Research and Innovation to Translate Basic Science into Product Candidates
The Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) translates fundamental research into innovative product candidates, technologies, and services that deliver benefits to human health and well-being. Our specific objectives are to: (1) Become a catalyst and resource for ‘applied’ and ‘translational’ R&D activities; (2) Establish industry engagement models and industry collaborations; (3) Contribute to workforce development; and (4) Participate to innovation & entrepreneurship culture on campus.
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Recent News
UMass Amherst Launches Historic, Transformational $120 Million Future of Food Initiative
UMass Amherst is launching a $120 million effort to address real-world concerns as the global food system faces critical challenges related to climate change and sustainability, food safety and a growing population expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050. The initiative will include a new 36,000 square foot research facility, a multidisciplinary collaborative research center, an endowed chair in food science and three endowed faculty positions who will examine crucial questions about the future of our global food system.
NanoVax Therapeutics Receives Judges’ Choice Award at Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day
Griffin Kane, co-founder and CEO, receives Judges’ Choice Best Startup at the 19th annual Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation (MALSI) Day, on July 23rd, earning top honors among emerging life sciences ventures from across Massachusetts.
IALS Has Received Two Grants Totaling More Than $2.1 Million From MLSC
Translational Research
Center for Bioactive Delivery
CBD creates new ways to deliver “The right drug to the right place: by creating novel delivery platforms for small and large molecules.” Developing a wide range of delivery platforms matched to bioactive molecular delivery needs based on fundamental design principles, including nanoemulsions, nanoparticles, hybrid particles, bacteria, and hydrogels.
Paul and Diane Manning Center for the Future of Food
Food sits at the center of our health, our economy, social interaction and family life, and our planet’s future. As climate change, food insecurity, and global supply disruptions reshape how we grow, process, and consume food, bold solutions are urgently needed.
Center for Personalized Health Monitoring
CPHM seeks to tackle real-world problems in the emerging field of digital healthcare, wearable sensor technologies, and personalized, precision healthcare delivery, interfacing closely with provider networks, hospitals, and industry across the Massachusetts Commonwealth, and the world.
Models to Medicine Center
M2M leverages mechanistic insights into molecular pathways implicated in cell health and in disease pathology to identify novel drug targets and therapeutic candidates.
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Shared Resources
We work together with researchers toward a singular goal: advancing applied science and technology to address the world’s most pressing challenges. The UMass Amherst Core Facilities offer expertise and resources that create new opportunities, not only for scientific achievement, but also for establishing new models of collaboration.
Small Molecule Screening
The Small Molecule Screening Facility assists researchers in developing high-throughput (HT) screening assays, performs HT screens of chemical libraries to identify new small molecules that can be used to probe biological processes of interest.
Mass Spectrometry
Expertise measuring molecular weights of small molecules, biological and synthetic macromolecules, qualitative and quantitative proteomics, protein dynamics.
Human Magnetic Resonance
Whole-body non-invasive imaging and spectroscopy technologies for academic and industry-based research.
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Innovation Services
IALS Venture Development programs are here to help you! Our programs support development of startups and industry partnerships by UMass researchers based upon their technologies and product concepts.
Student Engagement
Providing students from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) hands-on training and experience in the use and operation of a state-of-the art research equipment, experience gathering data and data analysis, and the development of team science.
Funding & Benefits
IALS Research Centers (CBD, CPHM, M2M) contribute incentive funds to stimulate novel uses of the Core Facilities as well as subsidize training for student users. The IALS midigrant is a flexible seed fund mechanism up to $20,000 to enable new translational research and explore new collaborations within IALS. The Translational Seed Awards provide up to $100,000/award to advance translational and applied R&D efforts from faculty groups and startup companies.