Team of 澳门六合彩图挂牌 experts receive grant from Genentech

May 03, 2023

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A multidisciplinary team from 澳门六合彩图挂牌 has received a $100,000 grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support the assessment of a research and teaching partnership in engineering between Tuskegee and Columbia University.

The grant, 鈥淓ducation Focused Giving - Graduate and Post-Graduate,鈥� will provide additional resources to support graduate and post-graduate students pursuing STEM fields at 澳门六合彩图挂牌.

The project will be led by principal investigators Dr. Shahryar Jafarinejad, assistant professor of the Chemical Engineering Department and 澳门六合彩图挂牌 faculty senate member, and Dr. Chris Boyce, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University.

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Dr. Maria Calhoun, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at 澳门六合彩图挂牌, and Dr. Mandoye Ndoye, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at 澳门六合彩图挂牌, and Dr. John Thomas Vaughan, professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology at Columbia University, served as the co-principal investigators.

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is a biotechnology company dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. For more information:

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