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Siahaan and Fehr recognized as 2023 KU innovators
KU and its medical center are filled with great innovators striving to find creative solutions for the problems facing our world. Today, the KU Center for Technology Commercialization wants to thank all members of KU's research community for their creativity and ingenuity. We also wish to show specific appreciation to the faculty below, who disclosed new inventions to the university in 2023.
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Fehr, CBID Graduate and Faculty Recruit, Promoted to Associate Professor With Tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Fehr, Molecular Biosciences, on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. As a CBID faculty recruit and program graduate, we are excited to celebrate your promotion.
Dataset Revolutionizes Understanding Of Beta Barrels, Promising Targets For Vaccine Development
Examples of infections tied to gram-negative bacteria include pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound-site infections and meningitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Slusky, CBID Pilot Project Awardee, Granted $311,242 by NIH
Dr. Joanna Slusky, CBID Pilot Project Awardee, has been granted an R01 award by the National Institutes of Health. This three year award totals $311,242 and is titled "Plugging & Pulling-in: tuning peptides for ToIC to overcome antibiotic resistance".
Slusky, CBID Pilot Project Leader, has article accepted by PNAS
Dr. Joanna Slusky, Molecular Biosciences, had an article published in PNAS today.
Fehr, CBID Graduate, Granted New Award
Dr. Anthony Fehr, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biosciences, was awarded $50,000 by the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute for his project "Investigating Approved Therapeutics For Their Ability To Inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 ADPribosylhydrolase: 2022-2023."
Farrell, CBID Research Project Awardee, Granted $1,912,500 by NIH
Dr. Mark Farrell, Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, was granted a National Institutes of Health award for $1,912,500. Titled "Glycoscience Tools and Therapeutics, this five year award is part of the R35 program known as the Outstanding Investigator Award.
Antunes, Kim, Awarded CBID Research Projects for 2023
Caetano Antunes, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, is one of two new recipients of a CBID research project award. Dr.
Rosana Ferreira joins Molecular Biosciences Faculty
The Department of Molecular Biology at The University of Kansas is pleased to announce Rosana Ferreira has joined their faculty and will begin teaching courses in Spring 2023.
Hefty, CBID Program Director, Wins 2023 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund Research Award
Two projects — one investigating vaccine efficacy for chlamydia and Lyme disease and the other trying to improve breast cancer response to immunotherapy — were selected to receive the 2023 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research award.
Hutchison, CBID project leader, receives Early Career Research Achievement
Justin Hutchison, assistant professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering, received a National Science Foundation Career Development (CAREER) award.