotechnology and interdisciplinary studies
TROY, N.Y. World-renowned biotechnology experts and science policymakers will join the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community at a series of events Sept. 9-11, including a symposium, Presidential Colloquy, ribbon-cutting, a play, and an open house to mark the opening of the Institute's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. ...... ... Shirley Tilghman, Ph.D., President and...Rensselaer receives NIH grant to develop virtual surgery simulator
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $347,000, two-year grant to develop a next-generation simulator to train surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery. The grant awarded to Assistant Professor Suvranu De supports efforts to improve the realism of existing training by adding touch simulation and upgraded graphics. ... ...Minimally invasive su...New software developed at Rensselaer predicts promising ingredients for new drugs
TROY, N.Y. -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the release of a software program capable of quickly identifying molecules that show promise for future medicines. The software program enables drug makers to comb through enormous databases of potential molecules and identify the ones that have sound medicinal properties. ... ...Rensselaer re...Rensselaer awarded $2.7 million NIH grant to improve drug development process
TROY, N.Y. -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $2.7 million, four-year grant to develop new tools for drug discovery. The grant, awarded in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will support basic research intended to produce effective pharmaceu...National Institutes of Health grant to Rensselaer to further research on healing bone injuries
...TROY, N.Y. - George Plopper, assistant professor of biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded a four-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue research into the development of what Plopper refers to as "bone spackle," an engineered tissue that may one day be used to help bone injuries heal faster and stronger.... ...Plopper's work may lead...Kimberly-Clark Worldwide donates intellectual property to Rensselaer
TROY, N.Y. - Kimberly-Clark Worldwide has donated two U.S. patents to Rensselaer. The technology is key in the manufacture of microbial cellulose, which holds great promise in the tissue engineering industry. Rensselaer will own the patents outright, as well as any foreign equivalents that result. ......Rensselaer recently licensed the patents to Xylos Corporation, a company originally establish...Rensselaer effort to pull mussels at Lake George looks promising
. TROY, N.Y. The number of zebra mussels found in Lake George has declined dramatically since last year, when Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers and volunteers began manually pulling the troublesome mollusks from the water. . The time-consuming, labor-intensive effort appears to be paying off. In the spring of last year, shortly after the first adult zebra mussels were discovered in...NASA Funds New Origin Of Life Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
.TROY, N.Y. -- A NASA grant of nearly $4 million has created a center at.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the study of the origin of life. Two other.universities in New York's Capital Region will participate in the newly funded.research partnership. .Totaling $949,490 per year for four years, the grant has established the NASA.Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) for the Stud...