Tag: grants
SubscribeNIH award funds project to develop organ-on-a-chip models for human disease
July 24, 2012:
Bioengineers at UC Berkeley are getting a two-year, $1.7 million boost to develop on-chip models of living human heart and liver tissue, the NIH announced today. The grant is part of the Tissue Chip for Drug Screening program, an initiative to help predict the safety of drugs more quickly and cost-effectively, and thereby speed the development of effective therapeutics.
DOE awards $25 million to UC Berkeley, Stanford to lower cost of solar power
April 7, 2011:
The effort to make sun power more affordable has gotten a big boost with a $25 million, five-year Department of Energy grant announced this week. The award launches the Bay Area Photovoltaics Consortium (BAPVC), led jointly by the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.
