NEWS2008 Dr. Rong Shao has received a grant for his breast cancer research from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of health (NIH). The grant, entitled "Role of a novel angiogenic factor, YKL-40, in breast cancer progression," provides $1.1 million over 5 years. Download more » PVLSI principal investigator Neil Forbes of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to research killing cancer tumors with Salmonella bacteria. Read more » Learn more about the PVLSI from Dr. Paul Friedmann and Dr. Lawrence M. Schwartz on TechCast at UMass #2. Read more » 2007 PVLSI was a featured stop on Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Dan O'Connell's October 24 trip to Springfield. The visit was part of the Secretary's state-wide tour to highlight the Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative. Read more » Alan Schneyer, Ph.D., distinguished scientist at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI), has been awarded a research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant, entitled "Physiologic Roles of Activin and Myostatin Antagonists", provides Dr. Schneyer with $737,000. Download more » The Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research (CEAR) interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellows program has awarded a grant to University of Massachusetts Amherst professors Todd Emrick, Polymer Science and Engineering, and Priscilla Clarkson, Kinesiology. Download more » Two teams of University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists have been awarded the first Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research (CEAR) pilot grants. The program provides up to $25,000 per proposal to support development of new ideas with the potential to attract significant external funding as well as projects that extend research results toward commercial biomedical applications. Download more » Alan Schneyer, Ph.D. has joined the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) at the rank of distinguished scientist. Dr. Schneyer's research concerns the reproductive and metabolic roles of follistatin (FST) and follistatin like-3 (FSTL3) proteins. Download more » UMass Amherst/PVLSI Researcher Identifies New Class of Genes That Play a Role in Breast Cancer Risk. Read more » Symposium Explores Causes and Treatments of Diseases like Alzheimer's. Read more » 2006 MTC John Adams Innovation Institute and the PVLSI announce the Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research. Read the press release and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative newsclip. Jerry to be honored at breast cancer symposium. Read more » Biomedical Research Models Inc. receives T-1 RAID contract from NIDDK. Download more » Conference focuses on cellular engineering research. Read more » |
