The Institute for Applied Life Sciences(IALS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recieved two grants totaling nearly $3.6 million from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC).
Researchers Katherine Boyer and Jane Kent have secured a five-year, $3.4 million NIH grant to study why older adults require more energy to walk as their pace slows down.
Twelve campus research teams have been named recipients of the annual Translational Seed Awards. These awards advance applied R&D efforts from UMass-based faculty research groups towards the development of spin-out/startup companies and the out-licensing of UMass intellectual property.
The UMass Amherst ART program hosted Rich G. Carter, Oregon State University and the Promotion and Tenure – Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PTIE) team as part of their collaboration through U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) award.
Human Magnetic Resonance Center at the Institute for Applied Life Sciences hosted first Translational MR Imaging Workshop.
Embr Labs partnered with professor Mike Busa and his team in the Center for Human Health and Performance to develop a breakthrough feature for the Embr Wave wearable device.
Peter Reinhart, Karen Utgoff, Julian Lustig-Gonzalez, Heather Aiken and Paul-Miki "Ralu" Ibekwe participated in a two and a half day course delivered at MIT.
The 2024-2025 cohort of Translational Graduate Student Assistants completed their program with a symposium sharing their path towards translation.
An app that turns consumer Apple Watches into tools for highly sophisticated sleep stage monitoring was developed by team of researchers led by professor Joyita Dutta at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Decker, professor in food science, has been honored for his research into free radical oxidation of lipids and mechanisms of antioxidants in numerous food systems.
Shanlong Li, post-doctoral researcher in the Jianhan Chen lab and Chen, professor of chemistry and IALS translational cohire, recently announced a new publicly available tool, called iConRNA.
Schiffman and Perry, both professors in chemical engineering, and Perry is an IALS translational cohire. The $2 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation is in collaboration with researchers from Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the Univ. of Buffalo and the Air Force Research Lab.
Yao, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and an IALS translational cohire, and Shuai Fu, graduate student and lead author, announced the creation of an artificial neuron with electrical functions that closely mirror those of biological ones.
Daniel J. Riccio Jr. ’86, ’24MS has committed $50 million to support immediate and long-term initiatives to fuel innovative research, strengthen academic excellence, and expand access and opportunity for generations of engineering students.
Sup, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, and Giuliano, professor of nursing and IALS translational cohire, coPIs of the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering (EMCNEI) have been awarded nearly $3M to establish the nation’s first graduate training program designed to combine nursing’s hands-on patient care with engineering’s technical knowledge.
Lee, a Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Faculty Fellow and associate professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, biomedical engineering, and an IALS translational cohire, will guide the flagship publication of the world’s largest biomedical engineering conference.
Held in Hawaii in May 2025 this leading global forum for magnetic resonance innovation brings together experts from around the world to share groundbreaking developments in the field.
Kim, assistant professor in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, has received an NIH Trailblazer Award to push forward the development of robotic guide dogs for the visually impaired, work that he says is practical, useful, and meaningful for humanity.
Congratulations to the nine UMass Amherst founders who participated in the Massachusetts Life Science and Innovation Day at The Engine at MIT.
Lee, associate professor of chemical engineering and an IALS translational cohire, and four research colleagues have received a U.S. patent for their invention called “Demineralized Bone Paper” (DBP), which they fabricate from ultra-thin slices of demineralized compact bone.
Five faculty members across the UMass Amherst campus were named the recipients of five-year U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards.
Craig, a professor of chemistry, has been chosen for his research into RNA synthesis using a technique that improves its quality and yield while significantly lowering the cost.
Wei, extension associate professor of veterinary and animal sciences, director of Animal Models core, and a translational co-hire in IALS, is one of eight recipients to receive this multidisciplinary award.
The third cohort of one-year translational Graduate Student Assistantships start in Fall 2025 and end in Summer 2026.
Twenty-one teams of faculty and librarians, across four tiers, have been awarded Strategic Partnerships to Advance Research and Creative activity (SPARC) seed grants.
We appreciate their hard work and dedication, and wish them success in their future endeavors.
IALS core staff members can contribute to your research programs by offering deep expertise and new ideas for experimental design, data collection, and analysis methods.
A student researcher in the Light Microscopy Facility has received the Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Award for his outstanding contributions to the facility.
Heather Aiken, program manager for the NSF Accelerating Research Translation program, was one of four students representing UMass Amherst at the 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop in DC.
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